A to Zed

Because it beats working...

Attached or Single: Attached
Best Friend: Christi
Cake or Pie: Cake
Day of Choice: Saturday morning...all sorts of potential
Essential Item: Beer
Favorite Color: Blue
Greatest Accomplishment: Hasn't happened yet
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Indulgences: Two fingers of Basil Hayden's on the rocks
January or July: July
Kids: 2
Life is incomplete without: Interesting food, travel, laughter, silence
Marriage Date: Redacted
Number of Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 step-sister
Oranges or Apples: Apples. Oranges are too messy
Phobias or Fears: I'm not claustrophobic, but I have a fear of being claustrophobic. What's that called?
Quotes: Me fail English? That's unpossible! - Ralph Wiggum
Reason to Smile: Christi snuggling with a teddy bear
Season: Fall. Good weather and football's arrival
Tag Five Friends: I will not.
Unknown Fact About Me: I was a DJ in college. Not a good one, but still.
Very Favorite Store: Edenside Gallery
Worst Habit: I'm too modest.
X-ray or Ultrasound: Gamma rays FTW!
Your Favorite Food: I could probably live on chips & salsa.
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Bring it on, creatures no more threatening than coyotes!

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The Song Chart Pool

I found this on Flickr...users have created assorted charts and graphs to represent popular songs. Some of them are really clever:

http://flickr.com/groups/songchart/pool/

It's best if you watch it as a slide show.

Don't you hate...

when you take one of those quizzes, then you get a final score, but they don't tell you if the score is good or bad or how you rank? What's up wit that?



Anywho, I got a 106.

Dear Miriam

Risky Business

This lad reminds me of a young Dunnski. If I had been cool. And rebellious. And Australian.



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R.L.

Hola amigos

I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya...but with the holidays and such my life's been a blur.

So what's been going on...I had a fantastic Christmas - lots of goodies, especially in the food preparatory milieu. In addition to the smoker mentioned below, I own a fancy new slow cooker with a built in probe, which sounds dirty but really isn't. Say you want to cook a hunk of meat to 175 degrees. Go ahead, say it. You just program that in the little probe dealie, then the slow cooker will STOP COOKING when the meat gets to that temp, and just rest on warm until you're ready to grub. Pretty cool, huh? I also got a new pressure cooker, which I'm excited to try out, but it seemed it was dinged during shipping, so we'll have to send it back and try another one. So now I can cook really slow or really fast. Which is nice.

I also got myself some new wheels for Christmas. Not quite as cool as my old ride, but there's something to be said for a warranty and reliability. Plus, it's my first brand new car! Yay!

I know many of my readers feel bad about forgetting my birthday, but it's not too late to send cards and gifts. I won't my mind a bit.

The big family news is that my step-sister is getting remarried this summer. Charmed and I will probably pack up the girls and head to Iowa for the festivities. Looks like another mini-van rental is in Dunnski's future.

That's it for now. A peaceful new year to all y'all.

Mmm...smoked meats

I got a new toy for Christmas - a Masterbuilt Electric Smokehouse smoker. My brother's been smoking meat for a while and now he's converted me.


My first smoke was a Boston Butt, pretty good for a first effort. Tonight I made some chops for Charmed and I. After an eight hour brining and about 3 hours of smoking...


I heart pork.