The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
– Robert Julius Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
Month: September 2012
On This Day: September 15
Updated September 14, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the civil rights era.
On Sept. 15, 1857, William Howard Taft, the only person to serve as both United States president and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born. Following his death on March 8, 1930, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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Historic Birthdays
William Howard Taft 9/15/1857 – 3/8/1930 27th president of the United States and 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Go to obituary »
61 James Fenimore Cooper 9/15/1789 – 9/14/1851
American novelist85 Bruno Walter 9/15/1876 – 2/17/1962
German conductor81 Frank Gannett 9/15/1876 – 12/3/1957
American newspaper publisher65 Ettore Bugatti 9/15/1881 – 8/21/1947
Italian builder of racing and luxury automobiles56 Robert Benchley 9/15/1889 – 11/21/1945
American drama critic, actor and humorist85 Dame Agatha Christie 9/15/1890 – 1/12/1976
English detective novelist and playwright84 Jean Renoir 9/15/1894 – 2/12/1979
French-born American film director89 Roy Acuff 9/15/1903 – 11/23/1992
American country music singer and songwriter74 Irving Jaffee 9/15/1906 – 3/20/1981
American Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater (1932)73 Margaret Lockwood 9/15/1916 – 7/15/1990
English actress75 John Newton Mitchell 9/15/1913 – 11/9/1988
American attorney general under Nixon (1969-72)47 Cannonball Adderley 9/15/1928 – 8/8/1975
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
A Picture + A Voice = A Piece of Art? I Think So!
Chicken Tikka Masala: Because It's Friday Night and Everything's Alright
Meet Fabulous Indian Cooking Instructor (Catch the Next Class, In Case You Missed this One!)
Chicken Curry with the Works! Chicken Curry, Basmati Rice and Sooji Halwa with Smriti “Simmi” Isaac
Tuesday, September 11th 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cooking and Lifestyles Classroom on Mezzanine, $50.00
Cooking and Lifestyles Classroom on Mezzanine, $50.00
Curried Chicken or Chicken Curry? A popular Indian dish that has as many different recipes as the number of spices that go into it. Learn a quick and simple method of preparing this comfort food that can be served with rice or rotis, and will satisfy every time!
We’ll also make a Indian-style Basmati Fried Rice with a tempered seasoning of whole spices.
The meal will finish with Sooji Halwa (a dessert made with fine semolina roasted in clarified butter and seasoned with sugar, saffron and golden raisins).
This class is held in the Cooking and Lifestyles Classroom at Whole Foods Market, 3135 Washtenaw Ave., in Ann Arbor. Students may register on-line through http://www.wccnet.edu/lifelong-learning/
via wholefoodsmarket.com
Top of the Roof Parking: Great for the View, Especially When You're On the Top of the World Anyway
Adele's He Won't Go: The Winning Song (for my firstborn's audition and acceptance into Maize Mirchi)
Maize Mirchi, University of Michigan's A'Cappella Group Gets a New Mirchi
My firstborn is the new Mirchi! She just started college two weeks ago, and auditioned for the group. We just found out that she and one other boy were the ONLY TWO selected from the 40+ students that auditioned!
The first cut was 13 students, and then yesterday from the 13, 2 made it: she was one of them! Check out this video from the 2011 season.
We’re looking forward to singing along this year!
