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Ron Lora: A country boy reflections on water

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2010 - 5:50pm

By Ron Lora

A Country Boy Reflects on Water

I grew up on a farm in good country. A creek ran through the southwestern corner of it. A creek is a natural waterway larger than a run but smaller than a river. In romantic lore, poets have celebrated the rivers of the earth - the Rhine and Danube, the Volga and Don, the Tigris and Euphrates. In Allen and Putnam counties it's the Riley, the Blanchard, the Auglaize and Ottawa of which natives speak. So close to home, those small waters seldom rise to the level of romance.

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Black and white salad

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 18, 2010 - 5:56pm

Black and White salad

For that potluck dinner - or just for home:

Wash and cut into bite-sized pieces a head of cauliflower.

Open a jar of medium or large black olives, drain.

Mix both together with 1/3 cup of Hellman's Mayonnaise.

DO NOT use another Mayo - it won't be as good!

That is it - gets better as the hours pass - if any is left over.

- Submitted by Jean Long, Icon viewer from Dayton

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Game review: "Okami" deserves an "A"

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 18, 2010 - 3:23pm

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #8
Okami
Developer: Clover Studios
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Playstation 2, Wii
Rating: T for Teen

I mentioned Hideki Kamiya's masterpiece Okami in my Holiday Buyer's Guide before Christmas, but I won't let that preclude the full review this game deserves. And what better time than now, with Kamiya's newest game, Bayonetta, being released Jan. 5.

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Game review: Final Fantasy IX

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 10, 2010 - 3:04pm

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #7
Final Fantasy IX
Developer: Squaresoft
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Platform: Playstation 1
Rating: T for Teen

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Movie review: Avatar is one not to miss

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2010 - 5:17pm

Movie review of
"Avatar" 3D
By Hannah Chappell-Dick
Before I saw Avatar, I must say that I was a 3D skeptic. The half red, half blue glasses of the past made me dizzy, and though it was cool when virtual objects were flying towards you at high speeds, it just wasn't worth the headache that inevitably ensued afterwards.

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Paula Scott's coffee solution

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2010 - 6:38pm

Paula Scott offers this coffee formula in response to the column on "I can't make a good cup of coffee."

Paula's great coffee for one average-size mug:

Grind some whole beans yourself on or near the day you will make the coffee. The darker and shinier the beans look, the better they probably are. (However, I don't make "Char-bucks" style coffee and usually avoid French and Italian roasted beans.)

Get one of those cone contraptions that sit on top of your mug. Put in a paper cone filter and two heaping scoops of ground coffee.

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