Category: Boy Stuff
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Pressing Issues
I like to cook. No, I really like to cook. Back in the day photography was my craft, and cooking was my art. I still take photographs but don’t get paid to do it anymore. Cooking for friends and neighbors is a pleasure. It’s not without stress. But I love it. Will the brisket in…
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Mushroom Madness
The other day, Dan the arborist from the Tree Squad came over to give our two Ash trees their treatment to protect them from the evil Emerald Ash Borers. While he was resting, She Who Must Be Obeyed asked Dan to look at our Linden ( Basswood ) tree in the back yard. It was…
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Use Your Head
I went on a Damndemic bicycle ride the other day. It was a beautiful day, 68°f, and sunny. It was the first day this season I had bare knees. There was a bit of wind, though. 10 to 20 mph coming out of the Southwest. I use the wind’s whims to direct my bicycle rides.…
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Sous Vide, or not Sous Vide, that is the question:
Sous Vide, or not Sous Vide, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to fire up the grill and risk over or under cooking meat. El Diablo gave me a Sous Vide device/stick to play with. I did some research on the inter-web about how Sous Vide devices are supposed to work…
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“It’s a Friday night”
Last Friday, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I independently had the same thought. “After work we should head out to Maynards for some sun, supper, and people watching at Lake Minnetonka.” When we drove up to park the car we could see it was nuts. The main car parking lot was full. There was…
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
We have an annual Chinese New Year dinner at Keefer Court. It is a small family run Chinese restaurant and bakery located on the West Bank in Minneapolis. Paulina and Sunny Kwan are the owners. Jack Ma is the Head Chef. I think Keefer Court is the only real Chinese bakery in the five state…
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To Air is Human
Twice a year, my mechanic Tony and I do the same wheel and tire dance over at Dale Feste Automotive. Twice a year, the same song is played. Twice a year, he puts my season-specific wheels and tires on my Element. Twice a year the TPMS warning light comes on and the fun begins. Tony…
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Wednesday’s Orange Revenge
Last Sunday was like every other Sunday when I don’t have to go to work. The day usually starts with breakfast involving smoked salmon and bagels ( Pop’s favorite, not mine ). Maybe I get to do a bit of yard work, then some grocery shopping gets done while Pop stares at stuff at the store. She Who Must…
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In Heaven There Is No Beer
If you have ever been to a German Restaurant you might have heard that song. The music was written by Ralph Maria Siegel, with lyrics by Ernst Neubach in 1956. For those of you uninitiated in this tune, the lyrics state: In heaven there is no beer. That’s why we drink it here (Right Here!)…
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Art is in the eye of the beholder, or is that some on my shoe?
Everyone at our house has a BFA. Mine is in Photography, She Who Must Be Obeyed acquired one in 2D Design. Bunny caught one in Costume Design/Theater, and El Diablo has her BFA in Industrial Design. When we do our yearly Holiday card, ideas bounce off the walls for weeks until something good lands and…