Sleep Walking Dog Runs Into Wall
Month: November 2009
Thanksgiving 2009
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- Another Pic of Ty
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- My Boy
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- Turkey With Bacon – Oh My
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- Tyler Still Thinks It Is Halloween
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- A Serious Game of Hearts
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- The Hosts Patty & John
Guard Dog Fail
Giving Thanks For 2009
So much of Thanksgiving these days is associated with eating, but the most important part of Thanksgiving is taking a moment to simply say thanks. 2008 was definitely my hardest year and lots of people helped me get through it which was amazing. Like every year I’ll do a blog post to recap the year so I won’t say too much but 2009 has been fantastic. It has had some stressful times like any but it has to be one of my favorite years so far.
In 2009 I’m thankful for my fantastic little man. I’m thankful for the patience he has taught me and is still teaching me. I’m thankful for my parents who I’ll be seeing again in less than a month. I’m thankful for my sister, my brother in law, and my awesome nephew. I’m thankful for my girlfriend of almost a year who is crazy enough to love a single dad and all of the difficulties that comes along with it. I’m thankful for my friends, my co-workers, family, extended family, and my reading audience! I was going to send an email to everyone but figured anyone who really knows me knows to check my blog so happy Thanksgiving to all and thanks!
OK so now that we have that “lovey dovey” stuff out of the way lets talk turkey! My man Alton Brown was at Google this week to answer some Thanksgiving questions. If you want to watch the full hour long video you can do so here in HD. I liked the turkey frying section of the video (embedded above) because I’ve always wanted to try a fried turkey. Maybe in a year or two I’ll try it and you know I’ll blog about it. I went to my local Safeway and bought a frozen turkey and I have no idea why. I’m a holiday guy and even though I may have that turkey in my freezer for two more years I’ll be ready and it was only 80 cents a pound! Any way, here are my notes from Alton Brown’s Thanksgiving talk in case you don’t have time to watch the full video:
- Don’t baste the turkey! People think it makes the skin crispy but if you put milk on your corn flakes does it make your cereal crispy? Of course not and neither does basting your turkey.
- If you brine your turkey it will help keep the moisture in (no basting needed) and gives the turkey extra flavor.
- Frozen are generally better unless the turkey is really fresh meaning you didn’t buy it from a grocery store which is rare. Here in California I think my Safeway frozen turkey will work just fine.
- White meat is from the fast twitch muscles and the dark meat is from slow twitch muscles. I’m a white meat kind a guy myself.
Fool Me Once
“Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” – Chinese Proverb
Does Your Staircase Take You Up Or Down?
I was watching The Next Iron Chef on TV tonight which happened to be the finale. Chef Mehta ended up losing but what he said at the end was very thought provoking. His metaphor about life was fantastic! Check this out, it blew my mind…he said: “It’s a little disappointing (losing) but…life is like a staircase — you go up, you go down..but you must never think that the staircase only takes you down. You must always think that a staircase only takes you up.”
Greatest Sign Guy Of All Time
Why do we have sign holders anyway? Don’t get me wrong this guy actually gets your attention and I don’t even want to know how long he had to practice to do this but aren’t we becoming numb to this form of marketing? Sure they used to get our attention when it was the “new” thing but does anyone actually say to themselves “hey that sign person is telling me to turn or do something, I’d better do it”? That being said, if you are into this form of marketing this guy is worth every penny. I mean the company he is advertising for is on my blog now right? You know you’ve made it when you get on jeremperson.com let me tell you. 🙂 Or maybe I’m just jealous I can’t do this…
John Lee of Babbacombe
John Lee of Babbacombe, Devon, cheated the hangman’s noose three times in 1885. Sentenced to death for the murder of his employer, Lee survived because on each occasion the trap-door on the gallows failed to open, even though the mechanism was tested before and after and found to be in perfect working order. The authorities knew when they were beaten and Lee’s sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
The White Elephant
A “White Elephant” dates back to the ancient kings of Siam who wanted to punish courtiers without actually appearing to do so. Their ploy was to give the offender a rare albino elephant, knowing that it was an offer which dare not be refused. The poor man was therefore left with something he didn’t want and couldn’t afford to keep.
