Weekend Debriefing
Category: Kitchen Sink...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 at 01:14 PM [GMT-6]

According to my charter, I have to maintain a certain proportion of Content Free™ postings (the exact percentage is proprietary, but I can tell you it's close to three significant digits). In reviewing the past few days worth of posts, I'm in little danger to missing this month's quota, but I always like to pad my numbers whenever possible. I take a lot of pride in my work, you know.

A few random observations ("It's What We Do") from the past weekend...

  • We must be "morning people," judging by what we accomplished on Saturday. By noon we had eaten breakfast, read the newspaper while drinking our coffee, walked the dog, gone for a 22 mile bike ride and attended a funeral.

  • We accomplished nothing the rest of the weekend, however.

  • Yesterday's high temperature hit 102° (that's 38.8° for our friends of the Celsius persuasion). That tied a 30 year old record, but what I found more remarkable was the 41 degree swing in temps from morning to afternoon.

  • Is it just me, or does anyone else find that the idea of eating at Long John Silver's is so much better before actually doing it than after?

  • Moving from the ridiculous to the sublime, MLB whipped up a batch of rocky road ice cream on Saturday evening (I take back what I said about nothing significant being accomplished after Saturday morning), only she put a small twist on the recipe by injecting a healthy amount of mocha chocolate fudge topping. I can't even begin to tell you how good it is.

  • Our new a/c system has finally hit its stride, to the point where we've had to dial it back a notch. It seemed a bit over the top to be sitting in the living room wrapped in a fleece throw and drinking hot tea at the end of a day in which the temperature broke 100.

  • That high-pitched keening you hear is just TXU executives all over the country mourning their soon-to-be-diminished bonuses.

  • When's the last time you used the word "keening"? Your assignment is to employ it at least once before the end of the day. You may report back here if you wish to get credit for the accomplishment.
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Whipped up some Rocky Road? I think a content free post about your (her) ice cream making technique and equipment would be good.

All in all, I'd say you had a highly productive weekend. You deserve a bonus.

Posted by: Jim at September 26, 2005 01:26 PM

Hardly a night goes by that my family isn't wakened by my KEENING ... by my lamentations that another day has passed, and that my posts to Archaeotexture haven't even come close to the number and profundity of Eric''s posts to Fire Ant Gazette.

Pretty keen, huh? :-)

Posted by: Jeff at September 26, 2005 01:33 PM

Jim, no promises, but I'll talk to her and see if she's willing to share her secrets...or if she'll prefer to just point you to the jar label from which the recipe comes. ;-)

Jeff, you qualify for the coveted Sucking Up To The Blogger Extra Credit. Invest it wisely, grasshopper.

Posted by: Eric at September 26, 2005 01:41 PM

You don't just "whip up" homemade ice cream. You "whip up" bologna sandwiches and a can of soup!"

Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at September 26, 2005 06:22 PM

Just another illustration of why celsius will never succeed over fahrenheit: 38.8 is just nowhere near as impressive as 102!

Posted by: bryan at September 26, 2005 07:18 PM

I always liked the idea of Long John Silvers, and even liked most of the fish......until I thought about the idea of eating a healthy white fish fried in transfats. That's the sort of thing that cardiologist Dr. Steve Brown says will keel me over just being in the same room with it.

Posted by: Wallace-Midland, Texas at September 26, 2005 10:21 PM

Pattie, what's "bologna"? Is that anything like "baloney"?

Wallace, it's my non-scientific observation that the breading/fish ratio has significantly increased over the years, to the point where if there was "truth in menus," the main course would be offered as "deep fried dough with essence of fish."

Posted by: Eric at September 27, 2005 06:55 AM

I take pride in never eating in restaurants named after pirates.

I do.

Posted by: Julie at September 27, 2005 09:04 AM

Does that mean you steer clear of Bob's Better Burgers which, as we all know, is named after the Dread Pirate Roberts? ;-)

Posted by: Eric at September 27, 2005 09:10 AM

I thought it was named after that really menacing character in Twin Peaks. No?

Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2005 04:39 PM

No. But don't feel bad; it's a common misconception.

Posted by: Eric at September 27, 2005 04:42 PM

Yes. Yes I would. Steer clear, that is. No pirates.

Posted by: Julie at September 27, 2005 06:07 PM

Eric, an entry from Monday:

Your keening kontest.

Relatively few sweatband focused blogs out there. Might be a another niche for you. allsweatbandsallthetime dot com? Maybe marketing a sweatband with a fireant on it...

Posted by: JW at September 27, 2005 08:47 PM

"That high-pitched keening you hear is just TXU executives all over the country mourning their soon-to-be-diminished bonuses."


It's a joy to read your blog, Eric. You make me laugh on a day when I'm heading into meetings in Vegas (is that wild?) and looking forward to the cooler weather this weekend at NMOGA in Santa Fe...

Good seeing you the other day!

Janie (and Steve!)

Posted by: Janie at September 28, 2005 12:36 PM

Shepherd, you get double credit for combining the WOTD with headshot on a barking moonbat. As to the blog niche, I guess we all have our roles to play, don't we?

Janie, thanks for the kinds words, and enjoy your trips to LV and Santa Fe (I'm so jealous about the latter; eat a plate of enchiladas in my honor at The Guadalupe Café!). You do realize that if I was with certain MSM outlets, my next headline would refer to your travel with the following headline: "Halliburton Employees On Party Junket!" ;-)

Posted by: Eric at September 28, 2005 02:15 PM
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