Comments on: How To Be A Feminist Fella After Getting Lambasted By Feminists http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: res publica http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-921 res publica Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-921 Hehehe thanks! Oh, and....SWEET GOD ALMIGHTY that taco looks good! Hehehe thanks! Oh, and….SWEET GOD ALMIGHTY that taco looks good!

]]> By: res publica http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-922 res publica Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-922 And yeah, Austin suffers from a pretty severe hippie infestation. I love to go there - and then come right back home. San Antonio is a cornhole of a city in many ways, but it is mercifully hippie-free. And yeah, Austin suffers from a pretty severe hippie infestation. I love to go there - and then come right back home. San Antonio is a cornhole of a city in many ways, but it is mercifully hippie-free.

]]> By: deja pseu http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-923 deja pseu Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-923 "at least one hippie in a woolen Guatemalan beanie crawling out from the verdure, blinking and gasping like the first lungfish to climb ashore out of the primordial ooze." Hee hee. This is the funniest thing I've read all week. Thanks for perking up my Thursday. How's that new coffee machine? Would you recommend it? “at least one hippie in a woolen Guatemalan beanie crawling out from the verdure, blinking and gasping like the first lungfish to climb ashore out of the primordial ooze.”

Hee hee. This is the funniest thing I’ve read all week. Thanks for perking up my Thursday.

How’s that new coffee machine? Would you recommend it?

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-924 Twisty Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-924 You should not ask me about espresso machines, because I am passionate to the point of a medical disorder about'em, and will go on and on. But, since you <i>did</i> ask, the "Impressa S8"--I can't type that name with a straight face--makes an excellent cuppa. Fragrant crema, perfect temperature. It turns out to be a redesign of my dear old C-1000, eliminating a really stupid design flaw, which was that the spout was too low-slung to fit an 8-oz cup under. I have no information yet as to its reliability, but based on the bipolar performance of its progenitor I'd have some difficulty recommending it to anyone who isn't an incurable addict/risk-taker, since the fucking thing costs about a thousand bucks and who knows when it'll decide to throw a rod. Yup. I'm that wacked-out on coffee. You should not ask me about espresso machines, because I am passionate to the point of a medical disorder about’em, and will go on and on.

But, since you did ask, the “Impressa S8″–I can’t type that name with a straight face–makes an excellent cuppa. Fragrant crema, perfect temperature. It turns out to be a redesign of my dear old C-1000, eliminating a really stupid design flaw, which was that the spout was too low-slung to fit an 8-oz cup under. I have no information yet as to its reliability, but based on the bipolar performance of its progenitor I’d have some difficulty recommending it to anyone who isn’t an incurable addict/risk-taker, since the fucking thing costs about a thousand bucks and who knows when it’ll decide to throw a rod.

Yup. I’m that wacked-out on coffee.

]]> By: deja pseu http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-925 deja pseu Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-925 Thanks. The only espresso machine I've ever owned was one of the crappy $200 Krupps variety, which was just a pain in the ass to use, didn't force water through the grounds, and never had enough steam to get the milk really warm enough for a capuccino (for company, not for me!). I keep toying with the idea of investing in a good one, but no one I know has one, so no reviews forthcoming IRL. Thanks. The only espresso machine I’ve ever owned was one of the crappy $200 Krupps variety, which was just a pain in the ass to use, didn’t force water through the grounds, and never had enough steam to get the milk really warm enough for a capuccino (for company, not for me!). I keep toying with the idea of investing in a good one, but no one I know has one, so no reviews forthcoming IRL.

]]> By: Dean http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-926 Dean Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-926 Mmmmm....pork tacos! Looks tasty. But a $1000 espresso machine? A little rich for my blood. I do like what Res Publica has to say re: being a feminist male, it seems very sensible. Twisty, you'll recall that we've had variations on this conversation before on that music-oriented list, and at the end, I've always been left thinking, "OK, as far as I can tell, I'm not oppressing anyone right now. But what else can I do?" Res boils it down as succinctly as anything I've seen. Mmmmm….pork tacos! Looks tasty. But a $1000 espresso machine? A little rich for my blood.

I do like what Res Publica has to say re: being a feminist male, it seems very sensible. Twisty, you’ll recall that we’ve had variations on this conversation before on that music-oriented list, and at the end, I’ve always been left thinking, “OK, as far as I can tell, I’m not oppressing anyone right now. But what else can I do?” Res boils it down as succinctly as anything I’ve seen.

]]> By: res publica http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-927 res publica Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-927 That's because Res is da bomb! Oh....dang, I signed in under the wrong screenname. That’s because Res is da bomb! Oh….dang, I signed in under the wrong screenname.

]]> By: bellatrys http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-928 bellatrys Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-928 And they say we feminists are humorless. I don't understand it. Then again, I didn't laugh once in American Pie, but "Vermin!" in Fawlty Towers had me suffering from an inhalation incident, so maybe it's a cultural thing... And they say we feminists are humorless. I don’t understand it. Then again, I didn’t laugh once in American Pie, but “Vermin!” in Fawlty Towers had me suffering from an inhalation incident, so maybe it’s a cultural thing…

]]> By: CafeSiren http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-929 CafeSiren Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-929 Res & Twisty: would either of you mind if I printed this out & posted it on my office door? I'd like my students (especially the male ones) to think about this. Many of them, I'm sure, have no idea that men *can* be feminists. Res & Twisty: would either of you mind if I printed this out & posted it on my office door? I’d like my students (especially the male ones) to think about this. Many of them, I’m sure, have no idea that men *can* be feminists.

]]> By: Tony Patti http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-930 Tony Patti Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/07/21/how-to-be-a-feminist-fella-after-getting-lambasted-by-feminists/#comment-930 Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! A word to those without the money or patience to buy a real espresso machine: The lowly beatnik mocha, when treated right, can summon forth a cup of decent espresso, as long as it's just for mixing with hot milk. Otherwise, thank god for Starbucks. I don't know how they manage to do it when so many amateur corner places fail. For a good mocha there are rules. Never clean it with detergent, just rinse it out and wipe it clean every day. Use Italian ground beans, unles you can grind beans as perfectly as they do, which is doubtful. I prefer Lavazza's black "Bar" espresso beans. Fill the cup carefully, tamping lightly with the edge of the spoon to fill the corners, and mound it up high. Then make a little mountain with the bottom of the spoon in the middle of the cup - no need to smash it down, that happens when you screw the top on. Cook it on a hot flame until the first stream of coffee goes from black oil to black oil with cream, then cut it way back and watch it closely. It should produce more cream but excess heat will burn it off. Turn it off and take it from the fire when it starts to burble. My morning cafe latte sometimes tastes so smooth that it's almost like chocolate. Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! Puppies!

A word to those without the money or patience to buy a real espresso machine: The lowly beatnik mocha, when treated right, can summon forth a cup of decent espresso, as long as it’s just for mixing with hot milk. Otherwise, thank god for Starbucks. I don’t know how they manage to do it when so many amateur corner places fail.

For a good mocha there are rules. Never clean it with detergent, just rinse it out and wipe it clean every day. Use Italian ground beans, unles you can grind beans as perfectly as they do, which is doubtful. I prefer Lavazza’s black “Bar” espresso beans. Fill the cup carefully, tamping lightly with the edge of the spoon to fill the corners, and mound it up high. Then make a little mountain with the bottom of the spoon in the middle of the cup - no need to smash it down, that happens when you screw the top on.

Cook it on a hot flame until the first stream of coffee goes from black oil to black oil with cream, then cut it way back and watch it closely. It should produce more cream but excess heat will burn it off. Turn it off and take it from the fire when it starts to burble.

My morning cafe latte sometimes tastes so smooth that it’s almost like chocolate.

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