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Just got home with the new pup. Still calling him Jax for now. His full name is Cyrus Jaxartes. Here he is inhaling his first meal at my place. He is almost obnoxiously affectionate.

..and other forms of audio entrainment.

This is a few years old. It has been discussed and tested in refereed scientific journals for years, however there are conflicting results. At the same time, the underlying science is pretty valid. I have some doubts about the dude as he is selling it to people (or was for a while). From the...

Redid the sautéed bratwurst. I sautee bangers, chorizo and other sausage all the time. Usually eat my brats in a bun with kraut, but this was better.

Got my broken EVO back! Amazing turnaround time- I only sent it in last week but it's home again. Of course I'm only a state away from PA. Man did I miss this. Been using my OG ticker, and it really is not the same.

Made something so random I didn't even take a pic (already ate it), but it turned out so good I'm making it again tomorrow. Bratwurst sautéed in ingredients left over from other dishes- mushrooms, duck fat, beef stock and a white wine cream and herb reduction. Was fucking delicious. Can't...

You'd think, as a Harvard-educated attorney and former working prosecutor-litigator, Cruz would know something about THE LAW. But he clearly only remembers the parts that support his agenda (I assume he has the same selective memory re the science he learned at Princeton, still home of the...

I've always wanted to ask an Aussie- WTF do you folks mean when you say 'Oi'? To some of us (MOTs especially) it does just brings to mind an incomplete 'Oi vey'. Can't be helped if you speak Yinglish. Unfortunately in the DC area, the generic Aussie-esque 'Oi' has been used by Nazi skinheads...

Decided to do a truly unabridged Escoffier coquille St Jacques, as he did it at the Ritz. Only weirdness is i had no shells to serve it in, so i used radichio leaves. Left off the gruyere on top, as the crappy American gruyere I have at the moment would not work on such pretty scallops...

"They don't grind/mix the spice until you order it . .."- That is SERIOUS. I'm sure it kicks ass and I am going to try it- those guys really seem to know their shit. And the method is certainly solid- the worcestershire plus dry rub will give the chemical reactions you want. It is purely the...

I'll try that when I don't have the time to play. But I'm a trained chef and lived in North Carolina for a decade. My French master would literally spin in his grave (he died last year) if he knew I'd ever used a pre-mixed anything. And my Carolina friends would shoot me for using a Texas...

Pretty pretty pretty. That a wet rub you got going there? I've had a brand new Brinkman cabinet smoker on my back porch for weeks, but it needs to be assembled and I can't do it alone. My brother won't help cuz he's a fucking vegan, despite my planning to smoke veggies as well as meat (and...

Haven't felt up to cooking for a while. But today, ran across something too good not to cook- actual fresh, non-water-injected king sea scallops. have literally not seen those since I last worked in a Michelin starred kitchen. Bought a half-dozen. Tonight- scallops en croute in a bacon-fat...

I will have a new family member at the end of this week. I visited the nearby breeder, the pup, and his sire. All were wonderful. It'll be a little weird this soon, but it seems like this was meant to be. Last pup from the litter, easy drive for me (even with my health), breeder a truly good...

Can't believe I forgot to post this one. This is a bit of ritual I learned from my ex-wife, who is from Northern India where they been using the kind for millennia, and consider it to be connected to the god Siva. Now, i am no believer in deities of any flavor- I'm a Jewish Buddhist atheist...

Uhm, did you read the quote that started this? He was criticizing the Feds for NOT arresting people in states that have made pot legal. That is not defending states rights. That is not saying the Feds are behind the times on it. Quite to the contrary, he is saying the feds are listening to...

Heh. Not mine. I've never had a cat who would tolerate even an attempt to put clothing on it. On a more serious note, despite still reeling from losing my guy, a friend pointed me at a puppy of the same breed (OEBD) less than an hour from my place who is available now, and is already...

Well, if we're gonna go there...cat dressed as a shark on a roomba chasing a duckling (and note the dog that appears partway through. Stegosaurus maybe?)

dukkha, viparinama dukkha, samkhara dukkha

Hey, don't forget W was NOT elected. Read the Bush v Gore opinion. the vote count in 2000 was stopped by Federal order, in direct contradiction of Florida law. That was a coup, not an election. And not the 1st time in US history (see the election of 'Rutherfraud' B. Hayes- it even involved...