05 Jan 2025 Reading time: 1 minute
These are all movies I have watched recently, from Netflix, that really make you think - about all kinds of things and how they relate to society and even politics/similar things. I highly recommend each of them!
A scientist whose proof of an afterlife caused a rash of suicides forges ahead with his research, while his disapproving son falls for a troubled woman.
In this darkly comedic thriller, a scammer exploiting the legal system to defraud older adults targets a woman with dangerous connections.
In a future where technology has rendered privacy obsolete, a detective investigates a serial assassin who has been deleted from all visual records.
A Philadelphia detective slowly unravels as he nurses a lifelong obsession with an enigmatic female serial killer whose crimes defy explanation.
03 Jan 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes I recently made my marinara meat sauce. In this post I’ll share the recipe for fun.
I will say a few things first:
- This is not meant to be traditional in any way, shape or form! If that is what you like, this is not gonna work for you!
- I love onions. I use more onions than probably any recipe online. You can reduce the amount to your taste if you wish of course.
Ingredients
- 1 - Pound of ground beef (can change out for other ground meat you prefer)
- 2 - Cans of crushed tomato (can use whole peeled tomatoes and manually crush)
- 3 - Large yellow onion
- 2 - Cups of red wine
- 4 - Extra generous tablespoons of minced garlic
- 1 - Teaspoon of oregano (sometimes I use “Italian seasoning”)
- 3 - Tablespoons of salt
- 3 - Tablespoons of pepper
- 5 - Tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 - Tablespoon of crushed red pepper
The process
First thing I always do is chop up my onions:
I like them a bit larger than normal - here they all are all chopped up:
My second step is opening up the 2 cans of crushed tomatoes. This time, I don’t have the absolute best brands — however these will do:
And then pour them into the pan, with 3 tablespoon of olive oil:
At this point, turn on the stove top at the lowest setting, and throw in the 1 cup of red wine:
Next, add in about:
- 2/3rds of the chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon of crushed red pepper
- 2 tablespoons of salt
- 2 tablespoons of pepper
- 2 generous tablespoons of the minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon of oregano
and then stir the sauce.
Keep that burner on and now move onto the ground beef.
Break up the beef and cook until the meat is cooked.
Drain the contents using a strainer and put it into the sauce…
and then stir the meat into the sauce:
I usually leave this cooking, stirring occasionally, for at least another hour after this but it can keep cooking for a while.
This type of meat sauce, in my opinion, goes the best with spaghetti. Normal or thick spaghetti, by the way, not angel hair or thin spaghetti.
Here is the final spaghetti in a bowl with some cheese.
30 Dec 2024 Reading time: 2 minutes September 11th, 2001
9:37 AM
Planes have been flown into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, as well as the Pentagon.
10:03 AM
United Airlines Flight 93 plunged into a field, igniting the isolated rural area near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Six minutes earlier, onboard - after voting to do so - the passengers revolted - ultimately preventing the hijackers from crashing the plane into the U.S. Capitol Building.
The crash site for United Airlines 93 and the resting site of the heroes who sacrificed themselves to prevent further disaster (Source)
Relatively, the story of United Airlines 93 is not well known. Especially when compared to the Twin Towers and the Pentagon attacks - among other details of that day.
There’s many stories about these attacks that are not well known enough. Many about about people, heroes, buildings, etc. Some of these stories extend into the present day.
10:28 AM
The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, adding to the moments from the live TV broadcasts that many Americans will never forget.
The debris from the North Tower collapse damaged and ignited fires inside of a third tower – Building 7 (7 World Trade Center), on multiple lower floors. The building’s fire suppression system was unable to fight the fire, which burned throughout the day.
For some background - this third tower, Building 7, was completed in March of 1987, was 47 stories tall, and had a unique trapezoidal shape.
Layout of the various buildings, including the Twin Towers and Building 7 in downtown Manhattan (Source)
5:20 PM
Building 7 begins it’s collapse, 7 hours and 21 minutes after the South Tower and 6 hours and 52 after the North Tower. The third tower has collapsed. Thankfully, no lives were lost due to Building 7’s collapse.
Unfortunately, this is a much lesser known event that occurred on that day.
A beautiful tower, part of the illustrious history of the greatest city in the world, lost that day - but never lost from our memories.
Building 7 in August 1992, taken from the WTC observation deck (Source)
South view of Building 7 in 1994 (Source)
