Titanic Easy Access (Convention Center) February 28, 2007

Titanic Easy Access (Convention Center)
Just kidding. I hope everyone will go to the upcoming Home & Garden Show
and support the exhibitors there. It’s a Burgh thing.

 

Convention Center
Drop-down easy-access ramps
From one floor to next
Brought to you by Titanic
Speedy Breakthrough Industries.

 

Quick delivery
While our bolts get the shivers
Sending you flying
To your destination zone
With bells on and some fractures

 

We are Titanic
Speedy Convention Center
Ride our ramps for thrills
And spills to be remembered
But hey, we get you there quick!

A Man’s Man February 27, 2007

 

A Man’s Man

His mind, solid matter
filled up with sound ideals.
His heart, pumping courage
flaming power that he yields.

 

His sword sharpened by truth
Wisdom shines from his eye.
His heart knows how to fight.
Man’s soul knows when to cry.

 

His aim is gold without,
inside he reaches high.
His limbs ache fierce from pain,
but he knows not compromise.

 

He has no hesitation.
To goodness he’ll be true.
There’ll be no painting gray
into fearful misconstrues.

 

Good is good. Truth is truth
to this man of solid ways.
He’ll not be mediocre,
trustworthy for all his days.

 

Copyright 2007 JO Janoski

Okay, I’m speechless! February 26, 2007

My Yahoo!  

Are those replicas of the Capitol building on her chest? Okay, in a weird way that  makes sense…

Opening the Gate February 20, 2007

 

A Workshop Assignment
A huitain–8 lines, 8 syllables per line
Rhyme Scheme ababbcbc

Opening the Gate

 

Smiling frozen, glaring glass eyes
your face is winter running late.
Silent isolation, good-byes,
my yearning for kisses must wait
for you to remember how fate
prevails when love breaks tender hearts,
opening rigid white dream gates,
setting words free with love-fresh starts.

 

Photo and Poem
Copyright 2007 JO Janoski

 

 

 

Robot Cars by 2030 February 18, 2007

BREITBART.COM - Robot-driven cars on roads by 2030: scientist

Will we all be back-seat drivers?

Elephant Polo? February 17, 2007

Polo on Yahoo! News Photos

Aside from being fascinated with this picture, I keep wondering what in the world “elephant polo” is.  Hmmm, I wonder if we could get that here. They could play in Heinz Field during the off season. Maybe one could be trained to replace The Bus on the Steelers.  Hey, just thinking!

The Storyteller - New Chapter Posted February 15, 2007

I  just posted a new chapter of my online novel, The Storyteller, Chapter 12. Don’t miss this exciting ghost story!

A Stick-To-Your-Ribs Dinner for a Snowy Day–and It’s Easy Too! February 14, 2007

Okay, it’s a snowy day out.  Not to worry. Here is a stick-to-your-ribs dinner. I made it the other night, and it was truly comfort food for a wintery day.  We don’t like hot food, so I omitted the green chilies and sprinkled with chili powder instead.

Mexican Pork Chops      

Yields: 4 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 boneless pork chops
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chopped stewed
tomatoes, with juice
1 (8.75 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
    
1 (8 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies, drained
1/4 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
1.     Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.
    Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Brown the pork chops
about 5 minutes on each side. Remove chops from skillet and drain oil.
3.
    Mix the tomatoes, corn, kidney beans, rice, chilies, and salt into
the skillet. Bring liquid to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute, until
heated through. Transfer the tomato mixture to a baking dish. Arrange
the browned pork chops over the mixture.
4.     Bake covered 30
minutes in the preheated oven. Uncover, and continue baking 10 minutes,
until rice is tender and pork has reached an internal temperature of
160 degrees F (70 degrees C).