Kitchen fun

What you'll need:
The meat off of two leftover barbecued (meaty) pork ribs chopped up... about two handfulls
Three gypsy peppers cut into pepper-sized slices
Half a can of baked beans
Half a bottle of beer
1/8 bottle of red wine

Put those ingredients in an oven-safe pan and simmer on the stovetop till it bubbles for a while.

Topping, what you'll need:
Half a red onion cut up and some olive oil - saute that in a pan till the onions are clear.
1-2 yellow potatoes shredded. Add that to the onions. Pepper the hell out of it and add some salt. Mix that a while and let the potatoes cook for a few minutes.



Turn off the soupy mixture and the potatoes. Gingerly layer the potatoes on top of the meat and beans and spread it out evenly. Put the pan in the oven, 450F, and bake for about 15 minutes till the top is crispy looking.

By now you've finished drinking that other half of the beer. Open another one and eat.

Don't mind if I do

The last piece of cake, the last beer in the fridge, the last of what was a dozen Buffalo wings? Yeah, I'll take that.

Someone cut up a strawberry scone in the office this morning. I had one of the first pieces to be claimed, then half an hour later there was a lonely little bit left. I swooped on it like a lion on an elderly antelope.

It was yummy and am glad I didn't hesitate like so many others would have.

And I didn't even come from a big family. Oh wait, yes I did.

That was surprisingly easy to do

me: give me a word and i'll try to work it into the story somehow

Narges: unicorn

...

The nemeses of great speakers, sadly, are multiplying every day (and of course the enemies of a decent or poor speaker are more numerous than unicorn stickers at a daycare). E-mails going off in pockets, free coffee (and the associated bathroom breaks), packed agendas, ambient noises and the ability to surf the web on a phone are all taking eyes from the front of the room and concentration off the source of the message.

A private conversation between a lovely young lady and a drunken fool

10:01 PM me: HI!

10:02 PM Narges: is the exclamation mark an indication of ur tipsy state?

10:03 PM me: which exclamation mark?

10:04 PM which is to say, probably

(redacted)

10:11 PM

me: but seriously drunk

since i got home

rum margarita and a few beers since that

10:12 PM i turned your mashed potatoes into potato soup with cheese and tomato soup

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

good

10:13 PM i meant cheese and tomato sandwich

not soup'

there was only two soups

Narges: haha

10:14 PM i wish i was there, i love drunk zac

(redacted… this is where I fall apart)

me: jahahah

10:40 PM hey

seeriously narges

i'm super out of control

i'm watching my new show "From The Earth To The Moon"

10:41 PM just the one episode

which is almost over

Narges: haha

me: i'm not goning to watchover the show

10:44 PM which is to say, I will be knowledgeable about the show... but maybe there will be some RFS seat entry beacon when they try to renter ...

hey, narges...

10:45 PM you're awesome (this is in 2009)

10:46 PM Narges: is my awesomeness somehow related to space?

10:47 PM also, whats in 2009?

10:49 PM me: i honestly have no idea

cause really

10:50 PM that is this this year

Narges: hahaahaha

me: I have no idea why i said "(2009)"

10:51 PM seriously... drunk on people drnking

good times

but not relyable people

10:54 PM Narges: k, im gonna go to bed

10:55 PM me: good call

Tonight's menu

Chopped salad with roasted peppers and tomatillo salsa dressing

Homestyle mashed potatoes

Swiss chard avec carrot

A Montreal seasoned ribeye steak with a Cabernet mushroom shallot reduction

Desert of little brownie

Paired with a 2004 Sette Fratelli Merlot of Jacuzzi Vineyards, which was purchased specifically to be paired with a steak dinner.

Salty and Sweet

I've been wavering to the extremes of salty and sweet all day. I went to bed last night a little hungry, planning on having a creative breakfast. I started with sauteed spinach, topped it with some grilled tomatoes and two eggs over easy. There was a side of potatoes and toast involved as well. You can see in the photo that I accidentally popped one of the yolks, but it was a pretty freaking sweet breakfast.

Several hours later I went to see a movie and had popcorn, which was salty. After the movie, I made coffee and wanted a doughnut to go with it, so I made that happen. About an hour later, danged if I don't want something salty. But to round the day off with a healthy close like the way it started, I had a salad, which had some salty ingredients.

There's something strange about a day where you don't have to do anything. I realize I don't have any of them coming up for probably about 6 months cause it's going to be an interesting time. Which is good, cause if I hadn't been kind of sick today, I would have found something to do anyway.

Somewhere a copy editor is laughing or crying about this