Easy Meal that Always Impresses

When I was an active tailgater, kabobs and wings always made the cut. Both can be prepped at home and both require minimal attention at the grill since they are cooked indirect.  Both items make a big splash and both are perfect finger food. 

 

These simple kabobs are made from think cut pork chops, green peppers, onions, and pineapple. Use red onions and multi colored bell peppers for a bigger visual. 

 

I cooked them indirect for about 35 minutes and rotated them every 10 to 12 minutes for even heat. The very last turn I brush on some garlic olive oil. 

 

The finished product. We had these over a bed of rice. 

Do Ants Bury Their Dead?

Why yes. Insects called Ants keep a fairly clean house. They carry their waste matter outside of their nest and dispose of it in a pile called a midden. As well as being a kind of dumpster, the midden also functions as a cemetery. Ants transport their dead there in order to protect themselves and their queen from contamination.

 

Not all vertebrates and mammals do bury their dead. 

Beware of TURD

Do You Know Someone Suffering From Trump Unacceptance & Resistance Disorder (TURD)?

TURD is a pattern of pathologically dissociative and psychotic behavior, first observed in the late hours of November 8th 2016, and increasing in severity with passing time.

Sufferers of TURD often exhibit pronounced cognitive dissonance, sudden bouts of rage, rioting, and uncontrollable crying.

 

People with TURD are characterized by a persistent unwillingness to accept that Donald Trump is going to Make America Great Again.

TURD Is caused by the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America. For many, both in America and worldwide, this was a shocking and unexpected outcome; their preferred news sources having failed to inform them that the alternative candidate was a criminal parasite.

Research is ongoing, but TURD appears to correlate closely with some of the following environmental and behavioral factors:

* Membership in the Democratic Party

* Identifying as a Feminist

* Currently enrolled in college, and/or Possession of a Liberal Arts college degree

* Living in a densely populated metropolitan area

* Massive student debt

* Spotty or non-existent work history

Patients with TURD are very resistant to treatment, and dangerous in large groups. Any possibility of treatment requires that they be separated from their hive-mind support apparatus; they cannot begin the process of accepting reality in the presence of encouragement towards delusion and irrationality. 

Separation may require the assistance of law enforcement.

If you have a friend or loved one suffering from TURD, urge them to seek treatment. Together we can beat this scourge, and Make America Great Again.

I really don't think treatment is possible only time may heal. Of course if they exhibit violent tendencies report to the police as possible terrorists.

The Big Blow of '17

 Freezing rain and cold. 

 Max in the snow.

 The squirrels were fed. 

2016 Well, Bye.

 

What a shitty year. Put a fork in it. Welcome 2017. 

Russian Hackers

The after election blame game. It's not longer a vast right wing conspiracy. 

 

 

Max

 

Max getting his sleep on in his new bed. 

Most Moving Photos of 2016 Number Nine

 

I love the lines and simple setting. 

I Don't Much Care For...

Conch fritters. I'd rather eat a hush puppy.

Fried onion rings. I think I should like them but I don't. One day I may like them. 

Here's a big one. Ice cream. I can take it or leave it. 

Mac and cheese.....not really. 

Avocados, no. You can keep them. 

Most Moving Photos of 2016 - Number Ten

 

Weekend Comfort Food

Homemade Seafood bisque. Shrimp with crab.

 

This is our first attempt and it is fantastic. 

Beat Up Monday

I woke at 2am Monday morning with a pounding pain in my jaw. 

 

The one in the middle was abscess.  After a while the funk rolled up in my mouth like a shrimp boat in summer that collided with a septic tank truck. He found the first root. 

The second hit came an hour later. Then he quit.

I'll have to get back in the chair December 12 to finish. Oh boy!

Three More Reasons Not to go into Space

The toilet. It complicated and breaks often. You've got to float with your pants off and hit a plastic bag. It requires further processing manually. It's all state of the art. No thanks.

 

The food. This is the food now and this is good compared to what is coming. Here the astronaut shows off Thanksgiving turkey and dressing. 

 

Deep space long duration mission food turns out to be wild bird protein bars. Enough calories and nutrients to keep you alive with minimal body waste excreted. Yum yum!  I think I'll pass. 

 

The water. Scientists are excited because "they think" this is an area of frozen water under the surface of Mars.  Imagine if you get there and it's just dried dirt like it appears to be? Again, no. 

 

This is a Grand Old Church

Rocky River Presbyterian Church

 

Ready for Christmas.

 

A lovely place. 

 

Succotash

Never underestimate succotash. It goes especially well dredged through mashed potatoes.

 

How To Spin A Turkey

   

Panic

The annual hype is upon us. I'm referring to the faux panic written every season about cooking one damn meal consisting of a baked turkey. I will do his herb encrusted rotisserie turkey. 

 

A few weeks ago I spun this turkey on Jekyll Island with just salt and pepper. 

 

I have some great herbs to cut and blend with salt and butter. 

Fresh Eggs?

The May chicks are cranking out the eggs. Young hens eggs are the best by far. So rich. 

 

Not sure who doodled this on the carton. It's been recycled many times. 

 

One Last Summer Tomato

My wife randomly stopped by a roadside farmers market this past week. She recognized one vendor that stops at our church on Wednesdays. His goods are usually the highest quality and locally grown in his own garden. He doesn't sell from boxes of produce grown in Florida or Mexico and claim it to be his own. 

She noticed two very small and very red tomatoes all alone in a box. Those two small tomatoes were the very last two of the season and she bought them. She brought them home and insisted they were mine. 

 

I did what any southern man would do. I began construction of a BLT. Look at that ripe juicy fruit. Bacon, lettuce, and sour dough in the toaster. 

 

Oh baby. A slice down the center and every bite was heaven. My last real summer BLT until next June, 2017. You can't buy tomatoes this good off season. 

I Launch Rockets

I love a rocket launch....always have. This one last night is a new generation weather satellite on an Atlas rocket. 

 

By far SpaceX has the best coverage. SpaceX shows live video through the second stage.  

Keep an eye out when SpaceX finally launches their heavy lift rocket. It's years over due but it will be a monster when it goes off.