The Old Soldier broke out the crock pot a few days ago and cooked up a mess of black beans. It was a first. I soaked the beans overnight. Then I threw them in the crock pot with three fat ham hocks and a cut up carrot. This time I did not make the mistake of putting in too much water like I did with my last crock pot of black eye peas.
The black beans turned out great even though the clean up was messy. The black beans shed their coloring. The color baked itself on the inside of the crock pot and some got on the side of the refrigerator.
But now I have a hearty meal that will last me for several days.
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How’s everyone doing?
It will be a cloudy day in Pittsburgh, the high around 40; mild for February. I’ve been paying closer attention to the Nightly Business Report on public television. The show has been covering the possibility of a Greek default.
I am not an expert on high finance. I do know that the international monetary system is so integrated that a default by Greece could have a real effect on me and you. If Greece goes the entire Eurozone could go and the possibility of a world-wide Great Depression, much worst than the one in 1929, could be upon us.
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Behind The Scenes (May 24, 2012)
This was a learning experience for the Old Soldier.
When WordPress picked the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette to take part in the new advertising program, the Old Soldier thought he would maximize the number of ads to appear on this site by putting only one post on a page when before there had been 10. This meant that the sidebar on the right ran down most of the page. It was ugly.
So, I went to a single column for the entire publication.
This meant most of the links in the sidebar on the right were no longer available to my readers. It meant that a reader could only read one post at a time. It meant that the PFFG lost readers.
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So, now the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is back to a three column format with 20 posts on the front page and 10 posts on each of the following pages.
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Hello hello hello, all my brother and sister bloggers, readers, writers and my Flash Fiction Fanatics. The high will be 80 degrees in Pittsburgh today on a mostly sunny day with the possibility of thunder showers.
Countries using the Euro de jure Countries and territories using the Euro de facto Countries in the EU not using the Euro (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Old Soldier gets his financial news from the Nightly Business Report on public television and now it looks like Greece might leave the Euro Zone. Why should that concern me? Why should that concern you?
It means that the financial contagion of Greece could easily infect the rest of Europe and a European infection will definitely infect the United States. We will all be a little closer to a world-wide depression if Greece leaves the Euro Zone and the rest of the Euro Zone cannot stop the infection.
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Whew! That’s a lot of heavy thinking for 9:00 am.
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