For our anniversary, tired of hearing my annual whining about having to repair / refurnish our K-Mart gas grill, my wife bought me a high end item. For Father’s Day, I received grill tools from my daughter and son-in-law . Today and tomorrow they are visiting from out of state. They are the first people other than my wife for whom I’ve had the pleasure of cooking since the pandemic began.
Tonight’s menu is that posted above. Tomorrow night will be:
Yeah, I’m humble bragging. But dang it’s good to serve someone again. NB – Yes, on tonight’s menu I misspelled “vermouths,” and the lamb loin chops were a added, and then dropped, when other guests I thought might be stopping by tonight decided to come by tomorrow. The Pinot was the 2014 Chateau St. Jean, I did the Green Goddess dressing with a touch of jalapeno, and we couldn’t even make it to the sparkling wine or following drinks.
(Click the “headline” to link to the article on the National Farmers Union blog)
We can all readily see the impact on restaurants and their staff, but the structural changes behind that are less readily visible. And then, there is this graphic:
Lobster? We have lobster farms? Folks, I follow commercial aquaculture but pretty loosely, and don’t believe I’ve posted on the topic for awhile, but did any of you know about this?
Well, I’m back from my always too short sojourn on the prairie, but I want to thank all of you who responded to my recent “Shout Out” for help. Special thanks to herestothehalcyon and yikesalert. The material available on the web on an open source basis is incredible. I was really pushing for open source textbooks and materials about 15 years ago, but where they’ve really been a hit is not in the U.S. or developed Anglophone world, but in developing countries!
Now I just need to gather the energy to practice what I’m learning.
Trump’s unidentified secret police force was not prepared to meet this guy.
I plan to be in Portland sometime next week. To enter and occupy a city, without the request of either Mayor or Governor, should chill everyone – including Conservatives if there are any true Conservatives left – to the bone. The precedent is now established. The next “Occupy” movement will be just that.
A shoutout to my niece whose FB post brought this to my attention. If you know 20th C. European history this will come as a concern to you. If you don’t, this article might help.
If you do not concur, I would welcome a dialogue. Basic question: am I being alarmist?
this is 100% why i never fucked with that “normcore” nonsense and why i’m still extremely self-conscious about what i wear and how my clothes fit, even after my weight loss. wearing “normal” clothes only becomes “fashion” when it’s on skinny attractive people and once it’s on a fat person it’s suddenly the trappings of the tacky and the unwashed poors. fuck out of here. you can make anything look good.
Sometimes I have to veer into international relations, particularly with Russia or Eastern Europe. Trump has yet to condemn this, and “Moscow Mitch” McConnell has yet to call him out.
Tumbloggers are good about calling out the U.S. when it steps over a moral line. This is another time to do so.
For our anniversary, tired of hearing my annual whining about having to repair / refurnish our K-Mart gas grill, my wife bought me a high end item. For Father’s Day, I received grill tools from my daughter and son-in-law . Today and tomorrow they are visiting from out of state. They are the first people other than my wife for whom I’ve had the pleasure of cooking since the pandemic began.
2020 Year End Report: The Ben and Marj Shomshor Family 