Roadside Diner

With the big football game (that you can't mention by name without a license from the NFL) right around, thought I'd share this cholesterol bomb of a list of recipes from Thrillist (Why, yes, I do subscribe to a site aimed primarily at men.  You got a problem with that?) for your snacking pleasure.  With recipes like Nacho Daddy's Lasagna and Cheesy Buffalo Pigskin Tots... your arteries may be screaming for mercy, but your taste buds and tummy will thank you!

In Memoriam

It's taken a few days to process the news from my Biker Blogson that dear friend Donny "Walrilla" Smith had passed away.  That one took my breath away.

For those who had the pleasure of meeting him at a blog meet, I'll always remember him in the kitchen whipping up two of his down home Texas specials:

A steaming, spicy bowl of Texas red...

... and...

... a sweet and tangy slice of Vinegar Pah (Pie)

A do-rag wearing biker boy with a heart of pure mush, Camp BlownStar will never be the same without him.  

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, who he loved very, very much.

Vaya con Dios, mi amigo.

Drive-Bys

By the time I got through the Cheeseburgers Across America recipes I was drooling all over myself.

By the time I got through the 30 Inaugural Cheeseburger recipes, I was a wobbly-kneed mess.

If that site had "smell-o-vision," I'd be a babbling idiot by now.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Go visit the Cheese & Burger Society for your very own self and see what I mean. Your taste buds will love me and your arteries will hate me.
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Hold onto your hats:

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is seeking toll increases ranging from 35 to 90 cents for IPass users to fund a $12 billion capital plan.

Read this to mean that non-IPass users (suckers) will get hit with increases of 70 cents to $1.80.

Ouch.

Those are huge increases.
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Oooooo! Fried clams:

Howard Johnson lied. So did your neighborhood shrimp hut. A fried clam is not a skinny strip.

A fried clam has a gut.

True dat. And the same for fried oysters. And they both go down wonderfully with a squeeze of lemon and a dollop of tartar sauce. (No, not cocktail sauce. That's for shrimp or fried scallops, silly.)

Now I'm missing my Nana and summers on Cape Cod... and also the fish fries at the NCO Club at Pease AFB... and fried swordfish chunks from Newick's.

Just the thought of these fishy treats brings back memories of salt air, clam shacks, endless miles of beaches and jetties, searching for starfish, hermit crabs, sea shells and sea glass and the feel of sun-warmed sand between my toes.

*Sigh*

These are the tastes of summer to me.
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Cray to the Zee? It's not the one with all the lovely facial tattoos, actually:

A mixed-race woman who is due to marry a white supremacist murder suspect on Hitler's birthday has spoken out in support of her man.

Erica Herrera, who is half Hawaiian and half Hispanic, said despite prison inmate Curtis Allgier's frightening appearance - with tattoos of swastikas and the word 'skinhead' covering his face - he is 'kinder' and 'gentler' than he is publicly portrayed.

'He's a very sweet, loving…He's a really kind-hearted, good person,' she said, defending her plans to marry the man who faces the death penalty for murder.

See? I told you so!
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Giggle of the Day:

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Ear Worm of the Day:

Sunday Schedule

Once again, some entities are more equal than others in the eyes of the White House when it comes to Obama Care:

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If you live in NYC, you'd better make sure that either your pet stays indoors or it has a collar and tag or is microchipped... or your lost pet may be toast.

Hoffman said, by law, an unclaimed animal can be adopted out or euthanized after as little as 48 hours, although it usually takes longer than that.

Spread the word.
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Oooooo! Bacon-wrapped pork belly. Sounds fabulous.

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Movie Review of the Day:

The movie is imaginative, gripping and completely undone by an epilogue that is nothing short of bonkers.

Based on that quote alone, I might just have to see that movie.

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Quote of the Day:

“People don’t understand their purchases make a difference, and that by buying something that wasn’t exactly what you want, it gets you closer to what you want. It’s an investment.”

No, that wasn't President Tin-Ear... but I bet she voted for him!
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Giggle of the Day:

If you've ever been owned by a cat, you've witnessed this in real time.

Drive-Bys

Pretties from my trip to the Lurie Garden on Saturday:







Oom Keesie has hit the 150,000 visitor mark... and it was my cleavage that lifted him over the top. I can't tell you how proud that makes me. (Not to mention what it says about Keesie and his pals. I have had at least one hit a day since he linked to that post two years ago.)
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Mmmm! Bubba's Bodacious Bacon Fried Corn and Creamed Corn Gratin with Fried Onion Rings and Bacon. What's not to love?
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Quote of the Day:

TV has given us the illusion that anarchy is people rioting in the streets, smashing car windows and looting every store in sight. But there’s also the polite, quiet, far deadlier anarchy of the core citizenry—the upright citizenry—throwing in the towel and deciding it’s just not worth it anymore.

Scary stuff, my friends. Go read the whole thing.
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Are you playing any of those Facebook apps like Farmville or Mafia Wars or the like? Then you need to know this:

Some of Facebook’s most popular apps are sharing the names of users and their friends with advertising companies without their knowledge, it was revealed today.

The security breach means that tens of millions of Facebook users have had their personal details passed on - even if they had set their profile to the strictest privacy setting.

The practice violates Facebook's own rules on data protection and will raise questions about its ability to keep information about its users' activities secure.

Between the folks at Google and the folks at Facebook, neither of whom cares one jot for your privacy online, you need to be very, very careful.
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Ear Worm of the Day:



Yep. I really am digging the Dala Girls. Their harmonies give me chills.

Drive-Bys

Quote of the Day:

(214):Sponsored - Why do I feel like my... I didn't take my pants off or anything did I?

(580): - No.

(214): - Because I feel like I don't have any pants on.

(Via Texts From Last Night.)

I swear this must be a CharlieDelta text-versation. Remember his cat?
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Police said they didn't yet know why the man was acting the way he was.

I'll bet the man didn't, either... or maybe...


see more dog and puppy pictures
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If you've savored a perfectly made Café Cubano in south Florida, you'll thank me for this, because now you can have one any time.
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Great Reader, just what are we glowing to have to do to get you brack to the brog where you be-rong?

I know! We're having a little champagne tasting after work today, and in honor of the bubbly I say, "It's Friday! Let's Dance!"



See? That makes me happy!

What makes the rest of you want to put your dancing shoes on?

Billy Sweetfeets Gingersnap is getting his Bohemian Rhapsody on!
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Spit-Take of the Day:

“I didn’t take a flash picture! My shirt is still on!”