Beef short ribs on the grill
Failed cooking experiment this evening as my first attempt to cook beef short ribs failed. It wasn’t a disaster, but not up to expectations. I’m not giving up beef ribs, merely trying to cook beef ribs on a gas grill. Tomorrow’s experiment: grilled salmon. From what I remember from a cooking show some time ago, [...]
TiVo releases dual-tuner Series 2 DVR
Finally! I’ve always thought TiVo was really behind the times on not having a standard dual-tuner box, though I believe an offering for DirecTV customers did. Also, finally they’re adding an RJ-45 jack to the box. How that hasn’t happened before now still puzzles me. Requiring customers to add a USB NIC in order to [...]
Real estate
I’m finished with my two real estate courses: Fundamentals and Practice. Next I’ll sit for the national and state exams. Provided I pass, then I’ll find a broker that will employ me as a part-timer. After that… then what? My primary goal in taking the classes was to learn real estate for investing purposes. As [...]
Bathroom renovation
We’re about done with our part of the demolition. We’ve filled every bucket and we have. Time to call in the professionals. The bathroom floor is in good shape. Not sure about the shower floor. Once I managed to pull up the plastic/rubber flooring, I found out when they did the last renovation by the [...]
Plan thwarted
News: Phony doctor gives free breast exams | Reuters.com Great… thanks for ruining that plan. All kidding aside, who accepts breast exams from a guy going door-to-door?
Keflavic
Found on fark.com: So you’re telling me it might rain in Keflavic?
Parenting surrenders
Article: gwinnettdailypost.com People like this make my skin crawl. “She wrote she had not read the series because it is long, and she is a working mother of four. “ What happened to parenting?
Transitions
Spring is here. The weather was sunny today, with a high of 78. The dumpster we ordered for yard waste has come and gone. Grass seed is down and we’re waiting for sprouts. We’re shopping for a grill. Work has calmed down a little bit, allowing me to shift into proactive mode again (until the [...]
One less tree
One of several diseased trees in our front yard is no more. The new chainsaw saw to that.