Celebrating Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton & Independence

Free to Act as One Pleases!"

Today is Independence Day! Independence means being "free to act as one pleases," according to the Oxford English Dictionary. This means the president, if he so chooses, can "bow" and be polite to another country's leader. This means that the First Lady can go to England and cosy up to the Queen, put her arm around her, and have a friendly chat.

Independence means women can vote. Independence means there shall not be schools that are segregated. Independence means a person born as a female can change their gender. Independence means a minority of people can do what they want, regardless of the opinions of people with differing views.

At http://www.saintsforsinners.com/, our First Lady of Independence is a Doctor of the Church, the late, great, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Things hardly ever "went right" for Elizabeth but that never slowed her down. Her husband was murdered, her babies died, she was discarded by her family, but she kept on keeping on.

Elizabeth Ann Seton's story is free and available on our web site.

Celebrate our differences today. Do as you please! Live and let live. There's no reason "why we can't all just get along." And, in conclusion, as a First Generation American, with my father, Heinz Hellmut Clemenz, born and raised in the tiny province of Sylt, Germany and with my Grandfather, Robert Byrnes, a man who defied Prohibition and ran a "Speak Easy" in the Boroughs of New York City, I say "Thank you America, for letting these men live their lives, and later, letting me be me. God Bless America!"

P.S. - The Deviled Eggs were a huge hit. I never realized how hard it is to peel an egg ("ayyyg")! Thank you, Melisa Clark and the New York Times

"Devil in Details," Saint Brigid of Ireland, Declares!

http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ 's Saint Brigid of Ireland, the patron Saint of Chicken Farmers, has one thing to say at the start of this July 4th Weekend, ""Deviled Eggs Taste Good!"

Americans from throughout the world will be celebrating the Independence of the great "Melting Pot" known as America, on Saturday, July 4th. Picnics will be held in parks, backyards, and city stoops, among other places.

If you're looking for something yummy to bring to the party (pronounced "pawty" if you're a yat from Louisiana) consider making some deviled eggs, a low cost, delectable Comfort Food.

New York Times columnist Melissa Clark has a great recipe that SaintsforSinners is copying for a 4th of July Pawty in New Orleans today. Melissa recommends starting with 12 large eggs (done), placing them in a pot of water (done), bringing them to a full boil (in progress), and then after they are cooked, allowing the "eggs to stand for at least 15 minutes." (This will be the tricky part since the eggs have not been born and can't even crawl, let alone "stand.")

Saint Lawrence, the patron of chefs, advised us that "stand," in this instance means "let alone" so we will follow his instruction since it's very easy and we are even doing it right this second! Then we go back to Melissa's recipe (featured in "A Good Appetite" in the New York Times) and use a fat (not slender or skinny) garlic glove, kosher salt (is there really a distinction between salts, Geez Louise!), mayonnaise ("Helmann's REAL Mayonnaise" the only kind, thankyouverymuch and don't get me started on that jar of white glue called "Blue Plate"), tomato paste (things that make you go hmmmm), wine vinegar (now we're talking!), freshly ground black pepper (love doing the screw thing so that's going to be fun), and "hot smoked paprika, more to taste" and "for garnish" (you gotta love the duality).

You mix all this stuff together somehow and then voila, 12 ayyygs become 24 which will "yield," according to Melissa Clark, servings for 12. Her math seems a bit fuzzy, but we will report back tomorrow about whether this recipe works, and then also offer a "High Five" to Miss Venus Williams, the 2009 Wimbledon Champion, according to our sources from above and http://www.saintsforsinners.com/.

Saint Francis of Assisi Endorses Birchwood Cutlery from Mxyplyzyk.com

BREAKING NEWS! Say "YES" to Wood!

Saint Francis Urges Use of Birchwood Cutlery for July 4th Weekend, thanks to Marianne Rohrlich from the New York Times.

www.SaintsforSinners.com received a telepathy from Saint Francis of Assisi (pictured and quoted, far left) earlier today and he asked us to "Say Yes to Wood!"Initially, we had no idea what he was talking about. He finally got his point across and said "Plastic is Spastic and not biodegradable!"

Frank then said that everyone should consider patronizing www.Mxyplyzyk.com, a company he heard about through Currents writer Marianne Rohlich, the columnist for the New York Times. Francis said that "it is just plain silly to use plastic forks and knives and spoons at picnics, especially since you can get nice birch wood utensils for a great price, while helping the environment. Mother Earth and Sister Sun would really appreciate it if you would help the environment."

The utensils from MXYPLYZYK are compostable and priced nice.

So, we are doing our due diligence and reminding everyone to say "YES" to wood and order some nice utensils from www.MXYPLYZYK.com, a company in New York City with a store at 125 Greenwich Avenue (13th Street), Telephone 1 800.243.9810

Each package includes a knife, fork, spoon, and napkin and six come in a pack!

"Billboard Charts a Sham," declare Saints Cecilia and Saint Matthew, Questioning Veracity in Minimizing Michael Jackson's Record Sales Tenacity

"Billboard Charting Shameful," declare Saints Cecilia and Matthew

"Michael Jackson deserves the # 1 Spot over Vegetables, Black Eyed Peas

The Patron Saint of Accountants, Saint Matthew, has joined with the Patroness of Music Lovers, Saint Cecilia, from http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ decrying "Faulty Billboard Magazine Addition and Categorizing." Both Saint Cecilia and Saint Matthew are pictured above, as hand-painted saint medals enjoying a game of "Where's Waldo."

Today, The New York Times, in an article by Ben Sisaro reported that Michael Jackson's Records, "Number Ones," "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller," all sold over 100,00 records each, according to Nielson Soundscan. The total number of records sold was over 420,000.

Yet, in what Saint Matthew said is "pitifully ludicrous ridiculosity," some Black Eyed Peas are listed as having the number one record for the week, for their record, appropriately titled "The E.N.D." Matthew added "The Peas only sold 88,000 records and as the first Certified Public Accountant ever awarded the title, I can tell you with some certainty, that 100,000 is more than 88,000."

The Director of Charts for Billboard, Silvio Pietroluongo, even acknowledged that the "level of dominance by Michael Jackson on the top .... is unlike anything we've ever seen." Replied Saint Cecilia, "Sheesh, then give him the Number Ones he deserves," and all the other Saints pictured above agreed.

Reports of David Faustino's Suicide Grossly Exaggerated on www.Crackle.com "StarVing" Webisodes!

Former "Married With Children" star David Faustino and Corin Nemec, the once forgotten star of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," have been busy filming short episodic pieces, or "webisodes," of a little ditty called "StarVing" on www.Crackle.com the New York Times reported today in a great article by the writer Jon Caramanica.

Filled with sophomoric cliches, crude humor, and lots of nudity, the program is sure to be a hit, says www.SaintsforSinners.com representative, Saint Genesius, the patron of actors, comedians and of course, lawyers. Saint Genesius then lamented,"neither of those kids are wearing my hand-painted SaintsforSinners medallion and that's just wrong!"

Nemec, Faustino's sidekick on the StarVing episodes is yet another former child star who has successfuly invigorated his thespian career with this new acting gig on the world wide web. The same can be said for Faustino, with both also being credited as the Executive Producers of the show segments, available for free at http://www.crackle.com/. "It's silly but it's clever in a childish way," Saint Genesius added

We were only able to sit through a few of the shows, but we predict this StarVing program will be a hit with people like Hamptonians Brendon Henry and Paul Fallo, two jokesters-at-large in Hampton Bays, New York, the town they poetically nicknamed "Harlem Bays" and the home of the popular rock/punk/rap musical group "Haunted Hacienda." New Orleans actor, film-maker, and brand new University of New Orleans graduate Brooks "Heyena" Webb, is rumored to have a part in one of the future shows, according to a local source who goes by the moniker, "Dusty." Whether Webb will quit his part time job with SaintsforSinners to work full-time with Faustino and Nemec in Hollywood remains "a mystery," according to Dusty.