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  1. Complaint Thursdays

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    Restating my bitch:

     

    Everyone complaining about late-night games. You have no idea what it is to finally, finally! drift off at 1230 am only to wake up at 330am. By 4am, you're pissed. By 430am, you're on SabreSpace looking for some post that's interesting. By 5, you're on BBC's website, looking for the news there. At 530, you're trying to find South Park reruns so that you can try for some more sleep, and by 545, you find them. Then, at 630, the winds start. Or your cellphone vibrates. Or that stupid South Park rerun goes up by a decibel. So you're awake again. But this time, you're really screwed; you have to get up in an hour. You shut off the South Park, you look at the phone and remind yourself that you'll deal with it later. You cover your head with a pillow to drown out the sound of the wind.

     

    And still, you know that 730 is comin' for you.

     

    And you don't sleep.

     

    ######.

    You gotta stop drinking coffee after 1PM.

  10. What are you eating (or drinking)?

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    I have had a misearble last couple of days of eating LOL. So nice yesterday, fired up the outdoor fireplace and tuscon grill and tried a Flay recipe that included goat cheese spread and a mustard lemon suace/drizzle for bone in ribeyes. Also did some teeny tiny taters roasted with rosemary..

     

    Got distracted by a phone callI ,overcooked the steaks, burned the taters everything just sucked. But the beer was cold, had the Prisoner for the wine..and it was a nice cool night eating out on the back porch next to the fire.

     

    Today fried egg sammy for lunch which sucked too!!

     

    BTW, recommend a tuscon grill for anyone who has a real wood fireplace, either indoor or out. Nothing like cooking over a real wood fireplace.

     

    http://www.napastyle...?productId=3994

    Every since I looked up what a Tuscan Grill was after reading this, I've been trying to figure out why I don't already own one.

  12. What are you eating (or drinking)?

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    Thank you. No pork fat, and just a couple tablespoons of olive oil. Cooked in Stoneware, so the moisture in the veggies and the little bit of olive oil is all that's necessary to keep everything from sticking. It's actually a very lean dish without the eggs, and as you note eggs' reputation is largely undeserved ( unless you eat three everyday fried in bacon grease).

    I wish it was the 50s again when that was actually good for you.

  13. What are you currently reading?

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    I read "Pillars" a long time ago and it is a good book, I never thought about reading the sequels, perhaps it is time.

    I just got done reading the first chapter of World Without End because of this thread. The book has been sitting on my shelf for at least three years. I'm in.

     

    Another book that's fun in that Clockwork Orange kinda way is Vurt by Jeff Noon. Although, if you are flying to Japan, you might have to spend a little more time in the drug shakedown line if they see it.

  14. What are you currently reading?

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    Posted · Edited by SwampD

    Ok, since so many of you are readers, I'll pose this question - "what should I read next?"

     

    First, some background. Other than a few books I had to read for school, I have only read one work of fiction cover to cover ("Confederacy of Dunces") and that was over 10 years ago. For whatever reason, I can't "get into" fiction. I'd love to, but whenever I've started one, I lose interest and never go back. Non-fiction books, for whatever reason, are different. I've read plenty, from sports books (Moneyball, The Game) to Bios (Frank Lloyd Wright, Theo Fleury), and everything by Anthony Bourdain. I've also read everything by David Sedaris, but his is sort of a fiction/non-fiction mash-up.

     

    In two weeks I have to fly to Japan for a week long business trip. What should I read? I'd like to see if anyone has a suggestion for a novel that may actually be able to keep my attention.

    Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett falls into that historical fiction catagory. Great book. I have the two "sequals" waiting for me on the shelf next to it. This thread has actually got me off my ass to finally read them.

  16. Stafford needs to go

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    It's during the stoppage at 13:02 of the 2nd period.

     

    At first, it really bothered me that Drew shook his head right in front of Ruff, but then I started to wonder if all the players feel this way about Ruff and Drew is the only one with balls enough to outwardly show his resistance to him.

  18. F'N...tastic Fridays....

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    I was wondering when someone was going to say something about that. I intended it to be a play on words. I meant for it to be something where perhaps cannabis could be a replacement for a bad hip socket. But, I'm not really sure how well the joke's going to go over.

     

    As for cannabis, I personally don't use it - or any other drug for that matter. Not only can it kill my career, but I really have no interest in imbibing in such stuff. As it is, I find it interesting that many of us have not learned the lessons from Prohibition. The stuff is still available, and people are going to wreck their lives in many different ways, no matter how much people with the best of intentions try to get them to stop. I've come to understand that sinners are still going to be sinners, and no amount of "legislating morality" is going to prevent people from getting their hands on that stuff. After all, when the Puritans banned Christmas back a few centuries ago, people still engaged in such practices. It came to a point that the law banning it was finally overturned.

     

    I hope this helps.

    I'll choose a plant given to us by God, over a pill given to us by man, to make me happy any day.

  20. Complaint Thursdays

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    Posted · Edited by SwampD

    I love Pandora. I listen to it all day long, but when I like a song and want to know what album it's on, I don't want to see "_____'s Greatest Hits"! Really?! I know that Doctor Wu is on Steely Dan 1972-1980, but what Album is it on? (It's Katy Lied)

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