Baby Back Ribs
Every Saturday we grill burgers, brats and chicken. The kids love it. Once a month, I smoke something instead. Ground beef was actually more expensive than baby back ribs, so I piled four racks of them onto the smoker today.
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rants
A collection of 74 posts
Someone Should Invent Pool Spiders
Unlike running along the valley trail in the morning, there are no spider webs lurking in the swimming pool, precisely strung up to be caught by my face, and I really like that about swimming pools. Also, I'm far less likely to sprain an ankle in the pool. Someone should invent pool spiders.
Facebook Marketplace Strikes Again
"Hey man, I hate to do this but we just got a new vehicle and we’re not used to all the bells and whistles of it yet and it’s making a noise while we’re driving and it’s just freaking us out. We don’t wanna drive an hour and get stuck I appreciate your generosity."
Joro Spiders and Subarus
My neighborhood has at least two infestations: Joro spiders and Subarus. The Joro spider infestation is far more tolerable than the Subaru car infestation because I can spray for spiders. As far as I can tell, there is no (Geneva convention compatible) solution for the Subaru infestation.
Mountain Views to the Horizon
I think I'd be outside at night, secretly trimming and pruning away at the couple trees that limit the breadth of the view, until those trees just kind of slowly disappeared. And I'd probably end up having to pay a massive fine. :-/
Bears-o-Plenty
Two bear cubs with no mother in sight, then a full grown bear strolling through the yard. Also on my mind this week: why Delta sabotages its own wifi by snubbing Starlink, which of two insufferable strongmen is worse, and how Apple Insider decided the company Apple robbed is the real villain.
Fresh off the Boat & Last Man Standing
Nearly every sitcom dad of the last fifteen years is a dopey incompetent. Last Man Standing tries to be the conservative Christian answer and, to my eye, fails so completely that if someone set out to undermine both the faith and the politics, I could think of no better way to do it.
The Brisket Verdict
Eighteen pounds, on at 10pm, off at 209 degrees the next morning, and about ten pounds of pellets for the whole cook. Excellent reviews all around. But I learned two things the hard way: trim the fat, because the bark builds on a layer nobody eats, and wrap it far earlier to catch the stall.
Banned from Walmart
I added a smoker to my cart, checked out, and minutes later Walmart cancelled the order for "rule violations." Which rules? No idea. I tried again; cancelled again. The chatbot was useless, there is no human to call, and I finally ordered from my wife's account, still completely baffled.
Toy Story 5: Online Bullying and Inept Parenting
Toy Story five is a one hundred two minute movie packed with thirty minutes of content, horrific parenting and no moral to the story.
