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Favorite Vessel

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At first I titled this post ‘Favorite Pot’, but I knew you yahoos would make all the obvious jokes, so there – do something funny with ‘vessel’.

Anyway, this my enameled red cast iron dutch oven from Target that I love like a child. It’s so pretty, and makes anything cooked in it appear like I’ve really slaved, y’know?  You can’t dish something out of a dutch oven without thinking, “Boy, this food must have had some work done on it.”  It’s not fast and flashy like a frying pan, or quick-to-boil like a saucepan.  It takes minutes for this thing to heat, and even longer to cool down.  I love it.

Chili, or nectar of the gods?

Open Mike Night

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Clap, people!

You believe in fairies, don’t you? Clap to keep Tinkerbell alive! Clap! Clap!

So on talk radio when the host is too lazy to actually host, they have Open Mike time. Since Lloyd and I will be gone for Thanksgiving, it’s up to you – the fans and the lurkers – to keep this website going. (The internet connection is iffy at my folks, so I don’t know if we’ll be able to update.) I’d like y’all to tell us what you’ll be doing for Thanksgiving, or offer a good recipe or cooking tip to keep this thing alive until Sunday.

Thanks for your support!

Prototype

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Those of you unfamiliar with my work should know that I only make prototypes: meaning that I’ll have an idea and bring it to 87% completion (just to see it work), then give up.

I found an interesting idea online about a candle heater. (It’s at www.heatstick.com if you’d like to check it out.) I went ahead and ordered one because I thought , “Here’s a guy who had an idea and actually carried it through! That kind of dedication has to be encouraged.” However, it’s going to take several days for mine to arrive, so I made an extremely dangerous prototype.

His candle heater has three flower pots and many more screws and washers, and a well-made stand – not a green bean can with sharp, dangerous gashes on the sides. I played with it all night, using the infrared thermometer to check how hot it was getting. I also gave myself a royal burn after touching the bolt. I knew it was hot, and was being very, very careful, then some demon possessed my mind and said, “Touch it. Touch it now.” Then I did. Stupid.

jagged edges and hot surfaces - my kind of fun!

blurry, or moving very fast?

Don’t adjust your screen, the picture’s just blurry.

No Photo

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Brad and I have discussed how it’s a good idea to have some photos on backup – for those dry days. This is one of those. We’re going to bed at 9 so we can get up at 5 and be at work by 6. Lloyd has computer stuff to do and I have our Thanksgiving Breakfast Buffet. No chuckles this post. ‘Nite.

Worst Day Ever.

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Poor Lloyd.  Something went tragically wrong this afternoon and the server at school died.  (He tried explaining what happened, but all I hear is ‘blah blah blah’ with some acronyms thrown in.)  Anyway, he drowned his sorrows, and kept uttering the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.  “I’m like other men.” (He says this when he can’t fix a computer problem.  Mere mortal.)

Note the many beer bottles on the table.

All Day.

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Watch out for killer frogs.

Here we see the Lloyd in his natural habitat, surrounded by computers, servers, and frogs.  Today the Lloyd spent ALL DAY moving things around inside those computer things, while his wife went slowly insane.  (Some shopping was done, but then…..) 

Part of the Lloyd’s habitat is polluted by the natural wastes they exude, and that section of the cage had to be cleaned.

Who's kidding who?

Lloyd asked for help pulling stuff out of the server room (er, closet) so he could sort through it and clean it up.  Here it is all over the table in the computer lab.

  Holy moly, that's a lot of cables.

 I have complete and total faith that he will get it done tomorrow.  He’s wicked good at cleaning up.