http://ourmedia.org/user/14349 Recently published media items from Ourmedia.org en http://ourmedia.org/node/411612 Lifecasting abundance & gratitide.Venison tastes pretty darned good on its own.Very hot - just over medium - pan, preferably cast iron or one thick enough to really have & hold the heat. I time the pan heating for 5 minutes, but I'm working with electricity rather than preferred gas cooking elements. Wee bit of good oil in the pan (I like peanut oil because it doesn't smoke so much @ high temps) since the venison hasn't much fat to keep it from sticking.These steaks were about 1/2" thick, so I cook the first side for four minutes, and the second side for three. My best advice, learned from the late Edson Fowler of Allied Club fame: Don't move the steaks once you place them. Or any meat you cook on a fry pan for that matter.Edson says of hamburger: Minimize playing around with the meat as you shape it into burger form. Makes a great deal of difference in the finished product.Anyway, once the venison steaks were lifted, added a T. of butter to the still-hot pan, now turned to low, fried up some diced onions and fresh garlic. Leaving the onion/garlic in place, deglazed the pan with a wee bit of good bourbon, then added some pommegranate juice to finish.M-m-m-marvelous.Thanks, John & Vicki. Just begining to realize that Vicki's an artist. How cool is that?- Taken at 6:57 PM on January 17, 2008 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:49:19 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411571 A short poem that explores the nightmare landscape of the ticking biological clock and losing one's teeth at a party. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:53:06 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411545 A short poem that explores the nightmare landscape of the ticking biological clock and losing one's teeth at a party. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:47:40 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411531 Excerpted from a rehearsal performance for the musical theater piece "Who is This Princess-at-Large Person and Why My Basement?"A bunch of pages from "The World's Longest Open Love Letter". With Zack Bonnie. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:40:20 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411533 April early morning momentshowing.Talk of why night shots in the movies are often wet.  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:41:45 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411547 Paintings, wall sculpture, drawings.This was a gift to my colleague Katie.Because I can.Because it's something she needs and will use.Sweet. Because part of healing is giving back.  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:49:04 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411541 Sound effects.Wisdom words.Portraits of the sleep deprived.Stunt driving ephemera. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:45:34 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411549 This is a video titled 'Sound Cart Tour'. Working. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:52:37 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411572 Yeah.Remember when neraly every car in NYC featured hand-written signs taped to a rear window that said things like, "Don't bother. Everything's been stolen already," or, "Sorry, nothing left."People react to having been violated by making signs.Signs of the times.  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:53:54 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411551 Wee Meg's going to be invited into the house so Dad will have an indoor pet pal by next winter. As soon as he figures out how he can have her in and out without messing up the floor with muddy paw prints, etc.Meg's is a barely-contained glee.I aspire to that. The border collies always bunked in the kennels until a favorite - Glen - began to lose his eyesight, and they brought him inside until his passing. Then Moss too was brought in for his retirement days. She's one of the most loving dogs he's ever had, with a sunny disposition sure to boost Pop's spirits, much as Mom's Pipsqueak cat has done for her. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:53:23 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411605 CUSS WORD ALERT.Documenting an idea of masculinity.This is the version of masculinity upon which I was weaned.It informed my life for decades.Now, I challenge it intellectually if not in my heart. I'm torn. Having rejected this way of being masculine intellectually, my heart knows not what it wants. Ironic that we had gathered together as a family to speak of drinking and drugging.Ultimately, we are each responsible for our behaviors, no matter what history or experience informs those behaviors. The past is not explored or given as excuse, but explanation / exploration toward understanding, and understanding toward forgiveness and change.Change for the bertter? Damn straight.I told a friend of mine about the intervention we'd hoped to initiate.His first question was, "Was anyone hurt?" Thankfully, I was able to tell him, "No."He then related the story of how in 1991 his sister had been murdered and brother crippled by a 3-strike drunk driver. Brought some things home.<rant>This is serious business, bro.My brother, I love you. Please don't kill anybody. I beg you. Get some fucking help.Dad & his pals were lucky.Your luck's not that good. We know this.Times have changed.DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE, motherfucker.DON'T FUCKING DO IT.</rant>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:47:34 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/411614 This is a video titled 'Storytelling :: Masculinity & The Good Old Days'. A documentary masculinity. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:49:56 -0700