The clock is ticking, Santa is already traveling, but through the wonders of the internet, it is still possible to send that last minute present. An item popped into my inbox an hour ago. And I just have to share it
There are people that are just very hard to buy for. They either […]

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Ho ho ho! On December 21st, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) will gift the nation with the true number of existing home sales between 2007 and 2010. The NAR’s inflated numbers were flagged earlier this year by CoreLogic, a California based data firm. When confronted, the NAR grumped they’d look into it. Sounding more […]

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Oh sure, you have the gas tank full in the car, you have set the alarm clock for Dark Thirty and the chances are that you have been ‘working out’ to get ready for the hustle and bustle at the local megamart. Of course the odds on you bein one of the first 10 people […]

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This year’s hottest Thanksgiving event is being held in Minneapolis at the headquarters of Target Corp. The mega retailer, whose cheap designer duds keep Joe and Jane Doakes looking stylish even during a depression, will be celebrating T-Day in a novel way. Target’s chief execs and board of directors are ditching family gatherings in favor […]

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It takes a lot to shock Hollywood. But the news that Newt Gingrich has bumped Jon Corzine as supervillain Two-Face in the next Batman is making jaws drop in Dream City. Corzine was reportedly in like Flynn; his duplicitous doings at MF Global made him Two-Face to the max. Sure, Jon had heavy competition from […]

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I Ham What I Ham
Looking back at my 30 plus year reign of tyranny against the Sears Roebuck BBQ department, I can state with authority that one of the quickest ways to shorten a BBQ’s life expectancy is cooking Hams.
I got the whole idea from my father which may sound strange seeing that throughout the […]

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I am for the most part a great fan of the art of pickling. It is a great way of preserving stuff. My first encounter with the joys of Pickling came early. A classic English dish is called a Ploughmans Lunch, it is simplicity itself. A hunk of crusty bread, a hunk of well aged […]

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Several months after the BBQ Duck incident I had another close encounter with the critter. Out of the blue my wife announced that she was going to visit an old friend who lived some 300 miles away, She realized that I was a challenged parent, and so would not make the kids suffer and be […]

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From an early age I have loved Duck, unfortunately my favorite methods seem to have fallen out of popularity, Duck a la orange and Duck with black cherry sauce. The foodies claim these dishes are passe, and outdated. I disagree strongly. The orange or black cherry compliments the richness of the meat.

Duck however is a […]

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Apple learned many years ago that success could only be achieved through innovation. Merely copying what others did would not fit the bill. Oh and everything needed to be proprietary.
The Apple engineers have created many iconic products, the ‘one button’ mouse.

This fixed the ongoing problem of left or right clicking!
There is also the no button […]

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In my previous post, I wondered if the protesters on Wall Street had proposals of how to fix things, or if they were theoreticians from Nephelokokkygia.
So exactly what do those Wall Street protesters want?
A proposed list of demands can be found at their website. They don’t want much.
Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This […]

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At around the age of 19 I discovered Indian cuisine. My knowledge of the food was exactly zero. Well thats not quite correct, I had read an article in the newspaper about a Indian Restaurant in a near by town being shutdown by authorities after the discovery of German Sheppard carcasses in the freezer. This […]

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If you are not well acquainted with the subject, I recommend that you try this article that introduces the issue of Steak and Kidney pie, and all things offal!
Alas there are no pictures of the ultimate Pie, but it should NOT look like this.

The ingredients for the pastry are likely already in your kitchen, but […]

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I have to give credit to my good friend Mannie Barling for giving me the idea for this story. I grew up in an Offal world, so it really never bothered me. In fact I like some of it. The concept is easy, if you have an animal you want to eat as much of […]

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In 1975 I finally escaped tyranny of ham, Spam, and mushy vegetables. You can read parts of my struggle here  here and here..
I leapt into my 850cc Triumph Spitfire convertible, 0 to 30 in three minutes, and pointed the upholstered rollerskate towards London. A land of unknown opportunity.
By Brit standards I was doing pretty darn […]

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I was 14 when the idea came to me. Apart from my sojourns to Germany (see my last article), my food life was just a ham special. I was convinced that even England had more to offer than a ham sandwich. All I had to do was unlock the door.
Years earlier I had read the […]

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Following the BBQ warfare I talked about in my last article, Mike and I hung up our Chef Whites. There were more pressing issues, it was called Grammar School. Back in those days at age 11 or slightly older, everyone sat a test, it was cunningly called the Eleven Plus. In today’s political world it […]

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I have always been interested in food, I was age 10 when interest in food turned into action. My best friend Mike and I decided that we should BBQ. Our knowledge was a little scant, but we figured out that all you really needed was a fire and some stuff to cook. A little more […]

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It is at first a seemingly odd combination. The Badger is a somewhat reclusive animal, but do not mistake this as a weakness. A cornered Badger is meaner than a spurned woman. They get mean, evil and down right dirty.
Of course (like wives) if you are nice to them, they make perfect companions. A number […]

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Yes, girls, it’s summer, and that means another “Janet Evanovich” book to keep you amused while waiting for the plane or watching the kids at the pool.
The good news: LOTS more Ranger in this one.
The bad news? Alas, most of the plot twists have been done before.
When we last left Stephanie, her cousin’s Bail Bond […]

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Lets face it, Chloroform is messy, it smells, and if you don’t know what you are doing can have some pretty terminal side effects. Xanax on the other hand is small and portable, but the downside is that you need a prescription for it, and depending on your health insurance coverage it can be quite […]

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I think the picture says it all.

Um, hi Mom, I dressed up for the big wedding, I even had my servants polish my medals. I do hope that you won’t send me to the Tower Of London just because of my kids. Beatrice told me that Pretzel Hats were all the craze. In fact she […]

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IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SATIRE DO NOT READ ANY MORE OF THIS ARTICLE
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. I first want to thank you for your patience. I know that you all had to wait a long time during the jury selection process. I am sure that many of you were uncomfortable not just […]

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When it comes to the art of growing stuff I have little luck with anything but Potato Triffids you can read the horror story here,
I have survived the trauma of the Lawn People trimming my herbs, with a gas powered professional Herb Eater, I even watched the ants destroy my giant Tomato plant. But that […]

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It takes quite a bit to shock me. I watch the TV news and day after day I see graphic pictures of the path of destruction that Mother Nature has left. Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, we have plenty of them. We even have the (more than required) Man Made Disasters. The BP/Transocean idiocy should be […]

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My father was an expert, there was little that he could not coax to grow. As a child I have vivid memories of him growling and complaining about Asparagus. He had planted some seeds several years previous and the damn plants just kept coming up year after year. In his mind they were nothing short […]

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This was an older video, but I think it demonstrates quite well the dynamics at work within the Casey Anthony defense.
As with most jokes, there has to be a ’set up’ phase. I think the photo shows that. Everyone is paying attention to Casey.

The Pillsbury Dough Boy is clearly in on the joke. While […]

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It was another fun packed day in Judge Perry’s courtroom. Another day of dealing with the Frye questions. For the most part it was a yawn inducing event. It was a day of the ‘now’ common audio and visual problems that people have come to accept as just part of the process.
Personally I feel that […]

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On Saturday Apr/2 the Surviving The 21st Century team of, Mannie Barling, Ashley F. Brooks, and Simon Barrett will be taking a look at an aspect that is often ignored, the money aspect!
Joining us with be Rodney Ballance who is both a person who lives within an organic eating family, but also hosts a very […]

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Please note that this article is posted under the category of HUMOR!
As the Casey Anthony trial looms large in the near future the flurry of motions by the defense team has increased significantly. Just about the only motion Jose Baez and Cheney Mason has not yet filed is an objection to the style of foot […]

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