Chive Farfalle with Roasted Mushrooms

Okay, so it was either chives blended into a yummy sauce OR grass with lots of lemon. It's not my fault-- my garden beds are weedy. (Okay, so THAT would be my fault, lazy bum). Anyway, this is how I made it.

Roasting mushrooms (first time and not the last). Cut into halved, sprayed with oil, salt and pepper and roasted in the oven for 5 minutes or so at 450 F.

Blended half a cup of chopped chives, salt, oil (the nice fruity green stuff--olive), and pepper (crushed or black). If you don't have enough chives (like me), you can add some basil & a BIT of oregano (both freshy fresh). Add lemon juice to taste, and blend until creamy. I also wanted to use less oil so I added some water as an alternate, still good.

Poured it over Farfalle, added a bit of Asiago cheese and roasted mushrooms on the side. YUMMO (to take a word from Rachel Ray). This recipe is obviously not mine, got it from a mag and messed it up a bit! :)

The Proposal

I recently saw Sandra Bullocks and Ryan Reynolds (Two guys a Girl and A Pizza Place!) much anticipated movie, The Proposal. All the hype, the high box office generating numbers--- hogwash. This movie I would rate "C-", and for a couple of reasons.

Where is the romance? (For that matter where was the comedy?). Ryan and Sandra Bullock barely seem to have scenes together, and when they do it feels they are like two magnets--on their opposing ends, repelling each other off the screen. I honestly felt like Ryan Reynolds had more onscreen chemistry with his 'high school sweetheart', who had a screen time of 5 minutes. I felt they would end up together! There were no scenes in which the two leads would feel closer to each other or even connect. (The 'naked' scene doesn't count-gratuitous nudity, and the two minute 'I like a geeky band and have a tattoo' bit to give Sandy some humanity was like oooo-kay what-ever).

Remember "While he was Sleeping"? You will! This movie had the same 1920's wedding dress bit, the same "I miss what it's like having a family" speech, and the same confession at the alter scene. Oh and the same "Grammy will have a heart attack if she finds out" crap. Geez.

Seriously, it seems like Sandra Bullock has lost her onscreen presence, her mojo, she looked like a spiritless dummy doll walking around the movie, doing totally random scenes devoid of anything to give the movie oomph.

Gay Monkeys.....and birds.....and dolphins and.....

Apparently, monkeys are gay! Or so they can be, a bit. Which means obviuosly that they can be bisexual. I just read an article that says male Bonobo monkeys will actually copulate with each other to calm disagreements. Monkeys will show signs of pleasure (as opposed to all those Wild America programs that show copulating animals that look almost bored with the deed).

There is also a story about penguins. Apparently, 2 male penguins seemed to be getting cozy and trying to raise a 'stone' baby! The zookeepers finnally gave up (after introducing females to them that were ignored) and gave them a rejected egg from another couple. The two male penguins raised a cute little penguin baby.