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Recipe: Shepherd's Pie Stew
By popular demand! (Fair warning... This is a LOT of stew!) 5 lb well-marbled Chuck roast, chunked Salt & Pepper to taste 6 T Grapeseed oil 2 yellow onions, cut into 1" chunks 3 T Granulated garlic 2 Bay Leaves 2 tsp Thyme 4 T Balsamic Vinegar 1 small can Tomato Paste 1 large can diced tomatoes 1/2 c AP flour or GF Alt 4 c beef broth 4 c water 2 T sugar or low glycemic alternative like Xylitol 10 carrots, peeled and cut into 1" pieces 2 lb mini white potatoes, cut into thirds (or even quarters if they're not quite 'mini.') 2 bags frozen peas Optional but highly recommended: 1 lb your favorite kind of mushrooms, quartered (Chanterelles, Crimini, White, or Porcini are my suggestions) Heat oven to 300°. Pat beef dry and season generously. In a large pot, heat 2 T Grapeseed oil over medium-high heat until a sheen appears on the surface of the oil. Grapeseed oil has a very high smoke point, but be careful of the surface getting too hot. Splattering is no bueno! Brown meat in batches, because there's a lot of it! Be sure and add an extra T of oil every batch, and don't crowd it! This will help the meat brown evenly. Move meat to a large plate and get back to work. Add onions, and balsamic vinegar, sprinkle with granulated garlic. Heat, stirring and scraping those delicious meat particles from the bottom of pan, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the can of tomato paste and diced tomatoes, then cook a few minutes more. Put all that beefy goodness back in the pan and sprinkle with flour; stir until lumps disappear. Maybe another couple minutes. Add the broth, water, bay leaves, thyme, and sugar (or 'sugar'). Stir to deglaze and bring it all to a boil. You can wisk in some more flour if the gravy is too loose (mine tends to be most times). Drizzle some more balsamic vinegar in with the floor for good measure. Cover pot with lid, stick it in the oven and braise for a couple hours. Remove pot from oven and add carrots and potatoes. Add the fungi here if you so indulge. And you should. For even more flavor craziness, sauté the shrooms in a couple T of Grapeseed oil and balsamic before adding to the pot. Cover and place back in oven for about 45 minutes. You might check in 15 minute intervals to make sure the veg is cooked through and the beef is tender. Scrape the pot as necessary. Check seasoning (TASTING!) and salt, pepper, and sugar until perfect, then add the two bags of frozen peas. Don't worry. They cook very quickly. Cool it down, then nosh the hell outta that stuff! Or, you know, fridge that shiznit, because soups are always better the next day. Now, you could forego the oven part, and just use the stove, but you are gonna have to keep stirring for the duration because that pan will need scraping. Trust me on this. I dare you to hate this recipe. It is so rich and comforting, it's like a warm, fluffy blanket, except for your insides. Enjoy!
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Thanks to the Television Academy for a great panel!
World Voices Organization Rates Roundtable #10
On breaking in to the Video Game VO world.
So, how did I get started in Video Game VO?
WARNING: Wall of text to follow.
Well, I did it all the 'wrong' ways. First thing I did was give away my work for years, literally years to fan dub projects for properties like Transformers.
(OK, aside. Fan dub projects, for those without Google-fu, are fan-made cartoon or anime properties that originated in another language and dubbed into English. For example, Transformers: Victory...You haven't heard of it? Et voilà. Sometimes fandubs traipse into the "already dubbed" territory, due to loud fan dissatisfaction, but for the most part, fans stick to properties that will probably never see an official release, to avoid copyright kerfuffles.)
So, I did work on a few fandubbed series for Transformers properties in order to work on my character chops, and to be honest, it helped lay the foundation for anime dubbing.
Go give the link a read, I'll wait. Horrifying, isn't it? The idea that your home could be levelled by someone's mistake? And the aftermath is that nobody is taking responsibility for the horrible mistake. That's what can happen when the lowest bidder is hired. You can see how a person might draw the same conclusions about hiring voice talent. You might have hired a creative agency, but they turn around and use a service that takes no responsibility for the quality of talent provided, as opposed to having a roster of professional talent themselves. Then when things go sideways for whatever reason, the finger pointing begins, and things only go downhill from there. Being professional at all levels is as important today as it always has been. Don't settle, else the wrecking ball might hit your business next, and at that point, whose fault is it? Certainly not Google Maps.
I will be cross posting everywhere, until everyone reads it. Seriously. Read this.
Last year, I wrote a five-part Magnum Opus on Net Neutrality, and one year later, the fight isn't over. The Verge talks to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in an exclusive interview.
Ladies and gentlebeings, I present to you, courtesy of the GVAA, my shiny (OHH SHINY!) new video game demo!
VO RADAR Roundtable 8-25-15 by Dave Courvoisier
VO RADAR Roundtable 8-25-15 by Dave Courvoisier
'Delightfully Irreverent, Yet Effective' Talk about VO Atlanta
What a weekend.
There were many things that happened this past weekend at VO Atlanta, I hardly know where to start. So when I chat about things, they’re in no particular order, just to quickly dispel any semblance of import to my rantings. So away we go.
Net Neutrality and Voiceover, Pt. 5: Net Neutrality and Voiceover
(This is the fifth of five in a series of words in regards to Net Neutrality. For part four, click here.)
My apologies in advance for the 'Department of Redundancy Department' name of today's blog. I felt like it was rather apropos, though, given the repetitive nature of the information surrounding this grand debate.
Today, we're going to talk a little about how your voiceover business might be affected one way or another, by the confirming, or vacating, of new rules on Net Neutrality. Let's get to it.
Net Neutrality and Voiceover, Pt. 4: Politics, Misinformation, and Mythbusting
(This is the fourth of five in a series of words in regards to Net Neutrality. For part three, click here.)
In part three of the series, we really dug deep into how the current debate really heated up after the Verizon challenge to the 2010 Open Internet Order. In this installment, we're going to delve into the rhetoric being bandied about and do some real truth-searching. So, let's get to it.
Net Neutrality and Voiceover, Pt. 3: Chairman Wheeler, Once a Dingo, a Dingo No Longer
(This is the third of five in a series of words in regards to Net Neutrality. For part two, click here.)
At the end of Part 2, we left you with the instances of failed legislation and John Oliver's throwdown about Net Neutrality.
I skipped ahead to summer 2014, because that's when things really started getting interesting. To be fair, plenty actually happened between 2006 and John Oliver's gauntlet being tossed. Let's talk about those interesting events before moving forward.
Net Neutrality and Voiceover, Pt. 2: The Current Ruleset and Laws
(This is the second of five in a series of words in regards to Net Neutrality. For part one, click here.)
So yay! More history!
*acknowledges the collective sighs and groans*
We left off yesterday with three decisions that were important in shaping the FCC's posture towards the internet.
The Brand X decision handed down by the Supreme Court left cable companies' broadband offerings classified under Title I of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, the original law governing mass communications in the US (and also what established the FCC as a oversight body).
The sanction against Madison River Communications for blocking Voice-Over-IP service Vonage for fear of competition with its own voice network.
The deregulation of DSL (Digital Subscriber Lines, the telecom companies' broadband offering), that was originally regulated under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934.