7Ghent's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=7Ghent2011-01-08T00:06:37ZThe Dance (fiction)http://everything2.com/user/7Ghent/writeups/The+Dance7Ghenthttp://everything2.com/user/7Ghent2011-01-08T00:06:37Z2011-01-08T00:06:37Z"Faster," she said. "We've got to be back in <a href="/title/Lisbon">Lisbon</a> by 0600 hours. Unless you find the prospect of being indicted on <a href="/title/sedition">sedition</a> charges enticing." I pulled a besotted silk handkerchief from my back pocket and mopped my brow. "If I were dancing any faster, I'd get friction burns from the air resistance," I replied, glancing back at the crowd that had began to gather.<br><br>"You were always more of an architect than a performer," she sneered through clenched teeth. I grinned sharply. "Not if I were <a href="/title/dancing+%253Cb%253Eabout%253C%252Fb%253E+architecture">about</b> architecture" class='populated' >dancing <b>about</b> architecture</a>!" The barest hint of smile crossed her lips. <br><br>And so we danced our way across the cobblestones, the sound of our boots clattering like an army of <a href="/title/skeletons+with+castanets">skeletons with castanets</a>. Soon, spectators were transformed into willing participants. Here, a young couple miming our frantic <a href="/title/tarantella">tarantella</a>. There, a elderly woman remembering how to polka. <br><br>Still faster we <a href="/title/spun">spun</a> and <a href="/title/lunged">lunged</a> and <a href="/title/stomped">stomped</a> and <a href="/title/twirled">twirled</a>. My lungs burned and my veins pumped acid. She seemed to gain…I'll never forget Morocco (fiction)http://everything2.com/user/7Ghent/writeups/I%2527ll+never+forget+Morocco7Ghenthttp://everything2.com/user/7Ghent2010-08-04T03:53:05Z2010-08-04T03:53:05Z<p>It was late summer in <a href="/title/Tangier">Tangier</a>. You were an <a href="/title/art+school+dropout">art school dropout</a> from Toronto, recently out of rehab and blowing daddy's trust fund like it was going out of style. I was a jaded ex-MP turned <a href="/title/used+furniture+salesman">used furniture salesman</a> and smalltime arms dealer. We met in one of those dark, dusty expat bars that litter the city like the discarded shotglasses and <a href="/title/Carta+Blanca">Carta Blanca</a> bottles we'd eventually leave on our table. <br /><br />I knew your type. Your too-liberal taste in Columbian nose-candy had outrun your bank account and you just needed some front money for a <a href="/title/confidence+game">confidence game</a>. Hundreds of times you'd done this <a href="/title/across+the+pond">across the pond</a>, you claimed. Well, at least a few dozen. Right. <br /><br />I acquiesced, on the condition that I would run lookout- keep an eye on my investment, as it were. I should've seen the <a href="/title/double-cross">double-cross</a> coming. You were a little too canny for a smallfry con. <br /><br />I'll never forget<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Green Chile Stew (thing)http://everything2.com/user/7Ghent/writeups/Green+Chile+Stew7Ghenthttp://everything2.com/user/7Ghent2005-11-22T22:53:04Z2005-11-22T22:53:04ZThis is a simple <a href="/title/recipe">recipe</a> that's been passed down for countless generations in my native <a href="/title/New+Mexican">New Mexican</a> family. It's also the best food for <a href="/title/flu">flu</a>s and <a href="/title/cold">cold</a>s EVER, due to the natural <a href="/title/antibotic">antibotic</a> effects of <a href="/title/garlic">garlic</a> and the <a href="/title/vitamin+C">vitamin C</a> in <a href="/title/green+chile">green chile</a>, not to mention the sinus-clearing effect. Best eaten with a hot stack of home-made <a href="/title/flour+tortilla">flour tortilla</a>s.
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Ingredients:
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<li>2 cups <a href="/title/green+chile">green chile</a>, chopped
<li>5 good-sized potatoes, peeled and diced
<li>1/2 lb pork steak, cubed
<li>1/4 lb <a href="/title/bacon">bacon</a>, chopped
<li>4-6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
<li>1/4-1/2 tsp <a href="/title/Mexican+oregano">Mexican oregano</a> (add more if your chile is hotter, less if it's mild)
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Reserve 2 potatoes. Combine all remaining ingredients in a large pot, add about 2 quarts water. Boil on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add water if it boils down too much. Boil for about 2 hours, at which point the potatoes should have more or less dissolved. If they're not dissolving, you probably didn't chop them small enough. Fry the remaining potatoes,<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…How to get Apache to send compressed versions of static HTML files (idea)http://everything2.com/user/7Ghent/writeups/How+to+get+Apache+to+send+compressed+versions+of+static+HTML+files7Ghenthttp://everything2.com/user/7Ghent2005-02-16T18:59:42Z2005-02-16T18:59:42ZIn addition to the above, you may also wish to try
<b>The <a href="/title/not-ass-backwards">not-ass-backwards</a> method</b>
<ol>
<li>Install <a href="/title/mod_gzip">mod_gzip</a>.
<li>Configure <a href="/title/mod_gzip">mod_gzip</a>.
<li>Enjoy your intellectual superiority.
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You see, <a href="/title/mod_gzip">mod_gzip</a> gzips and serves <a href="/title/compressed">compressed</a> versions of static <a href="/title/HTML">HTML</a> files for you, so you don't have to bother with compressing and serving them manually.
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The install and configuration in more detail:<br>
Download the <a href="/title/latest+version">latest version</a> of <a href="/title/mod_zip">mod_zip</a>. This example uses version 1.3.26. Adjust accordingly.
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tar -zxvf mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a.tgz
cd mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a
make APXS=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
make install APXS=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
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Then edit your httpd.conf file
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vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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and add the following (in the AddModule stuff):
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first uncomment:
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#LoadModule gzip_module libexec/mod_gzip.so
to
LoadModule gzip_module libexec/mod_gzip.so
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and
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#AddModule mod_gzip.c
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to
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AddModule mod_gzip.c
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<p>He always looms <a href="/title/larger-than-life">larger-than-life</a> in my <a href="/title/mind%2527s+eye">mind's eye</a>. Perhaps it was the way in which he stood, feet apart, <a href="/title/hands+like+baseball+mitts">hands like baseball mitts</a> loose at his sides. Solid, stolid, unchangeable. Perhaps it was in the deep lines of his face, <a href="/title/weathered+like+a+mountain">weathered like a mountain</a>. However it had happened, I've always equated my grandfather with <a href="/title/The+Duke">The Duke</a>.
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My father introduced me to <a href="/title/John+Wayne">John Wayne</a> films very young. Apart from the occasional cartoon, most of the movies I can remember seeing were Westerns- <a href="/title/The+Searchers">The Searchers</a>, <a href="/title/Rio+Grande">Rio Grande</a>, <a href="/title/Hondo">Hondo</a>. I'd never had trouble discerning between reality and fiction, but this was different. Sure, they looked a little different. My grandpa wasn't quite as tall, maybe. But I knew that in some way I didn't quite understand that they were fundamentally the same person.
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Maybe they're <a href="/title/archetypes">archetypes</a>, reflections of a cultural ideal of some kind. <a href="/title/Mythic+figure">Mythic figure</a>s surrounded by stories about honor and strength and <a href="/title/general+badassery">general badassery</a>.
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Curly-haired little<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></blockquote>…Crypto-Jews in New Mexico (idea)http://everything2.com/user/7Ghent/writeups/Crypto-Jews+in+New+Mexico7Ghenthttp://everything2.com/user/7Ghent2002-06-14T02:56:16Z2002-06-14T02:56:16Z<p>I can confim this somewhat with personal anecdote. My family is one of the original 38 that settled <a href="/title/New+Mexico">New Mexico</a> in 1598, and we know several other old <a href="/title/colonial">colonial</a> families. I know of at least one family that recently discovered their <a href="/title/Jewish">Jewish</a> origins. This particular family was remodeling their 250-year old <a href="/title/adobe">adobe</a> home and found a <a href="/title/mezuzah">mezuzah</a> hidden in the wall next to the front door. They were shocked, being a very devout <a href="/title/Catholic">Catholic</a> family. I spoke to the <a href="/title/patriarch">patriarch</a> of the family about it, and he did mention playing with something like a <a href="/title/dreidel">dreidel</a> as a child as well as an avoidance of pork. They were all very embarrassed about the whole thing.</p>