Elvis Blog – Post #56 – Police Academy for Writers

DATELINE: Amelia Island (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Thursday 20 September 2012

ELVIS QUOTE:
“I never expected to be anybody important.”

ELVIS TRIVIA:
Elvis gave away five automobiles on vacation in what town?

ELVIS HISTORY:
24 March 1955
Elvis gave an interview to Robert Carlton Brown at the Warwick Hotel in New York City. This interview is on an LP Personally Elvis (Silhouette Music). Four days later he was performing at the Circle Theatre in Cleveland and was filmed by DJ Bill Randle.

AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA & NORTH CAROLINA:
Thursday 30 September 2012
Today Karen Herbelin and I head for North Carolina at first light. To say we’re excited is hardly adequate. Lee Child will be there as well as other authors. The banquet supposedly will have a “BIG” surprise guest. I showed Karen the city of Fernandina Beach—it doesn’t take long since the whole island is only two miles wide and 13 miles long. We went over to Sandy Bottoms to hear the fabulous Macys. When Kathy Macy sings “At last,” it’s magic.

JOKE OF THE DAY:
A big city lawyer went duck hunting. He dropped a bird, but it fell the other side of a fence on a farmer’s land.
Farmer; “It’s my duck now.”
Lawyer, “I’ll sue you.”
Farmer, “We settle things here with a ‘Three Kick Rule.'”
Lawyer: “What’s a ‘Three Kick Rule’?”
Farmer: “My land, so I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up.”
The lawyer decided that he could easily take the old codger, and agreed, but the first kick was to his groin, the second to his midriff, and the third sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie. Lawyer: It’s my turn now, you old codger.”
Farmer: “Nah, I give up. You can have the duck.”

RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Caramelized-Onion Dip:
Ingredients:
About 30 cut up carrots, celery, radishes, 1 Tb + 1 tsp oil
Heat oil on med
Cook 8 cups diced onions w/ 2 tsp salt, stir often—about 40 min
Add 3 Tb water & deglaze skillet
Remove onions & brown bits
Cool 30 min
Stir 1 ½ C Greek yogurt, ½ C sour cream, 2 Tb lemon juice, and ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
Use vegetables instead of high-fat chips
1/3 cup of dip is only about 100 calories, gives 5g. protein, 4g fiber, but only 1g. fat

TIP OF THE DAY:
Before you use a plunger, line the rim with Vaseline. You’ll get a tighter seal. And always use the plunger with a tall dome, not the cup kind, for sinks and drains. You’ll get a better push/pull.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Vale, Colorado