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Doin’ My Part for Homeland Security

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Potential Threat To The Nation

With the strange times we live in, when the patriotism of those who disagree with Administration policies being called into question, I thought it high time to stand up and be heard. The excelllent folks at Homeland Stupidity have provided a much-needed tool in this effort to identify and corral dissenters. It comes in the form of a badge, in several sizes, which you can proudly display on your blog to identify yourself as one who may disagree with current policy, and who may voice that disagreement from time to time. At tbbs-land, this badge will alternate with the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag that I’ve flown a good long time.

I encourage one and all to display this badge; when it becomes time to round up the dissenters, a seizure of Homeland Stupidity’s access logs will suffice to round up all the naysayers. Brilliant, and simple. See ya’ in Leavenworth. Or Gitmo.

-k-

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Pig Tales #1

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From The Green Bay Press-Gazette, a slice of life article about a pig who escaped on his (her, actually) way to the butcher.

This article is funny, almost surreal. It turns out that the pig’s owner is a lawyer named Nila Robinson, from Appleton WI. She was transporting three pigs to the butcher, and upon arrival:

She delivered two pigs to a butcher near Appleton but the female pig that remained on the trailer threw a fit.

And then, unaccountably,

“She stood on her hind legs and made an ear-piercing sound,” said Robinson, who said the animal was distressed.

So, instead of than dragging the critter off the truck and leaving it at the butcher’s, the obvious thing to do is stop by Starbuck’s for a venti, double mocha, triple caramel with soy and raspberry coulis latte; Ms. Robinson did exactly that:

But the pig calmed down so Robinson decided to stop at a Starbucks in Appleton to wash her hands and get a latte.

“I would have gone through the drive-thru but the pig was lying down so I figured it was OK,” she said. “When I got back to the truck, the pig was still there.”

Not being a Starbuck’s fanboy, I didn’t realize they had drive-thru service. The pig had obviously calmed remarkably since the ear-piercing sound emissions.

The tale continues:

So Robinson drove to Maplewood Meats on Milltown Road, just off Highway 29 near Green Bay. She made it there but the pig didn’t.

So she calls local law enforcement, whereupon the big guns were brought out:

The pig finally turned up near the intersection of U.S. 41 and West Mason Street at 6 p.m. and was eventually subdued when police officers unsuccessfully employed Tasers and finally tranquilized the animal with darts. Asked what time she thinks the pig escaped, Robinson would only say, “the pig was at large for some time.”

So, the Tasers didn’t faze her.

All’s well that ends well, and the pig spent the night in the local animal shelter; Ms. Robinson picked her up the next day, and offered these words of comfort:

Robinson didn’t plan to discipline the pig when she planned to pick it up and put it back into a trailer.

“There will be modifcations,” she said. “I might have to sit in the back and play gin rummy with her. The pig humiliated me but I don’t hold it against it,” she said, knowing the pig won’t care anyway. “Pigs lack remorse.”

Wow. Read the whole article, while it’s in front of the pay/registration wall.

-k-

The Press-Gazette is soliciting pictures of the pig from their readership. They’ll post them if they get them. I’ll point to them if they show up.

I’m in touch, so you’ll be in touch.

Rummy

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Bananas Foster is the planned finale for SWMBO’s and my Easter meal tomorrow. So today, I had to acquire something sufficiently alcoholic, so that the fruit may be properly inflamed before serving. I settled on rum. I didn’t know there was such a selection of rums. I recalled only Bacardi Light, Bacardi Dark, and Bacardi 151. How times have changed. There now exist various flavors of rum; coconut, mango, pineapple, and other such tropical fruity varieties. And there are other brands besides Bacardi.

You can probably tell from this post that I neither buy nor consume much rum; I was amazed at the selection. I would up with Myers’s Original Dark, primarily because the Virginia ABC1 store had it in small bottles. Looking forward to the bananas.

-k-

1 – Virginia ABC – the liquor stores here are state-run. Not much chance of getting stabbed or shot outside of one of these stores. There is, however, an antiseptic sameness between the outlets in the state-run operation.

Girl Scout Cookies

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Delivered today, by SWMBO’s coworkers and mine. A new kind, at least to me, the Cafe Cookie. A little thicker cookie than I’d imagined, but crispy, and a nice amount of cinnamon. Mmm, good. I’d like a coffee now, but I gotta sleep. I don’t know how to put that little “’” atop the e in Cafe, but man, they’re good anyhow.

-k-

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Best Dessert Ever

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SWMBO and I both know our way around a kitchen. When it comes to desserts, it’s generally up to me, until this year:

For the best dessert, not involving chocolate, that requires only thaw-and-eat preparation, I humbly present:

Yep, from QVC. Dress it with fresh seasonal fruit, chocolate sauce, whatever. It really stands well on its own; at least it has, through its half-life, which consists of last night and tonight at our house.

Mmmmmm….

-k-

UPDATE: Just ordered two more. They really are that good.

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13 Pounds of smoked goodness

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And four more hours until din-din, but progress looks good:

Turkey

This is about 4 hours into the process,the cooking takes place from now on. And yes, we check them internal temperatures before serving.

-k-

PS: Yep,we even wash the prep area here in tbbs-land. Full service, don’cha know?