Elvis Blog – Post #60 – Sisters in Crime & Writers’ Police Academy

DATELINE: Amelia Island (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Monday 24 September 2012

ELVIS QUOTE:
“I’m strictly for Stevenson. I don’t dig the intellectual bit, but I’m telling you, man, he knows the most.”

ELVIS TRIVIA:
How many rooms in Elvis’s birthplace in Tupelo?

ELVIS HISTORY:
1955
Elvis is being praised, imitated, and maligned. The whole industry is talking about Elvis the Pelvis. Some in the African-American community are angry that Elvis stole their style, claiming he would be unnoticed if he were black. Eddie Arnold, Homer and Jethro, and even the Sons of the Pioneers try to cash in on his rock-a-billy technique. Preachers are denouncing him as evil.

AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA:
Monday 24 September 2012
Home Again. It’s so hard to come down off the incredible high of the Writers’ Police Academy. I loved it all, and it was perfect. I won a basket with four police procedural books, and pitched my manuscript (7SON) to the Sullivan Maxx Literary Agency. The instructors were all excellent and knowledgeable. I know after listening to Robert Pauly, I will have to change chapters 11, 15, and 27. Darn that CSI blue light. We agreed we could listen to Andy Russell all day. Under his direction I got to load and fire a Glock (imperfectly). He called it the spray and pray method. To think that Sisters in Crime helped sponsor this training and paid $155.00 for each member to go, is unbelievable. Lee Loftland was such a treat, and on top of all the wonderful workshops we had Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Dr. Elizabeth Murray, Marsha Clark, and Lee Child. One of the real surprises and delights of the event was Marco Conelli telling about the life of an undercover cop. The fact that, to me, he sounded like Woody Allen was a hoot. I was thrilled to see the police chase and takedown of two “dangerous escapees.” Dee Jackson is an awesome actress (and kick-butt anti-heroine). “I ain’t going back to prison, man.” Karen and I are already planning next year’s trip to beautiful North Carolina. Thank you, Sisters in Crime, and the Guilford and Jamestown Officers, for a fabulous time.

JOKE OF THE DAY:
Redneck star football player was failing math and was ineligible to play an important game. “I’m not supposed to let you play but we need you in there. So I have to ask you a math question. If you get it right, you can play. Okay, concentrate . . . what is 2 plus 2?” The player thought for a moment and then he answered, “Four?” “Four!” the coach exclaimed. At that, all the other players on the team began screaming, “Come on coach give him another chance!”

TIP OF THE DAY:
Need 1 C buttermilk?
Pour 1 T vinegar in an 8 oz cup, add REGULAR milk
Set 5 min
Need heavy cream?
¾ C milk & ¼ C butter
Need 1 oz unsweetened chocolate?
3 T cocoa & 1 T butter or veg. oil

RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Crunchy Shrimp:
You’ll need 1 ½ # shrimp, panko & a pilsner beer
Mix 1 cup Panko, 1 T chopped flat-leaf parsley, & ¼ tsp salt in a flat dish
Mix ¾ C rice flour & ½ C plain flour w/ ½ tsp baking soda
Whisk in 12 oz chilled pilsner beer
Heat large skillet & coat w/3 Tb oil (canola)
Dip half the peeled deveined shrimp in beer batter & dredge in Panko
Place single layer in pan
Cook 2 ½ min a side
Remove, drain, repeat (use 3 Tb more oil)
Cal. 435, Protein 30, Carbs 22.8 per 4 ½ oz of shrimp

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Two