As I pad around with a steaming cup of alcohol in a sweater that would make Bill Cosby shudder, I contemplate this last decade. But I don't have to - a veritable glut of Top Ten Lists reflect our society in recline. Reclining journalists, in particular. You aren't sick of them yet? Good:
The Outlaw Chef’s Red River Pig Stickin is being hosted by the Dennis Ranch in Jefferson County Oklahoma, and is located about 13 miles East of Ryan Oklahoma. We will be hunting approx. 28,000 acres of the South Oklahoma Cross-Timbers country just on the Oklahoma side of the Red River. The geography can be described as plowed ground up-top, (mostly wheat), giving way to lush, entangled & rugged river bottoms, with miles of river bottom pecan orchards. The majority of the river bottom pecan orchards are suitable for walking and stalking, as well as the plowed ground on the above prairie hills. Hunters will sign up for their pasture of choice providing that the number of hunters has not exceeded the limit of hunters allowed. You may switch pastures as openings permit by changing your name to the proper list. Should it rain, all motor vehicles will be restricted to the camp area. If you are caught in the rain and it appears it won’t last long, wait it out and give the roads a chance to dry before returning to camp.
Here are some of our favorite Franklin quotations on frugality, hard work, and money. While he made these observations more than 200 years ago, they are all still applicable to our world and economic concerns today:
But before we cede the entire moral penthouse to “committed vegetarians” and “strong ethical vegans,” we might consider that plants no more aspire to being stir-fried in a wok than a hog aspires to being peppercorn-studded in my Christmas clay pot. This is not meant as a trite argument or a chuckled aside. Plants are lively and seek to keep it that way. The more that scientists learn about the complexity of plants — their keen sensitivity to the environment, the speed with which they react to changes in the environment, and the extraordinary number of tricks that plants will rally to fight off attackers and solicit help from afar — the more impressed researchers become, and the less easily we can dismiss plants as so much fiberfill backdrop, passive sunlight collectors on which deer, antelope and vegans can conveniently graze. It’s time for a green revolution, a reseeding of our stubborn animal minds.
There's nothing like having the feeling of electric sex gleaming on your rooftop...
Louie Saunders, a member of the improv show Pudding-Thank You at Chicago’s American Theater Company, returned from a vacation to find everything in his studio apartment — from the beer in the fridge to his couch cushions — gift wrapped courtesy of his castmates. It took 16 people, 35 rolls of wrapping paper, and eight hours to finish the job.
The Outlaw Chef’s Red River Pig Stickin is being hosted by the Dennis Ranch in Jefferson County Oklahoma, and is located about 13 miles East of Ryan Oklahoma. We will be hunting approx. 28,000 acres of the South Oklahoma Cross-Timbers country just on the Oklahoma side of the Red River. The geography can be described as plowed ground up-top, (mostly wheat), giving way to lush, entangled & rugged river bottoms, with miles of river bottom pecan orchards. The majority of the river bottom pecan orchards are suitable for walking and stalking, as well as the plowed ground on the above prairie hills. Hunters will sign up for their pasture of choice providing that the number of hunters has not exceeded the limit of hunters allowed. You may switch pastures as openings permit by changing your name to the proper list. Should it rain, all motor vehicles will be restricted to the camp area. If you are caught in the rain and it appears it won’t last long, wait it out and give the roads a chance to dry before returning to camp.
A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. United apparently damaged his treasured Taylor guitar ($3500) during a flight. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar. During his final exchange with the United Customer Relations Manager, he stated that he was left with no choice other than to create a music video for youtube exposing their lack of cooperation.
The Manager responded : "Good luck with that one, pal". So he posted a retaliatory video on youtube.
The video has since received over 5.5 million hits. United Airlines contacted the musician and attempted settlement in exchange for pulling the video. Naturally his response was: "Good luck with that one, pal". Taylor Guitars sent the musician two new custom guitars in appreciation for the product recognition from the video that has lead to a sharp increase in orders.
Every year, employees and friends of Fred’s Texas Café in the West 7th Street corridor deliver meals to homeless people. This holiday season, the homestyle-cooking restaurant will also be collecting toys for the River Oaks Police Department’s annual Toy Patrol program in which uniformed officers deliver toys to needy children on Christmas day. Drop off a toy or two at Fred’s (915 Currie St.) between now and Wed., Dec. 23, when River Oaks police will swing by and pick up the donations.
Automatic coffeemakers may be quick and convenient, but nothing beats the French press for flavor intensity, as well as style. By allowing the coffee grounds to mingle with the water, it creates a stronger, thicker and more piquant cup of coffee, retaining essential oils and sediments that would otherwise get caught up in drip coffeemaker's filters. If you've got one languishing in your cupboard, dig it out, clean it and follow these twelve easy steps. Why not? Once you try it, you may never go back!
LIVE AT FRED'S today Sunday Dec 13: Kurt South at Noon, Ed Rogers and Steve Long of No Class at 3pm, & Christa Russell at 6pm! NO COVER! Sunny & 70 Degrees today in Fort Worth!
Google plans to introduce a new feature for mobile phone users that allows their search results to be customized based on their location. Think of it as "Google Suggest", based on GPS information. Using coordinates from the GPS system on your phone, Google can present more "geographically relevant" results by showing users restaurants, cafes, or stores nearby. For example, say a user types in "R-E-": if they're in Boston, the search results will come up with "Red Sox," if they're in San Francisco, the search will suggest "REI," the outdoor retailer.
Google Goggles is a form of visual search. Using the new tool on an Android-powered mobile, people can search by taking a photo of something (such as a book, landmark, bottle of wine, logo, or store), instead of typing the word they're trying to look up, and Google will instantly return information on that object: the flavors and notes of that bottle of wine, or reviews for that book you're holding
Google is sending over 100,000 barcode decals (each one unique) to businesses around the country that it hopes they will post in their storefront window. The barcode on the decal can be scanned with your mobile phone (it's supposed to work on iPhones, Android-powered phones, BlackBerries, and more), then will take you straight to that business's "Place Page" (created by Google) on your mobile phone, where you can get reviews, coupons, and other information about the business, such as store hours, and more.
The Outlaw Chef’s Red River Pig Stickin is being hosted by the Dennis Ranch in Jefferson County Oklahoma, and is located about 13 miles East of Ryan Oklahoma. We will be hunting approx. 28,000 acres of the South Oklahoma Cross-Timbers country just on the Oklahoma side of the Red River. The geography can be described as plowed ground up-top, (mostly wheat), giving way to lush, entangled & rugged river bottoms, with miles of river bottom pecan orchards. The majority of the river bottom pecan orchards are suitable for walking and stalking, as well as the plowed ground on the above prairie hills. Hunters will sign up for their pasture of choice providing that the number of hunters has not exceeded the limit of hunters allowed. You may switch pastures as openings permit by changing your name to the proper list. Should it rain, all motor vehicles will be restricted to the camp area. If you are caught in the rain and it appears it won’t last long, wait it out and give the roads a chance to dry before returning to camp.
Street Food Finally Gains Street Cred: Typical Temporary F&B Hype or The Real Deal?
I've always sampled the street food in countries I visit: from fresh-roasted chili dusted chestnuts in Estonia, to paella carts on Gran Canaria, to the hot dog cart next to the tattoo stand right outside of Papagayo in Mexico (make sure to get the hot dog /w jalapenos and not the dirty needle tattoo). Well, it looks like the economy is making top chefs and large food congloerates consider street vending. Here is a Mother Jones Article describing such:
"This is ground zero for the commodification of street food," griped Edge as he sampled a glass of Don Olegario Albariño. "It's nothing but a freaking marketing trope." Top restaurants were looking to spice up their menus, he explained, while food conglomerates wanted to figure out "how do you put this shit in a cup?"
Nice to see that the astronauts on the Space Station are not having to forgo spicy condiments due to zero G. Note FRED'S mainstay "Kickin' Chicken" in the upper middle of the picture. I traveled with Sriracha chili sauce in my car for a couple of years during my tenure at The Caravan of Dreams, until a particularly hot summer swelled the container up as round as a Chambord bottle. Peering into it as I opened the valve resulted in a nasty self-macing incident, wandering downtown Fort Worth blindly with chili sauce covering my face. Ahhh, the good old days...
When the weather gets chilly, I auto-pilot into stews, stocks, and soups. It's a great way to clear the fridge of those lurking veggies that are feeling "not so fresh". My disdain for potpourri is eclipsed by my love of the smell of a stewing pot on the stove. Here's some recipes from The Frugal Cafe:
A blogger has released audio of Sprint's Electronic Surveillance Manager describing the carrier's cooperation with law enforcement. Among the revelations are that Sprint has so far filled over 8 million requests from LEOs for customer GPS data.
Through a mix of documents unearthed by Freedom of Information Act requests and the aforementioned recording, Soghoian describes how "the government routinely obtains customer records from ISPs detailing the telephone numbers dialed, text messages, emails and instant messages sent, web pages browsed, the queries submitted to search engines, and geolocation data, detailing exactly where an individual was located at a particular date and time."
In-Vitro Meat -- aka tank steak, sci fi sausage, petri pork, beaker bacon, Frankenburger, vat-grown veal, laboratory lamb, synthetic shmeat, trans-ham, factory filet, test tube tuna, cultured chicken, or any other moniker that can seduce the shopper's stomach -- will appear in 3-10 years as a cheaper, healthier, "greener" protein that's easily manufactured in a metropolis. Its entree will be enormous; not just food-huge like curry rippling through London in the 1970's or colonized tomatoes teaming up with pasta in early 1800's Italy. No. Bigger. In-Vitro Meat will be socially transformative, like automobiles, cinema, vaccines.
Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent Grimod de la Reynière, a French aristocrat during Napoleon's reign, was the Tim Zagat of his era. A true gourmand, he financed his voracious appetite by writing a series of guidebooks to the Paris's finest culinary establishments.
I love my Glühwein during the holidays. I picked up this annoying habit in England, where a hot beverage may literally shake your shivers while radiating a drunken warmth from the belly. Here's some How-To's: Glühwein
