The Philisophical Divide
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Mmm, chili. buns + cheese + hotdogs + can of chili + can opener + campfire = teh win
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I have three varieties of mustard in my fridge at all times.
Mustard and some sort of cayenne Pepper sauce here.
One can never have too much mustard.
Yup. I've got regular old French's yellow for basic sandwich stuff (but NOT for a BLT - I'm with Geeze on that one!), Grey Poupon Country Dijon for "special" sandwiches, Gulden's Spicy Brown for kraut dogs and Polish sandwiches or sausage wraps, and hot horseradish mustard for Chinese food.
Hot sauces? Louisiana Hot, Julio's Hot Salsa Picante (it's made in my hometown, but available in Austin as well!), and usually some kind of Chinese pepper-garlic paste. In summer, I usually make fresh salsa and pico, just 'cause I love the taste of fresh-made salsa.
We've kind of gotten hooked on Maryland-style crab cakes lately, and a shot of Louisiana Hot or some fresh salsa really shakes 'em up!
Other good things: Walking the dogs. I've only got one of my own at the moment, but we have kind of a community dog walk at work - our work dogs, plus the dogs of some other folks in the same office complex, and the two Dachshunds of a neighbor, and they all get to romp and play every weekday around 10am. We've had as many as eleven dogs playing together at once, and it was really fun - eleven dogs, all different sizes and different breeds, all running, jumping, laughing and playing. Pretty hard to have a bad day at work when you've got that going on!
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Mmm, chili. buns + cheese + hotdogs + can of chili + can opener + campfire = teh win
Seconded.
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Soda pop, real soda pop with friggin cane sugar.
Corn dogs, oh how I miss corn dog 7 and their two-handed ones.
The feel of a good, solid set of boots when you first break them in.
Peppermint, given my fondness for Brachs Starlight mints - my Quartermaster callsign actually WAS "Starlight".
(I used to tape one to each MRE when I brought them to units, as a small kindness)
Brachs Gloria Mix, even the pink and white ones.
Purring kitty in lap.
The glorious rainbow when fresh, still crystal snow blows through the beam of the security lights.
The look of said snow, just fallen, on the path before you glinting like a river of stars.
Walking the rounds all nice and comfy in my armored, insulated jumpsuit when it's so horribly cold everyone else is inside wrapped up in blankets.
The triumphant chorus of birdsong and animal cacophany on my last round, celebrating a new day and knowing that very shortly my work is done and it's time for breakfast.
Okay, yes, I like my job - and how many can say that ?
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
We've kind of gotten hooked on Maryland-style crab cakes lately, and a shot of Louisiana Hot or some fresh salsa really shakes 'em up!
Heretic!
You need to get some Old Bay, and chase it down with Natty Boh, for the real Maryland experience.
Of course, for the whole shebang, you just have to go there..
http://www.obryckis.com/Crab_Eating_Instructions_W11.cfm
This was especially fun with the ex in tow, as she has a completely pathological revulsion of "sea bugs" and won't even go near em, much less eat em...
More for ME, heh.
-Frem
PS. Also try Maryland Crab Soup, much better than it sounds, with oyster crackers, natch.
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Soda pop, real soda pop with friggin cane sugar.
Love me that Pepsi Throwback- it really tastes different from the regular stuff. 'Specially REAL cold.
and how about pastrami sandwiches? I got used to the Southern California style- fried pastrami on a French roll with mustard and dill pickle chips, I forgot there was any other way. Recently went to a deli, and the guy looked at me like I was NUTS!.
"Ain't no way," he said, "but Noo Yawk style-- on seeded rye bread. All that other stuff is OK tho'.
"
And he was right...
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Other good things: Walking the dogs. I've only got one of my own at the moment, but we have kind of a community dog walk at work - our work dogs, plus the dogs of some other folks in the same office complex, and the two Dachshunds of a neighbor, and they all get to romp and play every weekday around 10am. We've had as many as eleven dogs playing together at once, and it was really fun - eleven dogs, all different sizes and different breeds, all running, jumping, laughing and playing. Pretty hard to have a bad day at work when you've got that going on!
I really enjoy walking my brother's dog. Poor thing gets tired after an hour though and I have to carry him home.
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Oh, and lifes hilarious little ironies, very much so.
Just finished off Fallout 3, and in what one could call an extremely meta-fashion, chose to finish off
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Col Autumn
via severe beatdown, with a Tire Iron, which is kinda my preferred clobberation device in real life.
To which, little miss shrimpy makes snarky comment, and I turn and deadpan at her...
"But war... war never changes"
*cue hysterics*
Hmmm, dogwalking, leashes... I *suppose* I could try one of those kiddie harnesses the next time I have to look after Kira aka "Crash", there's no way that could end badly, right ?
Right ?
*doomed*
Yes, her mom has a crush on me, hoo boy...
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
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Hmmm... Video games. Haven't tried any of the Fallout series.
Just wrapped up "L.A. Noire". It was... meh. Some fun noire stuff, lots of nods to the noire films and several real people and real cases (Black Dahlia, Mickey Cohen, Johnny Stompanato, and others). NO CELL PHONES!
It's RockStar, who does the Grand Theft Auto series, among others, but it just didn't have the same vibe. You play a cop, and you spend a lot of the game - MOST of the game, it seems - questioning people. Witnesses, perps, people of interest, red herrings...
The facial-recognition software is simply amazing. By that, I mean the modeling is great. You actually recognize the people in the game (a huge number of them are Mad Men alumni), and part of the gameplay involves being able to "read" their expressions while you're questioning them.
It's challenging, but overall, it's just not all that FUN.
I like the GTA stuff and the Red Dead series much better, I have to say.
One big downside is that you just really don't get to dictate the gameplay enough. I mean, with the other games, you have run-ins with people and actually get to decide whether to off them or not, and there are consequences for doing so or not. This one, you usually don't even get the chance or the choice.
And let's face it, sometimes in these games you just wanna climb up on a roof with a nice bolt-action rifle... ;)
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Soda pop, real soda pop with friggin cane sugar.
Yep. Go down to the bodega, get a good Mexican Coke in the bottle, and chill to almost freezing so it goes all slushy when you pop the top.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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