Chex mark the spot:
Of a new diner in Bagdad, not quite open yet.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Great idea
Resilient Technologies creates design for non-pneumatic tires. Talk about being able to take a licking.
Blue Scholars
I’m liking the chill vibe of Blue Scholars:
Solstice: Reintroduction - Blue Scholars
(Thanks @ChaseJarvis for mentioning them in his latest vid)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Going, going, GONE.
They were gone so fast, I almost didn’t get a picture of them. Thankfully for the blog, almost only counts in horse shoes and hand-grenades.
Beef Tongue Tacos
- 1 beef tongue
- 2 poblano (some call them pasilla) peppers
- 2 anaheim chiles
- 1 medium can diced tomato
- 1 small onion
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 2 small tomatoes
- 3 or 4 cloves fresh garlic
- tortillas
- ~1/2 cup orange juice
- lime juice to taste
- salt/pepper/paprika/cumin/sugar
PREP:
- Skin the beef tongue. This can be a pain in the rear, make sure you have a sharp knife. Make sure to cut out any black/dark red bits (normally I get them near the tip of the tongue). Then cut tongue into 3-4 same-sized chunks. Set in slow cooker.
- Roast your poblano and anaheim chiles. I do this on the stove-top, but you could also do it under the broiler or on the grill. Make sure they are completely black on the outside, then stick them in a sealed container (freezer bag, Tupperware, etc) and let them steam for 5-10 minutes. Then wipe all the black skin off, cut off stems, remove seeds/veins for milder sauce, or leave them in for more spice. Give a rough chop, then throw into slow cooker
- Dice onion, mince garlic and add both to slow cooker
- Add orange juice, can of diced tomato, LOTS of cumin, some salt/pepper/paprika/pinch of sugar. Stir it all around
- Add water or stock until tongue is just covered
- Set in fridge overnight.
Cooking:
- Wake up, start slow cooker. Mine went for ~12 hours at medium-high. The tongue ended up being a little softer than I wanted, and started falling apart as I pulled it out. In retrospect, I’d do medium for 12 hours, or medium high for 8.
- Pull meat out of slow cooker when you get home and allow to cool a bit, then slice into ~1/4 inch thick pieces.
- Strain peppers/tomato/onion from the cooking sauce and set aside as a topping.
- Chop fresh tomatoes and cilantro for topping.
- Heat pan on high, add a little oil, and then cook tongue until desired level of crispiness has been attained.
- Heat tortillas on stove top, add tongue, tomatoes, cilantro, cooking veggies, lime juice. You could also add cheese and sour cream.
Fold it up and enjoy. My room mate Steve and I managed to eat a whole tongue between the two of us. It was delicious!
Pic of the day
Beauty found in the dark places. The places that make your skin crawl and your nose crinkle. Beauty, made all the better by the contrast of its environment:
Went to get some updated shots under Compass bank. 3 exposure handheld HDR.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Some flickr favorites
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
He certainly isn’t sawing logs.
Wow, I didn’t even know that such a thing as a musical saw existed. It has almost vocal subtlety to it (to my ear at least):
(via Boing Boing)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Change
Another milestone. 200 journal entries transcribed and placed in the safe-keeping of the internet. I still have a few months worth of entries to type up before I will be current, and by then will be more yet to type.
I enjoy the process though. Reading through my own mind of the near-past gives me a small piece of perspective on the ways I am changing. By the comparison of then and now I see the small differences.
I feel blessed to be where I am at such a young age. Privileged to go through all this questioning now so that I may have some sense of things down the road. I feel as though I am in the right mind to face such trials in my life, right time, and right place. But I am also holding onto the knowledge that these things will change. The questions will change, as will the answers.
I will change. I will stop pursuing goals which, right now, seem so important. I will chase after things which currently hold no interest at all, or things which I may currently abhor.
This is the nature of my world. Perhaps not the nature of the world at large, but certainly mine. And this nature itself is subject to change as well. I cannot imagine that my world will work the same ten years from now. Perhaps not even a year from now. Perhaps not tomorrow.
We smiled.
I’m sitting at a stop light when a van pulls up to my left. Sitting in the passenger seat is a golden retriever. Something about the way he sits, the way he stares out the windshield, acting the part of the dutiful passenger makes me smile.
I look over to the driver, she sees my smile. She smiles back. We smiled together as we drove away.
Pic of the day
My heart tries to say something, but the meaning is lost. Engulfed in cold flames, it begins to melt:
Graffiti at Senator mine.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Pic of the day
We start on the north side of the mountain and propel ourselves up to the saddle. Sweat pours out as we stop for a quick water break. A couple of photos before heading down the south side, following a quad track that doesn’t see much use. The sun bakes our brains until we can take no more. We turn around, head back up the hill and back into the relative shade of the other side.
He keeps right up with me, and not once does he complain. He is a great hiking partner.
Me and Scrappy-Doo, at the saddle between Mt. Tritle and Maverick Mtn.
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