It's been out there for a couple of years, but somehow I've just now begun really thinking about it. HeadOn—apply directly to the forehead! What a concept. I'll bet it works great. What other problems would you like to solve by applying something directly to your something?
Joey Chestnut won the Coney Island hot dog eating contest on July 4. In overtime. He was tied with Takeru Kobayashi at 59 dogs, but surged ahead in the five-dog eatoff. That's 1,289 grams of fat and 19,776 calories in twenty minutes.
One female zombie she wouldn't behave
See how's she's dancing out of the grave
In one hand she's holding a quart of rum
The other hand is knocking a conga drum
Back to back, mon, belly to belly
Well, I don't give a damn 'cause I'm stone dead already
Back to back, oh, belly to belly
It's a zombie jamboree
John McCain's former buddy and local evangelical nut-job, John Hagee. The family also owns land in Boerne that they want to develop. The area has more deranged evangelicals than you might expect. Google "Rick Godwin." Remember, the Hill Country is only a vowel away from Hell Country.
Shamrocks
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Big, fat rain yesterday. This is a durable land; just give it a chance. Today the place looks like Ireland. Photosynthesize while the photosynthesis is good.
Georgia
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
I have been obsessing over Russia v. Georgia. Could Georgian President Saakashvili really be that stupid? Finally, the answer:
Roundball
Monday, 18 August 2008
Every time the summer Olympics (a registered trademark of the International Olympic Committee, which resents my use of the word) takes place, I want to watch the US basketballers. And I never get to. They play at 3:00 am local time and the dopes broadcasting the event (NBC this time) seem unfazed by that small issue.
This year NBC is dedicating a channel to basketball games. All basketball games. When you go to their Web site to check game times it says (I am not making this up) "basketball: 1:30 am to 1:30 pm." That's the most granular level of detail. If you go to their all-basketball channel (channel 99 in our household), you can sometimes find a long list of games and some elevator music. The game that's up next is always Lithuania vs. Kazakhstan. They play non-stop.
Wednesday the US Redeem Team plays in the quarter-finals. I have no idea when.
Shoulder
Monday, 18 August 2008
I did a pork shoulder yesterday. Put it on at 11:00 am and took it off around 7:30. At 250 degrees, the last three hours wrapped in tinfoil. I wanted to do pulled pork, Carolina style. The last time I tried, the pork wouldn't pull; it wanted to be sliced. So I cooked this one through and through, to 212 degrees, where it sat for more than an hour. Meaning that there was a steam thing going on inside the tinfoil.
No need to pull. It fell off the bone. Jeanne likes it, but I think I went too far. I want more texture to the meat, which is not truly mushy but, well, suited to folks with dentures. Next time, maybe an hour in the foil and maybe another hour removed from the foil.
Rodents
Monday, 18 August 2008
Squirrels. Six trapped, two shot. I'm sure I've already blogged this story, but this is a good time to mention that my Dad used to trap squirrels and haul them ten miles to a park. Suspicious about the seemingly inexhaustible supply of squirrels, one time he spray-painted the critter's tail. It took it three or four days to find its way back.
So I'll spray-paint the next catch. If it shows up again, back to the old .410.
It's good here on the farm. My spouse Jeanne brightens every day. Main dog Jack offers technical advice; auxiliary dog Buzzy brings me dead things. It doesn't get much better than that.
It's been out there for a couple of years, but somehow I've just now begun really thinking about it. HeadOn—apply directly to the forehead! What a concept. I'll bet it works great. What other problems would you like to solve by applying something directly to your something?
One female zombie she wouldn't behave
John McCain's former buddy and local evangelical nut-job, John Hagee. The family also owns land in Boerne that they want to develop. The area has more deranged evangelicals than you might expect. Google "Rick Godwin." Remember, the Hill Country is only a vowel away from Hell Country.
