November 28, 2013
— Maetenloch
Happy Thanksgiving All!
The dirty little secret of Thanksgiving side dishes is that they were invented mostly to cover for the fact that we've been overcooking our turkeys for decades, making them dry and barely edible.
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Heh.
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A Message From Jack Lalanne on Being Happy and Grateful
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Posted by: Titanium at November 28, 2013 06:38 PM (IgOQg)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 06:38 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: mindful webworker - stuffed! at November 28, 2013 06:38 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2013 06:40 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2013 06:40 PM (Itzfc)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 28, 2013 06:41 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2013 06:42 PM (Itzfc)
Posted by: Vendette at November 28, 2013 06:43 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: mindful webworker - stuffed! at November 28, 2013 06:44 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2013 06:46 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: mindful webworker - stuffed! at November 28, 2013 06:47 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 06:47 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at November 28, 2013 06:48 PM (ial2b)
Posted by: mindful webworker - stuffed! at November 28, 2013 06:48 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 28, 2013 06:48 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 28, 2013 06:49 PM (c2oll)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 28, 2013 06:49 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2013 10:48 PM (LI48c)
*taunts Happy-Fun Alex*
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 28, 2013 06:49 PM (igfz+)
Posted by: Cheeto Bro at November 28, 2013 06:49 PM (kGhOG)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at November 28, 2013 06:50 PM (BXo5H)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 28, 2013 06:50 PM (igfz+)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 28, 2013 06:51 PM (c2oll)
Posted by: Dr. Frankenstein at November 28, 2013 06:52 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 28, 2013 06:52 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: The Turkey Hat at November 28, 2013 06:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 28, 2013 06:53 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Cheeto Bro at November 28, 2013 06:53 PM (kGhOG)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 28, 2013 06:53 PM (ZyZIo)
Is it difficult taking them out on the plane?
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 28, 2013 06:54 PM (ZyZIo)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 06:56 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Cheeto Bro at November 28, 2013 06:56 PM (kGhOG)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 06:56 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: Carol at November 28, 2013 06:56 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 06:57 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2013 06:57 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 06:58 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Les Nessman at November 28, 2013 07:00 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2013 07:00 PM (mck3/)
Christmas is the next feast day--ours will feature the Christmas goose, several ducks, venison, and ham.
There's plentiful deer meat so the choice cuts will be used.
We bone our deer to avoid the marrow flavoring the meat since it's so pungent.
The pie choices I'm not sure about yet, I make them and haven't decided on.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 28, 2013 07:01 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Carol at November 28, 2013 07:01 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at November 28, 2013 07:03 PM (hpgw1)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:03 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: ISON at November 28, 2013 07:03 PM (rKm70)
Damn, glad you are ok, nerdygirl.
Christmas dinner will be Venison Wellington. Hard to beat a good backstrap Wellington.
Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2013 07:04 PM (IXj5C)
Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2013 07:04 PM (sdi6R)
Totally unpredictable what will emerge.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 28, 2013 07:04 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:05 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Cheeto Bro at November 28, 2013 07:05 PM (kGhOG)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I blame the tryptophan at November 28, 2013 07:06 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2013 07:06 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:07 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: The Chicken at November 28, 2013 07:07 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:08 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 28, 2013 07:09 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 28, 2013 07:09 PM (ZyZIo)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:09 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 28, 2013 07:09 PM (Tz35j)
I think the #2 part sucks worst.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:10 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 28, 2013 07:10 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:11 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2013 07:11 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:12 PM (Nsoq9)
I think the #2 part sucks worst.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 11:10 PM (Nsoq9)
Well, you are well placed to make the call.
Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2013 07:12 PM (IXj5C)
I always liked to hear about his stunts like towing 70 rowboats a mile in Long Beach Harbor while handcuffed and shackled....at the age of 70. His message was, "I was a fuckup until I was 15 -- come with me and do amazing things!"
I've managed to do a few amazing things, myself, since I was a kid....though I'm still packin' the pounds....and some small part of it was because Jack told me I could.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 07:13 PM (T1005)
About turkey being dry, my mom's so sick of turkeys not turning out year after year that she started doing baked chicken several years ago. More consistent and flavorful.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at November 28, 2013 07:13 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: h p lovecraft at November 28, 2013 07:13 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at November 28, 2013 07:13 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2013 10:42 PM (Itzfc)
Got a chuckle.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 07:14 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Vendette at November 28, 2013 10:43 PM (MpP9p)
Most college kickers are not very good. Only the best of the best get to the NFL. And then they improve markedly because now its their job and they have access to the best in coaching, weight training and other support structures.
Posted by: cm9000 at November 28, 2013 07:15 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:15 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Croaker at November 28, 2013 07:16 PM (YDdx9)
Posted by: t-bird at November 28, 2013 07:17 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Carol at November 28, 2013 07:17 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:19 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 28, 2013 07:19 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: t-bird at November 28, 2013 07:20 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 11:20 PM (fETNt)
No kidding I need Baltimore to win by 3.
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2013 07:21 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:22 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:22 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 28, 2013 07:22 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2013 07:23 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 28, 2013 07:23 PM (ZyZIo)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:24 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 07:24 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: mindful webworker - slip slidin' away at November 28, 2013 07:24 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 28, 2013 10:42 PM (Itzfc)
I can't believe the only WKRP question I got wrong was #3. I had no f'ing idea and just consulted my inner zeitgeist.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 07:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2013 07:26 PM (IXj5C)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:27 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: The Farmer at November 28, 2013 07:28 PM (6+Ysi)
I tried remembering Thanksgivings in the past, when we were little kids & my father made apple pies at 5 am, give or take a hour. The smell would wake us up.
Posted by: Carol at November 28, 2013 11:17 PM (z4WKX)
I could try for a crappy prayer, but let's get a Slappy one. Either way, Paul gets a heartfelt one tonight, but if Slappy does the libretto, we can sing it better.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 07:29 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:30 PM (fETNt)
We're thankful for Instant Replay.
Posted by: Baltimore Ravens at November 28, 2013 07:30 PM (IXj5C)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 28, 2013 07:30 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:31 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:31 PM (fETNt)
Favorite movie: Better Off Dead.
I'm paraphrasing...
"...two dollars! You owe me two dollars!"
"...french toast, french fries, french dressing."
"...That's a shame. People throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that."
"...One can't speak English and the other one learned everything by watching Howard Cosell on Wide World of Sports."
"...I'm sorry your mom blew up, Ricky."
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 07:31 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 28, 2013 07:31 PM (ZPrif)
You would think people would learn this play called the QB sneak. Which you could do, oh I don't know, 4 straight times.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 28, 2013 07:32 PM (caCiW)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 28, 2013 07:32 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: cm9000 at November 28, 2013 07:32 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 07:33 PM (DmNpO)
Was this joke stolen from "Men At Work" perchance?
*googles* Oh, "Better Off Dead" was 1985. Other way around. Shoulda guessed.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:33 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: The Chicken at November 28, 2013 07:34 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:34 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 07:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Buzzion at November 28, 2013 07:35 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:35 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 07:37 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: The Farmer at November 28, 2013 07:38 PM (6+Ysi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2013 07:38 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 28, 2013 07:39 PM (ZyZIo)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 28, 2013 07:39 PM (h6TbM)
Posted by: Buzzion at November 28, 2013 07:39 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: puddleglum at November 28, 2013 07:40 PM (mUFBJ)
Favorite movie: Better Off Dead.
I'm paraphrasing...
"...two dollars! You owe me two dollars!"
"...french toast, french fries, french dressing."
"...That's a shame. People throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that."
"...One can't speak English and the other one learned everything by watching Howard Cosell on Wide World of Sports."
"...I'm sorry your mom blew up, Ricky."
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 11:31 PM (lq3Ak)
Yo, Slappy! Up @97, Carol's bro is hurting.
I want to say that, even in this time of gratitude, there can still be pain. Even at the worst of times, we can cherish the good times there have been. Even when we're feeling most alone, we can "hang-in" until we can "hang-out" with those we love. And I want to say that Paul is important to us, though we've never met him and he's never talked to us.....because he's important to Carol and God. And, y'know, whatever God and Carol can agree on -- that's da shiznit.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 07:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 07:43 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 28, 2013 07:44 PM (Ko5ul)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 28, 2013 11:39 PM (ZyZIo)
Say, whut?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 07:45 PM (T1005)
Failing that, there's always Amazon and the Xmas List
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 07:46 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 07:48 PM (DmNpO)
I'd like to brag about my wife never giving us dry turkey. I don't ask questions, I just eat the bird.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 28, 2013 07:51 PM (caCiW)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and dreams of pie at November 28, 2013 07:53 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at November 28, 2013 07:55 PM (80R0X)
May we all join virtual hands and pray for the comfort of your Brother, Paul.
-On this special day, may our Love be felt by both you and he. May the gathered prayers of these beloved people extend to you and yours.
May God allow our collective voices to be heard, from our knees, through the ether, to God's ears.
May He Grant Paul comfort in his time of pain. May He grant you spritual release from your painful worries this night. May your very own prayers be answered.
Know our Love is with you, Carol. Know that your Strength and Honor serve as examples for us all. Know that God, in his infinite wisdom, will grant us only strength and that His Love allows us strength through you.
--I apologize that it took me so long to get from an XBox controller, as a lurker/snarker, to a keyboard.
May our collective Prayers be Answered in His name.
...in Jesus' Name, I Pray,
*amen*
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 07:57 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 28, 2013 11:39 PM (ZyZIo)
"Say, whut?"
Posted by: cthulhu
That's a paraphrased quote from "Better Off Dead", Ancient One... lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 07:59 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 28, 2013 08:02 PM (VjL9S)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 08:05 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: The Farmer at November 28, 2013 08:07 PM (6+Ysi)
Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2013 08:08 PM (sdi6R)
Is ISON a Terminator, Time Lord, or a zombie?
Posted by: kbdabear at November 28, 2013 08:13 PM (aTXUx)
You might say, "I do what I have to do." ...I would expect that of you.
What you may not understand is that people like me ask themselves: "What would I do? What could I do were I in her situation?"
If I were graced to have your strength, I would be forever grateful. The power of the soul that you have displayed has been nothing less than heroic.
Time after time, you seize the mantle of your family and return to battle with nothing more than determination as your saving grace.
...I am in awe.
I will continue to pray as long as it takes, for both you and your beloved Brother.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 08:13 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Buzzion at November 28, 2013 08:14 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 28, 2013 08:14 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2013 08:15 PM (fETNt)
...in Jesus' Name, I Pray,
*amen*
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 11:57 PM (lq3Ak)
Slapweasel, your prayers are great and I second them for Carol. Today I read Washington and Lincoln on Thanksgiving. It is tragic how far our country has fallen from its God-fearing roots.
Posted by: cm9000 at November 28, 2013 08:19 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at November 28, 2013 08:24 PM (x4x3r)
http://xkcd.com/1297/
Posted by: Anachronda at November 28, 2013 08:26 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 08:29 PM (DmNpO)
Grind your own. 80/20 fat to lean sirloin or other cuts. Grind on to a doubled up sheet of plastic wrap as about as long as a tenderloin. Roll the grind in the plastic. Sure you can mix different meat but orthodox first, experiment later.
Key: cut the roll in to 4 - 5" chunks. Each chunk is a patty waiting to be pressed down against the grain. The point being that the grind is going to have a horizontal alignment. The burger has a better bite and stay a bit juicier.
Salt only on raw meat. Pepper on cooked sides plus any other seasoning. Salt doesn't burn; other seasoning does.
Also, pea-to-walnut size bit of butter on top after the first flip. Test for done-ness by touch.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 28, 2013 08:29 PM (Uabwh)
Posted by: rickl at November 28, 2013 08:30 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cm9000 at November 29, 2013 12:19 AM (3qZbZ)
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Also sad that past century Presidents actually expected the ordinary people in our country to be educated, thoughtful, and capable of understanding things in an adult manner, while today we watch a stutter moron read drivel from a teleprompter and we are told he is brilliant.
Even the sophistication/nuance/literacy of the Fireside Chats were light years ahead of the expectations placed on an Obot. Frickin' Brawndo.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 08:32 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Nasty Old Woman at November 28, 2013 08:33 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 08:34 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 08:35 PM (Nsoq9)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 29, 2013 12:35 AM (Nsoq9)
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which direction does the salary go?
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 08:38 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Jan Smithers at November 28, 2013 08:39 PM (/1ATA)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 08:39 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 28, 2013 08:44 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: jc at November 29, 2013 12:32 AM (PlzOe)
Thanks for pointing that out. That is part of my painful nostalgia. Yes those past Presidents could speak that way because they weren't speaking to a purposefully dumbed down public.
Posted by: cm9000 at November 28, 2013 08:45 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 08:45 PM (Nsoq9)
I've said before that praying for one's adversaries is the hardest thing to do. It is often forgotten and should be a staple. A reminder that these are not our mortal "enemies". They are not "others", as my own laughter and ridicule often indicate.
They are all God's children. While their grasp of simple mathematics is clouded by False Idols, their humanity remains. Our love for them hasn't waned. It has only been temporarily rejected by ideology.
-When an atheist spurns a holiday, he knows not his misfortune of "caricature". He sees not his own "religion".
-When a progressive says, "Get Out Of My Bedroom!", he does not see that he wants into every room of your house.
-When someone asks you to care for your fellow human being? You do so voluntarily. Coercion leads to sanctioned theft.
-Theft of mind.
-Theft of body.
-Theft of soul.
We see this proven daily and throughout history.
When "Progressives" see Government as the Cuddly Cure-All for what Ails "Society". (I HATE the word 'society'.) It defies the Nature of the Human Condition.
Government is a Slow, Cold Automaton. It doesn't "feel your pain". It lumbers endlessly toward Regulation of Society. It knows no Constitutional Laws within its elitist system of endless immoral nonsense.
Much of Government is a racket that uses coercion to reward interest groups with unearned wealth. Above All Else, the "Public Sector" is a racket for Insiders, Cronies, Bureaucrats and Interest Groups.
Its insulation allows it to "feel" nothing. Its paycheck is guaranteed.
...It steals it from you.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 08:53 PM (lq3Ak)
I have not seen that since high school. I mean, really.
Posted by: navybrat at November 28, 2013 08:56 PM (UGEZo)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 29, 2013 12:34 AM (Nsoq9)
HAH!
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 08:57 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 29, 2013 12:53 AM (lq3Ak)
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Well written. I come to the same place from a different direction.
Government is only one thing -- our attempt to form a monopoly on the use of force. This is a very valid goal to strive for, as we are better off with courts rather than 'The Don,' police rather than mobs, armed forces rather than warlords, etc.
Somehow we got it in our dinky little brains that we should start assigning all our problems to the entity we invented to hold the monopoly on force. It is no surprise that the entity is incapable of seeing any possible solutions that are not focused on the use of force.
I'll post a follow up in a couple minutes.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 09:01 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: The Farmer at November 28, 2013 09:03 PM (6+Ysi)
That sounds like it comes straight from the Alton Brown school of excellence. If he didn't do that on Food Network, someone should have.
The crappy part is I don't have a grinder. I'd love to make some of the coarse-to-fine grinds for different purposes. I'd love to get the freshest stuff from the butcher --a ways off, but worth it, and make burgers and sausages.
Nice tip about salt not burning. It is a rock. It may be a metal, as well, but I haven't seen a periodic table in twenty years.
...Now I'm being lazy. And drunk. But mostly lazy.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 09:07 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: The Dude at November 28, 2013 09:08 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 28, 2013 09:08 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 09:10 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Blake at November 28, 2013 09:11 PM (M1cQU)
Posted by: RWC at November 28, 2013 09:14 PM (LpbKr)
...here's the link to the website: http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/
I'm merely a guy with a keyboard and internet connection.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 09:15 PM (lq3Ak)
Evenin' all.
Posted by: RWC at November 29, 2013 01:14 AM (LpbKr)
I cooked and passed out before I got a chance to eat. Sitting here in my underwear eating birthday cake
Posted by: The Dude at November 28, 2013 09:17 PM (vJdyz)
I think the #2 part sucks worst.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 28, 2013 11:10 PM (Nsoq9)
You see, if you hang out in the men's room toilets, those aren't trannies you're seeing....
Posted by: tunakermit at November 28, 2013 09:20 PM (tr49D)
Posted by: Big Giant Head at November 28, 2013 09:22 PM (r2B+g)
Posted by: RWC at November 28, 2013 09:22 PM (LpbKr)
Worse, our current government (regardless of party in power at any given time) only has one tool in the toolbox -- and that is bureaucracy. Big toolbox -- huge toolbox --- only one tool inside.
Would you take you car to a mechanic that only had hammers in his tool collection? Watching him trying to back out a screw with a hammer would be like .......watching the launch of Ocare.
We have been inventing new bureaucracies for a long, long time. Imhotep was a bureaucrat. But just because there are jackhammers, jewelers hammers and every kind of hammer in between doesn't make a hammer a good substitute for screwdrivers, pliers, saws, dies, sockets, etc,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc.
Bureaucracy is like aging. It is a human condition and there is nothing we can do about it. But, we don't have to pretend it is omniscient, omnipotent, and infallible.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 09:24 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 28, 2013 09:25 PM (GINyK)
My understanding from years ago was that the sheer amount of food eaten caused the blood to go to the digestive system instead of the brain.
I also thought that the one-half hour after eating and before swimming was also debunked. The reasoning for that is cloudier in my mind than the former "debunking", but still prominent.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 09:29 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Imhotep at November 28, 2013 09:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: jc at November 29, 2013 01:24 AM (PlzOe)
I am invisible.
Posted by: Imhotep at November 29, 2013 01:31 AM (Vk2pI)
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not to tequila drinkers
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 09:32 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 28, 2013 09:33 PM (Vk2pI)
I've never even heard of the guy, but going on your excellent credibility and your previous culinary posts? I'm going to have to check this guy out.
Thanks!
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 09:33 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at November 28, 2013 09:33 PM (IlZPo)
errr, Lean to fat, that is.
That sounds like it comes straight from the Alton Brown school of excellence. If he didn't do that on Food Network, someone should have.
Posted by: Slapweasel
Yes, close. Alton's British doppelganger: Heston. He likes testing things to an extreme like Alton and America's Test Kitchen.
I'm not a cook or even a scullery maid but I dig those that test out every aspect of recipes.
Seems similar to a lot in life; so much nonsense and the simplest things tend to work out best.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 29, 2013 01:25 AM (GINyK)
It all comes down to Chesterton's Gate -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence -- hereby refined with "Cthulhu's Corollary": Over thousands of years, humanity will end up as having tried any damn-fool notion at least once, which will lead inevitably to two different political parties: Conservatives, who will remember that it lead to disastrous consequences; and Progressives, who will remember that one little thing lead to the scheme's tipping-over into catastrophe -- but will either not recall the thing or misunderstand it.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 09:40 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 09:46 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Arbalest at November 28, 2013 09:48 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 09:48 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: RWC at November 28, 2013 09:48 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: The Dude at November 28, 2013 09:50 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Farmer at November 28, 2013 09:51 PM (6+Ysi)
Fueled by leftovers. And pie.
Posted by: Adriane... at November 29, 2013 01:48 AM (jdRXP)
Errrr...it's demo. Why are you cutting it up instead of crushing it/ripping it away?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 09:51 PM (T1005)
Fueled by leftovers. And pie.
Posted by: Adriane... at November 29, 2013 01:48 AM (jdRXP)
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and dust masks -- for the pie.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 09:54 PM (PlzOe)
It is from this viewpoint that the Libertarians command my attention. Allowing FEDERAL jurisdiction over my finances is a bridge too far.
As Reagan once said, "It is not that our Liberal friends don't know anything. It is just that so much of what they 'know', just isn't true."
State-wise, you can vote with your feet. The once-prominent axiom, "All Government is Local", no longer provides for the numerous Federal Appointments to Unelected Positions of Power.
The Seventeenth Amendment made States' Rights inconsequential. Why not have one Senator per State? Why not seventeen? It makes no difference. The States have been relegated to National Popularity Contests and your prize is an anti-coal Senator in a coal mining State; (such as Ohio and Sherrod Brown).
It has been argued by smart people on this blog that State Legislatures may do no different, should they appoint Senators, as had been the rule "Pre-Seventeenth", but shouldn't all Government be "Local" --?
Shouldn't you be able to "Vote with Your Feet" locally?
Federal rules, regulations, fees, fines, taxes and legislation has made this a vote of "strained peas vs. pea soup". The Feds have a stranglehold on the States via Grants and Top-Down governance.
The "Popularity Contest" makes it even worse.
Once Government actually becomes more local and the people stop thinking "D" - or - "R"?
...we just might have a fighting chance.
BLAH-BLAH-BLAH Media.
I know.
It'll burn. Long-term? It'll burn itself to the ground.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 09:54 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:01 PM (jdRXP)
What you say is true. There are True Enemies within These Great United States of America.
They wish to erode and destroy Our Constitution.
I pray that it goes no further than my voluntary and open welcoming into the reality of the Human Condition.
Should it come to ultimate deterioration? I pray for us, All.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:02 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:03 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:05 PM (jdRXP)
You can always pray they recover their humanity and turn away from evil ... even while acknowledging they probably won't ...
Posted by: Adriane... at November 29, 2013 02:05 AM (jdRXP)
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and we can pray for our own salvation as we do what we must to stop them from taking us as slaves.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 10:08 PM (PlzOe)
you can buy a diy kit but fuck does that look like a headache
Posted by: The Dude at November 28, 2013 10:08 PM (vJdyz)
less dust and shards to clean up.
Layer of tile, layer of dry wall, layer of {maybe} green board, and layer of mesh packed cement.
No room to leverage crowbar ...
Posted by: Adriane... at November 29, 2013 02:01 AM (jdRXP)
In general, sawing creates sawdust. It's like running an egg (with shell) through a blender, or cracking it.-- which is more likely to end up with stuff they don't want?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 28, 2013 10:08 PM (T1005)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 28, 2013 10:09 PM (GINyK)
Posted by: Goatweed at November 28, 2013 10:10 PM (8HrdX)
Only 60% of this country shows up to vote. 10% of them will always vote "D". 10% of them will always vote "R".
What Karl Rove doesn't understand is that The Tea Party sells. He doesn't even know his own market.
If you can't sell Freedom and Liberty? You can't sell ice in Hell.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:13 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:15 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 29, 2013 02:09 AM (GINyK)
I've just written myself a drunken note on scratch-paper:
-Heston
-You Tube
-Eggs
-Like Alton Brown
...I'm a drunken fucking child.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:22 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at November 28, 2013 10:27 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 28, 2013 10:27 PM (GINyK)
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 29, 2013 02:13 AM (lq3Ak)
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I honestly think those fools are so dense it doesn't occur to them they have to sell. They think they can just underbid they other guys and that is enough somehow. Just beat 'em by one ---
18 yo's can vote. Every 4-8 years a recent 10-14 yo is now 18 and has experienced one Prez while they were actually paying a slight bit of attention. They have no context, short memory, no grasp on long-term history, no understanding of short-term history, and no realization that life has not always been what they have experienced. They have to be sold, constantly, relentlessly, and in terms to which they can relate.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 10:28 PM (PlzOe)
True.
He holds the saw. I hold the shop vac hose end above the saw.
Sometimes we actually turn the machines on!
Anyway, sledge hammer and masonry chisel taking about 6 hours per wall and those only had 2 layers under the tile. The 2 more to do have 3.
Posted by: Adriane... at November 29, 2013 02:15 AM (jdRXP)
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a little damp is the enemy of dust. just an ordinary spray bottle in your hand works wonders. spritz, you want damp not wet. wet is messy and clogs the shopvac.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 10:31 PM (PlzOe)
The oil floats to the surface and has almost nothing to do with the pasta beneath.
The theory went: If you add olive oil to your boiling pasta, it won't stick together.
The debunked result was that not only did your tablespoon of worthlessness float to the surface, but it retarded the pasta's sauce-grabbing properties.
I award him the NonWeasel medal.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:32 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 29, 2013 02:32 AM (lq3Ak)
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So, if you move north will you have to be the SlapErmine during the winter?
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 10:34 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at November 28, 2013 10:38 PM (jdRXP)
Do Not Overcook The Pasta.
Dried pasta: Ten Minutes MAXIMUM.
Fresh Pasta: Five minutes MAXIMUM.
Add Sauce IMMEDIATELY, after draining, lest you rinse off the starch. Starch "grabs" sauce. 'Specially 'mater sauce.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:40 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:42 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:43 PM (jdRXP)
Genus, Phylum, Species, Family...
...whatever.
I'll try to slap the weasels. I'll also try to remember that I don't know what I don't know.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:44 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:45 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:46 PM (jdRXP)
It is pretty damn good. I'm not a "purist", however. In America? I've found that the sauce overcomes fresh v. dried.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:47 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 29, 2013 02:46 AM (jdRXP)
I've said what I've said. I imply nothing that I haven't described.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 10:50 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 10:51 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 29, 2013 02:44 AM (lq3Ak)
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Hmmmmm. Never tried to slap a weasel. But I did play a little peak-a-boo with a beady-eyed ermine that chewed his way into the cabin.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 10:52 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at November 29, 2013 02:52 AM (PlzOe)
Since I hadn't put the word "weasel" into quotations, I suppose the metaphorical nature of the origins might slip one's mind.
...perhaps not.
...perhaps we're too far down that rabbit-hole where the color of the pill no longer matters.
*flush*
It doesn't matter. I'm headed off to rock some Def Leppard and smoke some cigarettes I've rolled myself.
-Thank All of You and...
Happy Thanksgiving!
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 11:03 PM (lq3Ak)
No explanations needed. Sometimes it is just fun to take wordplays in all directions.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 11:07 PM (PlzOe)
The Tea Party is an expression of an underlying unrest -- Proof in point, it basically has no national leaders. It just is.
It's true that we are up against an implacable foe, an internal one, that will not rest until their vision of a gubmint controlled utopia is established. But many things are going in the direction of Liberty. Just not at the federal level, yet.
Many more state gun laws have been loosened than tightened.
Many (most!) states refused to participate in the 404care exchanges.
Eminent domain laws have been restricted by several states, making it much harder to use than the SC has foolishly ruled it can be applied.
More people are politically involved, most of a conservative/libertarian bent. This is not the same as voters as the Dems are continuing to game the system to register more LIVs. But will they vote? And will they vote in the way that Dems expect?
CNN and MSNBC have lost over half of their viewers in a single year, a development that has to be causing a lot of clenched assholes on the Progressive side. News is getting out in a lot of new ways.
404Care is the gift that keeps on giving, and will keep on giving, support to the view that those crazy conservatives were telling the truth. What other lies might start to be questioned?
Lots of Republican governors.
These are a few of my favorite things.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 28, 2013 11:07 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 29, 2013 03:07 AM (cHZB7)
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Interesting ......... didn't know that. Is that something that cycles with the Prez elections--that is, did something similar happen in 2008-09?
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 11:18 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 28, 2013 11:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 29, 2013 03:21 AM (FMbng)
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Happy Thanksgiving.
I thought half of CNN's viewers were people stuck in waiting rooms and airports and have to watch without a choice.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 11:27 PM (PlzOe)
It was a Drudge link from a few days ago. In searching for that link, I did see a lot of variation over the past 9 years in various links. Politics does play a pretty big role in viewership, it seems.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 28, 2013 11:31 PM (cHZB7)
Happy Thanksgiving.
I thought half of CNN's viewers were people stuck in waiting rooms and airports and have to watch without a choice.
Posted by: jc at November 29, 2013 03:27 AM (PlzOe)
Hey you too.
Yeah interesting point, most of the viewers seem to be exactly that. The airports always have that shit on.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 28, 2013 11:34 PM (FMbng)
Fox has more viewers than CNN and BSNBC combined. Here's a fairly recent (Nov. 7) Mediaite article on their comparative ratings:
http://tinyurl.com/owum5gj
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 28, 2013 11:39 PM (cHZB7)
...Sta
Tru..
*static*
The truth about the State-level Legislative landslide is true. In Ohio, the turn to Republican leadership amongst the Legislature was decisive.
...here's the problem. Our Governor, John Kasich, who has filled in for Limbaugh and O'Reilly; and espoused Tea Party principles? Has gone around the Republican Legislature, (much like Obama), and has pulled stunts like these:
http://www.freedomworks.org/state/ohio/rss
The links in this link are numerous. The studied voter would take three hours to comprehend and verify them. They are "wonkish", to say the least.
Once defeated in a State Vote by people who didn't want to cut "Public Sector" Union salaries and Pensions? Kasich did a One-Eighty. Our "conservative" talk radio guys kept saying that "he'd tried to cut too far".
They made the police and fire departments sound like they'd be slashed. These were "conservatives". On the radio. They were all sounding like Karl Rove.
They weren't driven by Rove, but they couldn't see the "political" value of fastidious spending.
These populists found a home in their jobs, let alone the political nature of taking a stand against Unions.
One of these "so-called" conservatives was Bob Frantz. 1100 WTAM, Cleveland.
He's entertaining enough, but he is a Major League Pussy when it comes to Police and Fire.
-"We'll cut it.", says Ohio.
-"We went too far.", said Bob Frantz.
He. Does. Not. Get. It.
He continues to defend these Unions to this day. He's a good talk-show host. He just doesn't understand "Public Sector" Fuck-You-ery.
Theft comes in many forms. Not telling the whole truth is one of them.
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 28, 2013 11:50 PM (lq3Ak)
Regretfully joined the Thanksgiving shopping day crowd, but my mom's going to enjoy her new iPad.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 29, 2013 12:44 AM (ioT3q)
dammit.. only missed it by a small amount.
now i have to start all over again.
let me get a fresh pencil and a beer
Posted by: dDan at November 29, 2013 12:51 AM (hwYmz)
actually, I don't have a pencil; I don't even have a beer.
but, I do have a ham sandwich and some banana bread.
my youngest wanted a ham for thanksgiving (i cooked), and my oldest made the banana bread.
maybe next year, i can get the youngest to cook the ham.
Posted by: dDan at November 29, 2013 12:56 AM (hwYmz)
...my mom's going to enjoy her new iPad.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 29, 2013 04:44 AM (ioT3q)
that's what counts in the end.
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