Gaius over at Blue Crab Boulevard responds to the White House’s request to be sent anything “fishy” regarding health care reform: We heartily endorse the sending of links of fish, especially crappie, to the White House! You heard it here first. Send them the link to crappie – since that is what they are pushing. Crappy health […]
It’s scary at times how well Randall Munroe (author of xkcd) captures our inner thoughts. ..bruce w..
OK, I had planned to blog more (and post more photos), but once things got rolling Friday morning, I was pretty much too busy. Here’s how the cooking schedule turned out: Friday, 6 am to 2 pm: smoked 4 briskets, which I then double-wrapped in foil and put into a 180-degree oven (until Saturday afternoon). […]
Yes, I did get up at 5 am this morning and started up the coals in the smoker’s firebox. The flames were visible at first, and given that our deck can be seen by lots of houses (and a few roads) for quite some distance, I had concerns about the fire department being called. Fortunately, […]
I’ve just spent an hour or two cleaning both the smoker (which I haven’t used since last October) and the grill (which I haven’t used in since at least April). I now feel quite virtuous, probably unduly so. I’ve had six (6) briskets, each weighing about 7 lbs, marinading since yesterday, along with 3 elk […]
I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with my brother and his family in the Bay Area. The highlight of the weekend was a Saturday night stargazing session in the wilds of California east of Hollister. During this time of year, California is in its “dry season” and most of the grasses have gone […]
I’m doing what my co-blogger Bruce Henderson likes to call a “VLSB” or “very large scale BBQ” next Saturday, July 25th. It’s been almost 10 months since my last one — far too long — but this should make up for it by being the largest one yet; I fully expect 80-100 people. I’m not […]
In interesting and complex story is unfolding, centered on Goldman Sachs, the large and highly profitable company that we all worked so hard to fund with bail out dollars. The story started as a small, throw-away technical story about a former Goldman employee named Sergey Aleynikov, who left the firm and was accused of taking […]
Scientific minds will note that there are some interesting things going on at the intersection of climate science and economics. With an ongoing global recession, industrial production and output is down between 5% and 15% across the developed and industrialized world. For example United States: -6.3% Canada: -5.4% Russia: -7.9% Germany: -3.8% United Kingdom: -4.9% […]
Hat tip to my long time friend Wayne de Geere for sharing this one. It sums up my outlook on people’s fear of climate change. For more entertainment on this subject, you can check out their blog, Minnesotans For Global Warming.
