Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, has
officially identified the fictional Springfield inhabited by the yellow-hued family to be Springfield, Oregon. Since the show’s inception in 1989, the true location of Springfield has been kept secret, with the idea that fans would think of Springfield as their own regardless of where they lived, Groening said Tuesday in an interview with Smithsonian Magazine.
(Photo: AP / Twentieth Century Fox / Matt Groening)
(Now, to some of you fancy New York intellectuals out there, Groening’s announcement may not quite qualify as a “literary event,” but for the past 25 years the Simpson’s Springfield has comprised one of the most most fully realized comic landscapes in the history of American fiction. Thus any information pertaining to the hometown of our nation’s favorite eternally irreverent, yellow-skinned family is not only breaking news, but culturally significant.)
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National as a favorite to win his fifth green jacket. Instead, he left with his worst score as a pro.
A 74 on Sunday put Woods at 5-over 293 for the Masters, which was his worst four-round score since he posted the same number as a first-time amateur way back in 1995. He shot a 291 in 2007, but that was good enough for second that year, when it was windy and bitterly cold. When he left the course Sunday, he was tied for 41st, the same spot he finished in 1995.
"It was an off week at the wrong time," he said.
Woods never broke par on the course where he was so dominant that Masters officials were accused of trying to "Tiger-proof" it when they redesigned parts of it. Worse, he was just 1 under for the week on the par 5s, where he normally collects birdies by the handful.
I
love to make things on the grill! I find it to be relaxing and fun. I
also love desert, so about a year ago I set out on a mission to see what
kind of good desert recipes I could come up with to make on my grill. I
have practiced many times to get the perfect upside down cake. I
modified the cake recipe a little to give it some more flavor (good pit
masters never just use a standard recipe). This is a very good pineapple
upside down cake and quite easy to make. Its always neat to see the
reactions of people that have never had a cake made on a grill before.
Below is how I make Grilled Pineapple Upside Down Cake.