La Shawn Barber
01.27.06

Update (5:27 p.m.): More trivia. Which Hogwarts house?
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It’s Friday, so let’s have some blog fun. I found this meme at ChristWeb and figured it would be fabulous to give you some trivia about myself in fours:

Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:
Cashier at Burger King (fired for not smiling enough)
Flight Attendant
Day Care Worker (some places will hire any warm body)
Legislative Correspondent (wrote letters to constituents for U.S. senator)

Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:
JFK
Malcolm X
Gone with the Wind
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder (Come with me and you’ll see a world of pure imagination…)

Four Places I Have Lived:
Long Island, NY
“Small Town,” SC
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, DC

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Law & Order (original series)
A&E’s Cold Case Files

Four Places I Have Been On Vacation:
Orlando, FL
Daytona Beach, FL (spring break!)
Los Angeles and Anaheim, CA
New York City, NY

Four Websites I Visit Daily:
Michelle Malkin
Drudge Report
BlackElectorate.com
Lucianne.com

Four Favorite Foods:
Most shellfish
Broccoli
My mother’s pork chops
My mother’s macaroni and cheese

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
South Carolina (home)
California (visiting my sister and niece)
Paris
London

Four People I Am Tagging With This Meme:
I’ll skip this part.

Bored at work? Why don’t you play?

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51 Comments
  1. Macaroni & Cheese is good comfort food. Would you post your mother’s recipe if you get a chance?

    Comment by Philip — 01.27.06 @ 1:22 pm


  2. I’ve never tried to make it myself, and I don’t know if she could tell you how to make it, either. She’s one of those old-school cooks who mixes ingredients without measuring. :)

    Comment by La Shawn — 01.27.06 @ 1:45 pm


  3. Fav Movies: Gone with the Wind, Dirty Dancing (lol..I’ll admit it), Dr. Zhivago, Shrek II
    Fav TV Shows: Dancing with the Stars, CSI Miami, 24, American Idol after they get past all the idiots
    Fav Foods: My mom’s Beef Vegetable Soup, Good heavy bread, Steak, Fresh Corn on the Cob
    Lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin and now near Kansas City in a little burg
    Vacationed in DisneyWorld, a couple of cruises with St. Lucia being my fav stop, San Francisco and the best vacation of all time..Alaska. It is simply gorgeous.

    Comment by dianne — 01.27.06 @ 2:10 pm


  4. My mother and grandmother cook by sight. I guess the good food comes from having done it over and over for years. My grandmother makes an awesome sweet tea which I’ve never been able to reproduce.

    Comment by Philip — 01.27.06 @ 2:11 pm


  5. Four jobs: sales clerk in lingerie department, waitress, cleaning lady, lawyer
    Four movies: Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original), The Hunt for Red October, Casablanca, Pride & Prejudice (newest version)
    Four TV Shows: CSI (original), Cold Case Files, City Confidential, Medium
    Four Websites: michellemalkin.com, lashawnbarber.com, instapundit, powerlineblog.com
    Four favorite foods: Blueberries, fried eggs with runny yolks on hash browns, creamy polenta, grilled salmon! Now I’m hungry!

    Comment by Theresa — 01.27.06 @ 2:22 pm


  6. LS,
    Surely as a flight attendant you have ventures out west? What about those “meat and three” diners they have in your neck of the woods?
    If you buy a bag of elbow macaroni, they usually have the recipe on the side.
    Also, Hattie Mcdaniel was originally from my
    “neck of the woods” Denver,Colorado. A recent
    History Channel docu about the de-segregation
    of Las Vegas in the late 50’s was great.

    Comment by Captain Kirk — 01.27.06 @ 2:26 pm


  7. Jobs: Administrative Assistant, Computer Programmer, Stage Manager

    Movies: The Wizard of Oz; A Christmas Story; Waking Ned Devine; Remains of the Day

    Lived: NY NY; Nashville TN; Providence RI

    TV Shows: The Simpsons; I Love Lucy; The Andy Griffith Show; Ballykissangel

    Vacation: England, Ireland, Holland, Germany

    Websites: Drudge; Townhall.org; Watch.org

    Foods: Spaghetti w/meatsauce; Roast Beef; Meatloaf; Fried Chicken with white gravy

    Rather be: London; Dublin; Garmisch Germany

    Comment by Philip — 01.27.06 @ 2:32 pm


  8. I did the Quartet Meme on my blog last week.

    Under your Favorite Movies, I take it you mean the original Willie Wonka with Gene Wilder? Have you seen the new one with Johnny Depp? What did you think? I know I was reluctant to see it at first…

    Comment by March Hare — 01.27.06 @ 3:10 pm


  9. I made note in the post. Definitely Gene Wilder. The Johnny Depp remake is called “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” after the book, right? Haven’t seen it. Gene Wilder is the only Willy Wonka for me. ;)

    Captain Kirk: What are “meat and three” diners?

    Monika: I added you to this comment after you posted. Thanks for reading LBC! That goes for everyone who said they read the blog daily. :)

    Comment by La Shawn — 01.27.06 @ 3:18 pm


  10. Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:
    Rally’s Hamburgers (double drive through),
    Bank Teller, Retail Specialist, Analyst

    Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:
    Remember The Titans, Blazing Saddles, Pretty Woman, Beat Street (Recovering Hip Hop head)

    Four Places I Have Lived:
    San Diego, Buffalo NY, Oakland,

    Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:
    Everybody Hates Chris, Cold Case, Love Monkey, Meet the Press

    Four Places I Have Been On Vacation: Philadelphia, Hampton VA, San Diego, Tahoe (Future)

    Four Websites I Visit Daily: blackelectorate.com, cnn.com, My Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta, Inc (www.zphib1920.org), Ms. LaShawn

    Four Favorite Foods: Shrimp, Grapefruits, Chili, Spinich

    Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
    Buffalo, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico (never been), Washington

    Comment by Monika Brooks — 01.27.06 @ 3:18 pm


  11. Fav movies: Magnificent Seven (Yul Brynner), A Christmas Carol, Batman (Michael Keaton), and My Fair Lady.

    Foods: shellfish, prime rib, broccoli, chocolate. (Whaddaya mean, chocolates not food?)

    Vacations: Orlando, Sedona, Aruba, Branson.

    Rather be: Carribean or AZ.

    Lived? NJ, CT, VA, CA.

    Jobs: Security Guard, Carpenter, Industrial Pipefitter, Computer Tech.

    That was fun - back to work!

    Comment by Pete — 01.27.06 @ 3:24 pm


  12. Four Jobs
    Only one so far… Industrial maintenance laborer.

    Four Movies
    The Coneheads (1993 - Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtin)
    The Shmenge’s Last Polka (1984 - John Candy, Eugene Levy)
    The Fugitive (1993 - Harrison Ford)
    True Stories (1986 - David Byrne, John Goodman)

    Four Places I’ve Lived
    Port Washington, WI
    Sheboygan, WI
    Coastal Georgia
    Central Illinois

    Four TV Shows
    Seinfeld
    King of the Hill
    The Simpsons
    Third Rock from the Sun

    Four Places I’ve Been On Vacation
    Vacation? What is a “vacation”?

    Four Websites I Visit Daily (Other than LBC)
    Michelle Malkin
    Packers News
    Rush Limbaugh
    Drudge

    Four Favorite Foods
    Southern Pecan Pie
    BBQ’d Pulled Pork
    Friday Fish Fry
    Chicago Stuffed Pizza

    Four Places I’d Rather Be
    Lambeau Field (center of the universe)
    Sheboygan, WI (home)
    Jekyll Island, GA (sand and sunshine)
    Port Washington, WI

    Comment by John — 01.27.06 @ 3:50 pm


  13. Jobs: Taco Bell clerk, waitress, proofreader, book editor
    Movies: Godfather, GF II, His Girl Friday, The Sound of Music
    Places I’ve lived: Chicago; Dublin, Ireland; St. Paul; Minneapolis
    TV shows: CSI, City Confidential, Arrested Development (sob!), The Office
    Vacation spots: London; Savannah, GA; Italy; NYC
    Websites: Instapundit, Lileks, Tim Blair, LBC
    Foods: I love nutritous, low-fat stuff like baked ziti with three cheeses, eggplant sandwiches on Gonella rolls, toast with butter and jam, and Walker’s shortbread dipped in Nutella
    Places I’d rather be: in a cottage by the sea, Savannah, Chicago, home on the couch

    Comment by AK — 01.27.06 @ 4:10 pm


  14. The Meme of Four

    Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:

    1. Bank receptionist for customer service department

    2. CompUSA customer service

    3. Church administrator

    4. Web site designer

    Four M …

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  15. Four places I’ve lived: Philadelphia PA, Talladega AL, Pittsburgh PA, Dallas TX

    Four Favorite Films: Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, The Apostle, Vanishing Point (1971)

    Four TV Shows: 24, 24, 24, STTNG

    Best Television I have ever seen. An episode of the 2nd incarnation of the Twilight Zone called “Nightcrawlers” Directed by William Friedkin - look this one up!

    Favorite STTNG Episodes: The Inner Light; The Wounded

    Four Blogs: La Shawn Barber’s Corner, InstaPundit, Dr. Helen (The Instawife),Blogcritics

    Hey, La Shawn, that *was* fun. Good idea!

    Comment by Armand A. La Bes — 01.27.06 @ 4:32 pm


  16. Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:

    Pinsetter in an old bowling alley (human target)

    Gas pump attendant at a marina

    Welder/machinist’s helper

    Factory foreman

    Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:

    Casablanca (I can recite the dialog along with the cast)

    The Cowboys (John Wayne really could act)

    White Heat (Made it, Ma! Top o’ the world!)

    Das Boot (ping…. ping…. PING….)

    Four Places I Have Lived:

    Lincoln, Nebraska

    Chicago

    Rural Indiana (my favorite place)

    Tampa, Florida area

    Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:

    Lost (where the heck does that cable go?)

    Andy Griffith (nip it in the bud)

    The Sopranos (bada bing)

    The Twilight Zone (original only)

    Four Places I Have Been On Vacation:

    Yellowstone (could spend ten years there)

    Colonial Williamsburg

    Canadian wilderness

    New Orleans (best eating town in the world - hope it will be again)

    Four Websites I Visit Daily:

    This one, of course

    Power Line

    Rush Limbaugh

    My antique John Deere site (green tractors are the only real tractors)

    Four Favorite Foods:

    Steak

    Vanilla ice cream

    Chocolate cake

    Steak

    Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:

    Home

    Fishing

    Riding my motorcycle, pretty much anywhere

    Tio Pepe Restaurant (for a steak)

    Comment by RedBeard — 01.27.06 @ 4:39 pm


  17. TV Shows, Extra

    I only listed four in my post above, but Arrested Development, The Office and My Name Is Earl also qualify. (”Catalina”, the motel maid on “Earl” is out of this world!)

    Comment by John — 01.27.06 @ 4:39 pm


  18. LS,

    They just had a segment on the cooking channel,
    and when I was traveling in the Southeast I
    encountered some fabulous little “luncheonettes”.
    Kinda like mini-buffets, where you go in and say the daily special is meatloaf, then you get a choice of three sides. Usually #1 is mac n’ cheese
    followed by veggies, mashed potatoes or any other
    kind of food that fits in a steamer set up. UM,UM Good! Definitely not low-cal

    Comment by Captain Kirk — 01.27.06 @ 5:41 pm


  19. Four Jobs
    auto factory worker
    driving instructor
    social worker
    Legal Aid lawyer

    Four Movies
    Lilies of The Field
    Predator
    Romeo Must Die
    Big Trouble In Lttle China

    Four Places I’ve Lived
    Fort Smith, AR
    Tempe, AZ
    East Lansing, MI
    Detroit, MI

    Four TV Shows
    Seinfeld
    CSI: Miami
    Girlfriends
    Hardball With Chris Matthews

    Four Places I’ve Been On Vacation
    Jamaica, West Indies
    Disney World
    Niagra Falls, Canada
    Chicago, IL

    Four Websites
    BlackElectorate.com
    DrudgeReport.com
    LaShawnBarber.com
    raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com

    Four Favorite Foods
    My Mother’s Creole Gumbo
    My Wife’s Key Lime Pie
    My No. 1 Daughter’s Macaroni & Cheese
    My No. 2 Daughter’s Pasta Salad

    Comment by Leon — 01.27.06 @ 5:49 pm


  20. LaShawn, I loved your lists! I watched the old “Willy Wonka” over and over again when it first came out in the theater and you could see double features for $1! Wow — that dates me, doesn’t it! :)

    Speaking of that movie and Gene Wilder–years later, when I worked in an office right next-door to Wilder’s Beverly Hills office I would sometimes see him — and the darling little Yorkie dog that always accompanied him to work. (His office assistant had another Yorkie…you could always hear the dog getting off the elevator and jingling all the way to the office — it was hilarious!)

    One time at the end of a work day, I found myself getting on the same elevator as Mr. Wilder and I wanted to gush about how I grew up loving that movie…but thinking it was important to maintain a professional demeanor all I said was, “Cute dog!” I missed my chance to call him “Mr. Wonka”! Oh well — it’s probably just as well!

    Thanks for helping me take a walk down Memory Lane!

    Ann

    Comment by Ann — 01.27.06 @ 7:29 pm


  21. You should’ve start singing in your best Veruca, Don’t care how. I want it now! :)

    I love that movie, love the songs, love Wilder’s quips, love the candy…

    Comment by La Shawn — 01.27.06 @ 7:42 pm


  22. Four Jobs
    Waiter, grocery store cashier, bank teller, high school coach/teacher

    Four Movies
    The Manchurian Candidate (original w/Frank Sinatra)
    Saving Private Ryan
    Hoosiers
    The Natural

    Four Places I’ve Lived (I’ve only got 3)
    Memphis
    Dallas/Ft. Worth
    Galveston

    Four TV Shows
    24
    King of the Hill
    The Simpsons
    Law and Order

    Four Places I’ve Been On Vacation
    Disney World
    Philadelphia
    San Antonio
    Monarch, Colorado

    Four Websites I Visit Daily (Other than LBC)
    Powerline
    ESPN.com
    Dallas News.com
    National Review Online

    Four Favorite Foods
    Pulled Pork Sandwich (Memphis style w/cole slaw on top)
    Grilled Salmon filet
    Filet Mignon from Bob’s Steak and Chop House (a Dallas must visit)
    Mom’s macaroni and cheese

    Four Places I’d Rather Be
    Austin, TX
    San Diego
    Barcelona, Spain
    Any golf course where it’s sunny and 65!

    Welcome back, Chris. :) - Admin

    Comment by Chris Roberts — 01.27.06 @ 7:58 pm


  23. An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers

    I’m pleased to present the following statement on behalf of the undersigned bloggers. -N.Z. An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers We are bloggers with boatloads of opinions, and none of us come close to agreeing with any other one of us…

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  24. Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:

    Dishwasher
    Party Store Clerk
    Program Manager
    Engineer

    Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:

    A Beautiful Mind
    The Shawshank Redemption
    DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
    Casablanca

    Four Places I Have Lived:

    Ceresco, MI
    Beckley, WV
    South Pasadena, CA
    Simi Valley, CA

    Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:

    American Idol
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    Modern Marvels
    American Chopper

    Four Places I Have Been On Vacation:

    Big Bear, CA
    Ormond Beach, FL
    Gatlinburg, TN
    Las Vegas, NV

    Four Websites I Visit Daily:

    Lucianne.com
    The Bleat (Lileks)
    Pyromaniacs
    Instapundit

    Four Favorite Foods:

    Beef (prime rib, fillet mignon)
    Almost any kind of seafood
    Fettuccine Alfredo (with shrimp)
    Peanut Butter and Jelly on buttered toast, dipped in hot chocolate (no joke)

    Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:

    At my Mom’s in Florida or Sister’s in Chicago
    Big Bear, CA
    Singapore
    Las Vegas, NV

    Comment by Impacted Wisdom Truth — 01.27.06 @ 11:14 pm


  25. While Denzel Washington is one of the best actors of our all time, I wasn’t too fond of Malcolm X, the movie and the person. However, Denzel did play X to a t, which is no surprise since I haven’t seen him in a bad role yet. Nothing tops Glory, Ricochet, Courage Under Fire, Remember the Titans, and John Q.

    Comment by Ian — 01.27.06 @ 11:52 pm


  26. God bless you for having the patience for a meme. I’ve been tagged thirty seven times….I don’t do tags anymore than I do chainletters.

    I just got tagged again two days ago with this same meme. Here was my reply:

    http://bonniescalhoun.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-been-taggedgrrrr.html

    Comment by Bonnie Calhoun — 01.28.06 @ 12:15 am


  27. four jobs I have has
    carpet cleaner, food service worker, rent a car driver, manager

    four movies I love to watch
    starman, blade runner, windwalker, jerimiah johnson

    four places I have lived
    los angeles, northern kentucky, cincinnati, montgomery oh

    four tv shows I love to watch
    24, star trek-next generation, battlestar gallactica, babylon 5

    four places I have been on vacation
    jerusalem, las vegas, alaska, new mexico

    four websites I visit daily
    little green footballs, roger simon, jerusalem post, leshawn barber

    four favorite foods
    rib steaks, humous and olives, potatoes, eggs

    four places I would rather be right now
    Israel, las vegas, santa fe, alaska

    Comment by michael thomas — 01.28.06 @ 12:32 am


  28. Four movies I could watch over and over: The Parent Trap (newer one), What’s Up Doc (yes, even though it has Babs in it–before she got annoying), Legally Blonde (better than it sounds; a girl-power movie), Apollo 13

    Comment by Michele — 01.28.06 @ 2:53 am


  29. Jobs
    USMC - Only job I’ve had for 18 years now.

    4 Movies - Deer hunter, true romance, passion of the Christ, black hawk down.

    4 places I have lived. - Erie, pa, port orange Fl.
    point loma Ca. Kennewick, WA.

    4 TV shows - Seinfeld, Hill street blues, 24, night court.

    4vacations - Washington dc, Vegas, Mt.Rushmore, nanimo Canada

    4 web sites - Drudge, milkins, orgish.com (for the videos) gt. hook. And now I have found this one I will make it a habit of stopping by.

    4 Foods - Pizza, stake, liver and onions, kfc meal.

    4 places I want to be - Iraq with my marines, any where my son is, Erie, Miami fl.

    Comment by Rick — 01.28.06 @ 3:21 am


  30. LaShawn, it really is amazing how well your thoughts and writing represent those of us in flyover country, when you’ve spent your own life on one coast or the other. They dipped you in blue and somehow you came out red!

    Comment by Dave in Montana — 01.28.06 @ 7:26 am


  31. LaShawn, it really is amazing how well your thoughts and writing represent those of us in flyover country…

    That is a wonderful compliment, Dave. Thank you. May it always be so.

    Comment by La Shawn — 01.28.06 @ 9:56 am


  32. Jobs:
    McDonald’s cashier
    Electronics Technician U.S. Navy
    Baggage handler for Delta
    Structuring Debt offerings for Hospital and Higher Ed clients

    Movies:
    Glory
    Hoosiers
    Jerry McGuire
    Anything with Sanaa Lathan

    Lived:
    Southern Illinois (home)
    San Diego
    Charleston, SC
    Miami

    TV:
    24
    STTNG
    ST Voyager - can you say Dax?
    JAG - hello Mac!

    Vacation:
    What’s that?

    Websites:
    This one
    Booker Rising
    The Weekly Standard
    Daily Kos - to see what the enemy’s up to

    Food (Combinations):
    Collard Greens & hot water cornbread at my Grandmother’s house, when she was still with us
    Chicken Tikka Masala and Saag @ Sitar in Nashville
    Rib-eye medium and creamed spinach @ Brennan’s NO
    Carrot Cake from J Alexander’s

    Other than here in Nashville:
    Chicago (in the summer)
    Fishing on the pond behind my parent’s home (IL)
    Pebble Beach - Mizunos in tow
    Indianapolis to watch the Final 4, 500 and US Grand Prix

    Comment by Craig Bardo — 01.28.06 @ 10:05 am


  33. Me in Quadruplicate. I'll Play!

    Found this at LaShawn Barber's and it looked fun.  But, be at ease, I'm not tagging anyone with it. 
     

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  34. La Shawn, I’ll always prefer the original Star Trek to The Next Generation. The Enterprise-D’s holodeck gets my vote for SF’s cheesiest stunt. It seemed that 75% of the episodes in ST:TNG (maybe more) took place on the Enterprise-D holodeck.

    Comment by Mwalimu Daudi — 01.28.06 @ 3:04 pm


  35. La Shawn: There’s a very good article in the L.A. Times called “Back to basics: Why does high school fail so many?”. Apparently, according to them, only 48% of freshmen entering public high school in Los Angeles, manage to graduate. 48% ?????

    “For many, the traditional U.S. education system is a dead end.” –LA Times, January 29, 2006

    FAVORITE FOODS:
    1. Fried Chicken (drumsticks, preferably)
    2. Macaroni-n-Cheese (anyone’s, including Kraft)
    3. Lemon Meringue Pie (or, Lemon bars)
    4. Lasagna
    5. Chocolate layer cake (with chocolate buttercream frosting)

    FAVORITE MOVIES:
    1. Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn/Gregory Peck)
    2. Wizard of Oz
    3. Postman Always Rings Twice (Lana Turner/John Garfield)
    4. It Happened One Night (Clark Gable/Claudette Cobert)
    5. Casablanca (Bogart/Bacall)

    Comment by Glamchild — 01.28.06 @ 3:38 pm


  36. I, too, was fired for not smiling enough. But it was McDonalds and I was working the bun-toasting area (back when McDonalds actually cared about their food).

    I never did understand the importance of smiling at those darn buns.

    Comment by TWM — 01.28.06 @ 3:45 pm


  37. Wow…there aren’t too many female Trekkies out there, let alone Black females. :-) This is definitely something to celebrate. So when are we going to set up a Trekkie night?

    Comment by Xavier Pickett of RBA — 01.28.06 @ 6:13 pm


  38. High five to you on A&E’s Cold Case Files.

    My wife and I make sure there is at least one episode on the Tivo ready to go at all times. Because if nothing else good is on, you know Cold Case Files will satisfy.

    If you don’t have the utmost respect for cold case detectives after watching one episode of that show, well, you must be clueless!

    It’s a fascinating and engrossing show.

    Comment by Alex Nunez — 01.28.06 @ 7:22 pm


  39. La Shawn,

    I “discovered” your website this last week and have returned several times already. Today I was amazed to see that GWTW was one of your favorite movies. I’ve known people, black and white, who are very critical of this movie because of it’s positive portrayal of the ante bellum South.

    Several years ago when I lived in Atlanta, I started some family tree work and discovered that North Georgia was the land of my “roots” and that many of my ancestors were right in the thick of things when Sherman came to call.

    I had always heard that Margaret Mitchell wrote GWTW using stories that she had heard while she was growing up down there. I ran across a news article from 1939 describing how some older women in the Howell family (my great-grandmother’s name) were upset with Miss Mitchell because she had borrowed several stories from that family and had not asked their permission. The story about Scarlett leading Melanie and her new baby away to escape the Yankees with a cow in-tow was “borrowed” straight from the family of Captain Evan P. Howell. It is interesting that the same family ran a very successful lumber mill after the war and were criticized heavily for doing business with and being too friendly to the Northern occupiers.

    I guess my point is that while GWTW is a romantic fantasy of sorts, it is not ALL fiction. Even some of the characters are probably based on people with whom Margaret Mitchell was familiar. For example, you can read about a man named James Dunwoody Bulloch and even Raphael Semmes and see a little of Rhett Butler in both of them. Bulloch’s mansion in Roswell survived the war and was not far from another business owned by another Howell family. (My Howells, by the way, were the poorer cousins!) As insulting as it is to the politically correct crowd, accounts of “faithful” servants like Pork and Big Sam are abundant.

    I apologize for the length of this comment but I just thought you might be interested. Thanks :)

    Comment by Stephen — 01.28.06 @ 8:51 pm


  40. I do much of my cooking by sight, or make modifications by sight even if there’s a base recipe. I’ve come up with recipes I blogged after pointedly working out what the measurements had to be to taste right, but darn that’s hard.

    I always think of recipes more as guidelines, anyway. If you have a fair idea what interacts how and what tastes how, it’s easy to experiment. You learn something even from failures, then have fewer of those.

    Comment by Jay — 01.28.06 @ 10:45 pm


  41. Meme — Me Me?

    Well, I saw this meme over at La Shawn Barber’s Corner and thought it would be fun: Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life: Busboy Waiter (much better busboy than waiter!) Short Term Missionary: Reach Out Singers Computer Programmer Four

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  42. Best Macaroni and Cheese
    Following ingredients per cup of dry macaroni…
    one tablespoon of butter (margarine is ok but greasy)
    three tablespoons of half and half
    one slice of Kraft American Cheese
    1/4 cup of grated cheddar
    milk for thinning
    salt to taste
    Boil as much macaroni as you want.
    (great for a quick meal of leftovers)
    Drain
    Immediately return to pot on a low flame and add butter and half and half.
    Stir till butter melts.
    Add American cheese and stir till melted.
    Add a shot of milk to thin.
    Stir in cheddar and remove from heat.
    Cover pot and let sit for a minute.
    Stir before serving.
    If it is too thick; return to heat, add a little milk at a time and stir till you get it the way you want.
    After you make this a couple of time you become an expert at it.

    Comment by Beto Ochoa — 01.29.06 @ 11:37 am


  43. 4 Jobs:
    Factory Worker (assembly line)
    Child Care Worker (Farm for Boys)
    Lead Teacher/Group Supervisor
    Day Care Director

    4 Movies:
    Stormy Weather(love the music and dancing)
    Singing in the Rain (best dancing)
    Steel Magnolias
    Jurassic Park

    4 Places I Have Lived:
    Phila., PA
    Bowie, MD
    Millington, NJ
    Lansdale, PA

    4 Favorite TV Shows:
    Lost
    Gilmore Girls
    The Cosby Show (Huxtables)
    St Elswhere

    4 Vacation Places:
    Wild Wood, New Jersey
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Banff, Alberta, Canada
    Disney Land

    4 Websites:
    La Shaun Barber’s Corner
    Earl Paulk CapWeb Log
    Right Wing Sparkle
    Yahoo Groups - UK Royalty, Black Conservatives,etc

    4 Favorite Foods
    Shrimp
    Steak
    Porto Bello Mushrooms-Grilled/Sauteed
    Freshly Juiced Blend - Mango,Peach,Orange & banana

    4 Places To Be Right Now
    Anaheim, California
    Montreal, Quebec
    London
    Paris

    Comment by Bev — 01.29.06 @ 12:28 pm


  44. Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:
    Sold sodas at University of Texas home games
    Repaired guitars at JR Reeds in Austin, TX
    Learned toolmaking from the great Willhelm Nieman
    Made prototype flight qualified hardware for the space station

    Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:
    The Wild Bunch
    The Outlaw Josie Wales
    The Shootist
    The French Connection

    Four Places I Have Lived:
    Fort Worth
    Austin, TX
    Evanston Wyoming
    San Jose

    Comment by Beto Ochoa — 01.29.06 @ 7:34 pm


  45. 4 Jobs:
    Limo Driver (worst job)
    Navy (20 years)
    Phone Sales
    Pastor (best job)

    4 Movies:
    Raising Arizona
    Princess Bride
    LotR
    Tombstone

    4 Places I Have Lived:
    Spain
    Hawaii
    Winter Harbor ME
    Pensacola Florida

    4 Favorite TV Shows:
    24
    House
    ummmm…. that is about it
    No wait, King of the Hill

    4 Vacation Places:
    Camping (just about anywhere)
    East TN
    Hawaii
    The Caribbean (only went there for work but long to return)

    4 Websites:
    Blog and MaBlog (dougwils.com)
    Michelle Malkin
    TeamPyro
    Drudge

    4 Favorite Foods
    Grilled Steak
    Chicken-n-Dumplins (my wife’s only, please do not invite me over to try yours)
    Cornbread
    Fried Chicken

    4 Places To Be Right Now
    Heaven
    On the beach
    Home with my wife and kids
    Did I say Heaven?

    Comment by AL — 01.30.06 @ 9:33 am


  46. Xavier says:

    “Wow…there aren’t too many female Trekkies out there, let alone Black females.”

    Now you know of two. :-)

    La Shawn: I cracked up at the not-smiling thing.

    Comment by Juliette — 01.30.06 @ 5:10 pm


  47. Four Things

    Saw this at LaShawn’s blog, and thought “what the heck, I’ll play along.”

    Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:
    Delivery driver (put me through college in the late 1980s.
    Restaurant “X”. Assistant manager from 1993-2003. Some GM work, as they s…

    Trackback by Iowa Voice — 01.30.06 @ 6:57 pm


  48. Jobs: model, scuba shop, small film production company, my business now for 19 years(skateboard shop).

    Movies: Godfather 1 & 2, Any Bond(Connery or Moore), Any Star Trek, Ground Hog Day.

    Lived: Houston, Playa Del Carmen, Las Vegas, Austin.

    TV: Star Trek Next Gen, Simpsons, Battlestar Galactica, ABC Soaps.

    Vacation: Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, NYC, lots of spots in Mexico.

    Daily Websites: LBC, Michelle Malkin, Drudge, Turningpointonline.org (great Christian site…GO THERE!)

    Fav Foods: Tex-Mex, Barbeque pork ribs, Filet Mignon, Shrimp.

    Rather be: Love life right here(Austin, TX)…just wish there was more time to spend with loved ones.

    Comment by Laurie — 01.31.06 @ 12:54 am


  49. The Fours Meme

    Ok. No one tagged me on this directly, but I’m taking my lead from Gus, Tracey, and

    Trackback by The Noonz Wire — 01.31.06 @ 9:25 am


  50. Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life-Cashier, HUD Apartment Manager, Collection Representative and Loss Mitigation Technician

    Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:
    Blast From the Past,Gone With The Wind,The Shootist and Big.

    Favorite Blogs- Michelle Malkin, La Shawn, Drudge and Ankle Biting Pundits

    Represhing to post something different other than politics…I love your style La Shawn

    Four Places I Haved Lived- New Haven, CT. Leemore, Ca, Jacksonville, FL and Germantown, TN

    Comment by Gori from TN — 01.31.06 @ 10:44 am


  51. Because I’m Bored, OK?

    For want of something better to write, I’ll play along with this little meme via Iowa Voice (who needs a little help, by the way) and LaShawn Barber. Four jobs I’ve had in my life: Sales assistant at Toys’r'Us (fired for swearing in earshot of the …

    Trackback by Sortapundit — 02.01.06 @ 12:01 pm