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The Prodigal’s Brother

The older brother stalked off in an angry sulk and refused to join in [the celebration]. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t listen. The son said, “look how many years I’ve stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!”

His father said, “Son, you don’t understand. You’re with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he’s alive! He was lost, and he’s found!” —Luke 15:28-32 —The Message

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The Office Baby Breaks New Ground

The scene:

A woman, late in her pregnancy freezes mid-stride to announce to her partner that her water has just broken

(possibly a wisecrack about peeing her pants or another character slipping and falling in the fluid).

The couple race to the hospital barely making it in time to start pushing.

Somehow in the midst of the mother’s bloodcurdling screams and insults at her doofus husband, the doctor has the presence and expertise to recognize… the baby is breech!!

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Southwest Veggie Enchiladas with Homemade Ancho Sauce

At this very moment I am trying to decide if 10:45 a.m. is too early to bust out leftovers…

This meal is both simple and beautiful, and is guaranteed to knock your socks off.

I’d recommend it to vegetarians when hosting your carnivorous father-in-law… just don’t tell him it’s meatless…

He’ll be so busy stuffing his face, wiping sweat from his barren cranium and breathing loudly through his nose that he’ll never notice.

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Yes! new k-os

Ok…

So five total posts in the last month…

Besides the fact that I’ve had more urgent responsibilities demanding my time, February in northern Michigan just has a way of sucking any inspiration out of the air…

Well… leave it to some good old-fashioned Canadian hip-hop to bring my cultural olfactory senses back to life.

I’ve been eagerly anticipating this album since k-os (pronounced “chaos”) released his EP Atlantis: Hymns for Disco three years ago. I loved the kind-of genre bending style he brought on Atlantis and the sample from Lean on Me that kicks off the first track on Yes! is a pretty clear warning that I can expect more of the unexpected:

Frustrated Teacher: “Do you have any idea of the chaos you have caused around here? Nobody knows what you’re doing!”

Autocratic Morgan Freeman: “That’s exactly the way I like it!”

Perhaps it is his cross-cultural upbringing that has brought about such commitment to defy convention…

I really don’t know, but I sure do I dig his determination to be different musically and fundamentally within hip-hop culture.

Or, to put it simply…

It’s the perfect hip-hop for super-white dudes like me. (or for just about anyone)

(as made obvious by  “I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman” à la Phantom Planet currently on permanent rotation in my head – and at the top of the Strong Odors related tunes playlist)