The Liquor Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

This is just a post to keep this account alive.

90 year old Medal of Honor told by homeowners association that he can't have a flagpole.

Are you kidding me? Note to self: No homeowners associations for me.

Cathy and DJ are flying off to Ireland now, I am leaving Sunday night to join them on Monday afternoon in Ireland. In the interim: Movies, relaxation, and then a medium length flight.

Just a quick note before I leave for vacation: You guys and gals are great, I love you and miss those I have met, and look forward to meeting those that I have not yet met. To see where you all are vs. when we first met (online or otherwise) makes me proud to know that you list me as a friend. You are amazing people. You are wonderful to me, and I think the world of each of you. Imagine a large, hideous man giving you a bear hug right now. Be safe, have fun, and I'll see you when I get back.

Via zefrank

"Here are 30 illustrations from the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern. These diagrams outline causes of electrical accidents

If you end up linking to this, it would be nice if you attributed me as bre pettis and linked to brepettis.com/blog."

The Siblings picked up RB: Metallica, and I have been doing my job as designated Singer. My fingers are too stiff to play guitar or bass, and I am not coordinated enough to drum, so I get the mic. I've gotten the hang of it, and as I said to What, I would have killed for this game 20 years ago in High School. I was a huge Metallica fan, and this has a ton of great tracks from back in the day. The guys look odd though, now that they have been caricatured, Or as I like to call them: Cro-mag, Capt. Jack Sparrow, Coke-puppet, and Pippi Rockstocking.

I wish there were more Misfits/Danzig on this, and that they had put in Whisky in the Jar or Jailbreak instead of The Boys are Back in Town. Also , given Moterhead's history they could have included something more recent than Ace of Spades (something off Inferno maybe? Fight? All in the Name of Tragedy?) Until I am running my own game empire, I can't really complain.

We have all the retro/zombie guys unlocked, and will likely pop back into RB2 soon (Go Hogwazzers!) as there are a few new songs we need to improve on, as well as some old ones we can rank up on. Hitting/holding the last note on Painkiller without stopping has been a highlight of the game for me so far (Can't... Stop... The... Paaaain-Kill-aaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh PAIN!) and one that will be hard to duplicate unless I start practicing it again.

They dropped a big bag of mocha here in the Starbucks I go to, then tried to vacuum it up. The resulting fog SMELLS FANTASTIC.

No no no no godammit no. Tell me that has nothing to do with my beloved cartoon from the 70's, please.

I made lamb in the Crock pot over the weekend, with carrots, onions, parsnips, and potatoes. Delicious! I reserved about 1/2 of the veg. I tossed them with olive oil and some sea salt and then roasted them in a pan covered with aluminum foil. Perfection!

I read about something called a Gorilla Sandwich last week. I thought I would try to make something similar at home - so I stuffed the cucumber with spinach, dried cranberries, feta, walnuts, and the cucumber-yogurt-dill sauce I made from the hallowed out bits. I ate it today for lunch, and it was ok. It would have been better if I had diced some onions, maybe some carrots or avocado as well. Hummus would be good as well, possibly some egg salad. It needed a little more texture for my liking, but at the same time it let me eat a salad without a fork, which was cool. Also, the various ingredients were kept nice and moist, and everything was delicious.

Saturday I cooked up a rib eye steak from Trader Joe's, which was fantastic, just a really great steak that came out tender, juicy, and delicious.

No photos this time, everything was just begging to be devoured!

Here is a link for the transcript to the Raiders brainstorming session. Enjoy!