Rehtional Thinking
Understanding Charcoal
As we get ready for the big holiday cookout this weekend, I am debating if I should buy some “lump” charcoal or use my usual charcoal “briquettes”. Until a few years ago, I never realized that charcoal is just cooked wood. I never really thought about it, but it makes sense that wood is involved [...]
Smoky Joe, The Second
I have always liked to grill food outside. When I was a young bachelor, I bought a grill, perfect for a single guy, Weber’s Smoky Joe. I remember cooking on it and even taking it with me on picnics. I continued to occasionally use ole Smoky even when I had a bigger grill for my [...]
Snaky Visitor
As I finished up cutting the grass yesterday, I opened the door under my house to put away the mower and jumped when a little head popped up as the door opened. It was a snake that quickly slithered back into a corner under the house. What to do?
Personally I don’t like snakes and am [...]
Cookie Dough Recall
I take pride in baking my own homemade cookies, but you can’t beat the convenience of ready to scoop and bake cookie dough. So about a month ago we bought some Nestle Cookie Dough to take to the beach this summer. This way we could have fresh cookies without losing much beach time. Well that [...]
Digital Transition, Finally
Friday came and went at our house without a glitch when broadcasters all switched to digital transmission only, after shutting done their analog signal. I heard about how millions of people were still not ready or how many millions who had a box would still have issues. I thought, that’s hard to believe after all [...]
High School Graduation
I remember the red gowns and that rain chased the graduation indoors from the football field to the crowded gym. As far as the speeches, not really. I don’t even remember the moment when the principal handed me my diploma. It might not sound like it, but I know I was there!
Yesterday, for the first [...]
Grubs and Lightning
The bolt in the sky cast a yellowish hue around the clouds. It was dusk and looking west, the sky was showing off with bolts of lightning every minute. I thought of running inside and getting a camera, but it was almost dark and no picture could capture the true look of this lightning.
My only wish [...]
June Snow!
As school lets out for summer, I am starting to think of going to the beach soon and hoping the heat won’t get so bad this summer. The last thing people usually think about in June is snow.
Well it snowed in June for the first time in 60 years in Dickinson, North Dakota. Holy cow, speaking of animals, I am [...]
Breakfast Fruit or Meat?
While working, I usually eat a couple pieces of fruit. It is an easy way to break the fast in the morning. It usually takes me several hours after I am up in the morning for my stomach to wake up.
I watched a report on the Today Show that basically said I should add protein [...]
Bill The Air Conditioning Tech
After doing some sit-ups upstairs I noticed it was getting a little toasty in our rec room. I went over to the thermostat and nothing. I couldn’t get the air, the fan, or even the heat on. Oh oh. Fortunately, believe it or not, I didn’t have time to deal with the air conditioner or lack [...]
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