Archive for May, 02005

Today’s Research Activity

Sunday, May 29th, 02005

grill-related research activities

Trip to the East Mountains and Sandia Peak

Sunday, May 29th, 02005

I drove around the East Mountains and up to Sandia Peak yesterday:

East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon
East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon East Mountains / Gutierrez Canyon

Beef Gets the Chicken Done

Tuesday, May 24th, 02005

Beef bites on my style once again, but he manages to do so with weblog posting that blows mine out of the water, chronicling the production of what looks like a tastier bird and honoring me with undeserved props.

I am humbled and more motivated than ever to become the BBQ commander.

A Trip to Carlsbad Caverns

Sunday, May 22nd, 02005

You gotta have skills. You know, like computer hacking skills, eating at the original Owl Cafe skills, traveling around New Mexico doing photography skills, seeing the latest Star Wars movie at the Roswell Mall skills, etc:

A wonderful weekend. Step 1 Friday night: to the Owl Cafe in San Antonio New Mexico. Step 2 Friday night: to Roswell. Step 3 Saturday morning: to the Caverns. Step 4 Sunday morning: back the way I came.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Rips Star Wars Geeks

Friday, May 20th, 02005

Via Ace, quite possibly the funniest thing ever.

Spring 2005 Grades

Thursday, May 19th, 02005

I got my grades for this last semester today. I’m working on a 4.0 average:

grades

Swamp Cooler Time

Thursday, May 19th, 02005

It’s swamp cooler time in Albuquerque. Mine was 100% operational as of Monday evening:

ladder to the roof swamp cooler with winter cover view of my backyard from the roof view of albuquerque from the roof
my swamp cooler unmasked view of albuquerque from the roof
other people's swamp coolers the neighbors monkey with their swamp cooler other people's swamp coolers

I am the Beer Butt Chicken Commander

Wednesday, May 18th, 02005

“Soon to be” beer butt chicken commander is probably more accurate, but…

beer butt chicken

Google

Wednesday, May 18th, 02005

Sing the sweet, holy GOOG praises!

Update: I hail the Google-Overlords.

Newsweek Lutefisk Story Sparks Fury Across Volatile Midwest

Tuesday, May 17th, 02005

Iowahawk has the whole story. Excerpts:

News of the desecration spread quickly from Iowa to the Dakotas to Minnesota and Wisconsin, fanned by radio soybean reports and Lutheran clerics in fiery pancake breakfast sermons. Soon, enraged farm wives, clad in their traditional sweater vests and Disney jackets, had taken to the streets and begun a wild spree of destruction, overturning hundreds of rusty Blazers and Pontiac Grand Ams and hurling flaming Lladro porcelain figurines. Decorah was particularly hard-hit, as a frenzied throng of ululating Iowa women were seen looting needlepoint geese and rabbit tchotchkes from a Victorian craft shop. In a chilling moment caught on Army night vision cameras, their plus-size leader urges the mob to attack the near-by Pamida.

“Oh yahh, I tell ya what, dere’s a lotta bad stuff goin’ on in dat outfit over dere,� said a young Decorah cleric who identified himself only as ‘Pastor Doug.’ “I heard dem infidels are switchin’ da prisoner’s Leinies with Schlitz.�