November 2007 Archives

Alright, so I was in Joya de Ceren, an El Salvadorian grorcery in Richmond, for pork chops last night. They had some really wicked little chops all riddled with juicy fat. Yoink. Just one row over I noticed they had some pork shoulder pieces. I love pork shoulder. I rarely see it cut like this, it was cut just a tad over 2" thick. Kinda like a pork steak, only measured in pounds. Yeah, I bought it. That and two smaller chops, two sodas came to a whopping 8 bux. But how to prepare?

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Up at 5:30 am and way busy till after sun goes down. Weekends=chores and recharge mental powers. Repeat.

That being said, the sunrises the boys and I get to experience are world class. The above photograph I snagged early Tuesday morning. I see this site every morning as I slide down the overpass to work. My jaw dropped and grabbed my gear and braved the shaky 18' ladder to sit on our roof to capture this moment. Then? I looked to the right and saw this.

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In the immortal words of Bob & Doug Mackenzie, "Beauty, eh?" Yeah, well it was time to climb back down that ladder and get to work. And then? I turned the other direction and grabbed this one.

if you please tap thine gull for a huge one

Fly away gull by the bay! Probably all dark meat anyway.

This one I took this morning, from the same area that most of my cloudy sunrises have been coming from. Looking eastward with Mt. Diablo just a tad to the left. These thick ass cloud/fog was HUGE and it went as far as I could see from right to left. It was an impenetrable wall and really the only time the sun came through was when it popped over the top (or a few little holes). Considering the time of year and California's central valley lays in that direction, figured it's Thule Fog? It was HUGE. I have to admit though, 10 minutes previous, when the sun was up but not visible, there was a pink/purple glow, for just a moment, through the bottom of this Wall of cloudy material. It was gone in just a few moments, wished I could have snapped that one.

OH, and what really made this all so neat to me was that THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER CLOUD ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN. Not even over there.

xo, Biggles

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You bad ol' drain. I find myself doing major chores here Thanksgiving morning. Last night's meal needed cleaning up after and the turkey isn't completely defrosted, yet. We've lived here now nearly 8 years and only now you decide to back up on me?

Biggles walks away from the drain, only to turn and say, "Ha !!! I got youuuu! I win! Meathenge Labs isn't hosting this year!" Clog if you want to, you bad ol' drain. You don't bother me!

xo, Biggles

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Well, the sore bones in my face and teeth have finally begun to go away and expect to be 100% in another week or so. Sorry for Meathenge resembling a dead slug withering in the August heat during a drought. Shudder.

What you're looking at up there is called a "Living Rock", I don't know the Latin name. It's a succulent and it's blooming!

xo, Biggles

Even in Richmond, at the right time of day or night, beauty can be found. One just has to look, really hard. I suggest you spend the time where you are, to do the same. It makes life that much sweeterer.

xo

This is the cold that never ends,

Yes, it goes on and on my friends

Some people started catching it, not knowing what it was,

And they'll continue being plagued by it forever just because—

You understand correctly, I'm going over week #2 with this fricken cold. It moved in to my sinus bone last Thursday and creates these wonderful headaches. The pain from the bright sunlight actually makes the pain almost bearable. Then it's off to the land of aspirin, yay.

Tee hee, Chilebrown goes on a meat spree in Oregon. Asks me if I want to come over Saturday morning (3 weeks ago) and have a tasting!

What do you think my answer was?

Disclaimer: I shopped for this meal, I prepped this meal, I cooked this meal and I photographed this meal with a fever, with hacks, coughs and a flowy nose. Expect a few errors, expect some oddities. Just so you know.

Chicken noodle soup is one of those recipes where everyone has their own way of doing it, and it's the only way. If it's not their way? Rubbish! Yeah well simmer down now because this recipe is most probably some place you've never been. I need you to pay attention because there are some finer point where you'll go wandering off and not get the expected results. It isn't just about grilling chicken, then making soup with it, no sir.

Would you like to come play?

Let's have a moment of silence for A&B Meat Market.

Generally speaking most of us get about 2 weeks a year vacation, right? Right. Sometimes we choose to just putter around the house and relax (this is me). But there are many who will want to pack up the truck and spend it driving from destination to destination. These destinations might be the Taco Bell Discovery Science Center or LegoLand or wherever. Not for our plucky heros!

Tiny E was down last week, Z has been pretty much face down since last Sunday. I started down the slope later Monday. About a month ago Z started having some stomach cramps, came and went. Figured it was lactose, then maybe wheat? Now the cramps are coming inbetween food and yesterday he popped a decent fever. Have an appointment was awesome doctor this morning. Eyes are running, coughing up small furry animals, brain dead, that's me!

Food? Any food we have is slowly rotting in the fridge. For dinner was chicken noodle soup and I had nalley's chili. I went all out and put the chili in a bowl this time instead of eating it out of the pot. Ugh! Dishes have been in the sink for usually 2 days before I get to them. COUGH.

xo, Biggles