Adam’s Popeye Rice Adam Whitaker 5 cups of Minute Brown Rice 4 cups of water 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup Chopped up onions Chopped up green peppers Mrs. Dash 7 oz bag of shredded cheddar cheese 2 Quorn Naked Chicken Cutlets chopped up 2 handfuls of ripped up tender spinach leaves Mix it… [Read more…]
January 1, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,900 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 32 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Eleven (or, There’s No Crying in Baseball) Adam Whitaker Days after leading the Cardinals to their eleventh World Series Championship, Tony La Russa announced his retirement. After eight seasons managing the White Sox and ten with the Athletics, the World Series winning manager added his name to a list of esteemed Cardinals’ skippers, surpassing them… [Read more…]
October 29, 2011
Fall Classic 2011 Adam Whitaker 2011 World Series Saint Louis Cardinals vs. Texas Rangers Game 1 in St. Louis – (Oct. 19, 2011) Chris Carpenter took the mound to begin the 18th World Series for the Cardinals and things could have gone horribly wrong for Carp and the Cards in the first. After Kinsler made… [Read more…]
October 21, 2011
FIREFIGHT is a documentary detailing what is known as the Young Brothers Massacre. The film begins in the Ozarks in the 1920′s and 30′s when the Great Depression took hold of an already struggling region. Six officers and then the Young family are discussed as their paths grow closer. Those paths intersect at the Young’s… [Read more…]
October 17, 2011
18th Pennant Adam Whitaker The Cardinals have regained a title they’ve held often – National League Champions. On September 1st the Cards were 10.5 games out of the Wild Card race. On September 28th, Chris Carpenter took the mound against Houston to throw a complete game shutout with only one run of support and by… [Read more…]
September 25, 2011
Chambers Scores Bottom of the Ninth Adam Whitaker The Cardinals could force a Game 7 against the squad from the Field of Dreams, but put them against your favorite local co-ed softball team and there may be trouble. They can beat anyone, but don’t always beat the ones that should come easy. Being only one… [Read more…]
September 17, 2011
Book Report: Up Till Now by William Shatner Adam Whitaker For the second Book Report in a row I’m writing about autobiographies by actors who have had remarkable careers over several decades. This time it’s William Shatner. He’s played many memorable roles including the man who saw something on the wing, Captain James T. Kirk,… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
Book Report: If You Ask Me (and of Course you Won’t) by Betty White Adam Whitaker From Mary Tyler Moore to Golden Girls, Betty White has had a remarkable career that continues on with Hot in Cleveland. I haven’t watched Hot in Cleveland yet because of my schedule, but I’ve been a fan of hers… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
Williamsburg International Film Festival Adam Whitaker My feature screenplay, VINES, has been chosen as the winner of Williamsburg International Film Festival’s screenplay contest for 2011. This is the first recognition for VINES so I’m grateful to WIFF for the breath of relief they’ve given me as I was hoping it would do well. For anyone… [Read more…]
March 8, 2012
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