This is the Honey Badger. It’s pretty badass. Look, a snake’s up a tree! Honey Badger don’t care.
…from czg123’s YouTube channel
(special thanks to the legendary Homoviper for introducing us to my new role model)
Daily Archives: February 12, 2011
29 posts
It’s a slow moving morning because of those fantastic old fashioneds last night.
However, I thought I’d give everyone a place to revel today and share a story.
Last night at the fancy bar, drinking our fancy cocktails, a couple of friends and I were talking about the nightmare hash bang redesign. The server was bringing drinks to others in our group and stopped.
“Are you talking about Gawker?”
We said yes and she launched into a brief rant about how terrible the redesign was and how the comments suck now. (This is not word for word, for I was a little tipsy.) That’s a gift for you all.
Cap’n was working late last night. A psycho decided to kill his stepfather, girlfriend and her mother, then stab a random pedestrian, then carjack someone and stab her too. Since he was tearing around Brooklyn in a stolen Pontiac with every cop in the NYPD looking for him, it was Cap’n’s job to find out if he had any prior arrests. And he had four, two of which were sealed because he was a juvenile… at the age of 20! How ridiculous is that?
So, the joy of my Valentine Party Basket was somewhat diminished in his office after this, which irked me.
There are few restaurants in his gritty precinct, and he wasn’t going to order in, so he’d be ravenous when he got home. I decided to do it up even though I’d likely be asleep.
Chicken, Risotto, Broccoli feast
4 chicken thighs, skin on
1 shallot
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup lemon juice (1 medium lemon)
2 tablespoons sherry
Black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
Fennel seeds
½ tsp. thyme
½ tsp oregano
Peel and slice the shallots thin. Insert the slices under the skin of each chicken thigh. Whisk everything else together in a small bowl. Line a small roasting pan with parchment paper and arrange the thighs on it. Pour marinade over it. Sprinkle with more pepper, if desired. Roast at 425 for 45 minutes to an hour.
Risotto: I use Rice Select Italian Rice and follow the package directions, BUT – I use chicken broth instead of water, and the last cup of liquid added is sherry. I also add mushrooms and cooked shallots.
Broccoli – frozen florets, blanched for 2 to 3 minutes in water at a rolling boil, then plunged into ice water. To serve, microwave for one minute with 1 tbsp. butter and the juice of half a lemon. Serve with lemon wedge.
I whipped all this up, covered it carefully, and left a note about the really good chardonnay in the fridge door and the bagged salad in the crisper. Then I took a place setting of the china he got me for Christmas out of the cabinet and stacked it next to the serving dishes, along with a linen napkin and one of our crystal wine glasses. Then I took shower #3 of the day and went to sleep.
At 2 AM, I should not have been surprised to find my ear being nibbled and a scruffy chin running down my neck as the long t-shirt I sleep in was expertly removed. But I was. I mean, we both put in long days and Sex Night is usually Saturday. Spontaneous Sex Night usually happens when we’re both home at the same time. But there we were, and ’twas glorious. More glorious was going to the kitchen for the last of the chardonnay and finding that he’d done the dishes.
I make no guarantee that making this dish will result in what P.G. Wodehouse would call “the pash”. But it will increase your chances. If it does, plan on Saturday being a Lazy Day.
Children of the Corn Syrup by Dana Ellyn
A new study being published in the March edition of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism finds that glucose and fructose are not treated the same by the brain. This flies in the face of the ‘Corn Sugar’ Industry’s claims of “It’s just sugar, Sugar.”
Good morning. Get those fuzzy cobwebs out. Rub those puffy eyes. Stretch. Did you sleep well?
Adorable slo-mo chipmunk is adorable. Now go pour some joe.
EDIT: Trying to make this not open thread-ish.
First of all, to any Weezer fans – I’m sorry. This sucks to hear. It sucks because Weezer has clearly sold out. It also sucks because this is the best they have sounded for years.
I am so torn. What is seen cannot be unseen. What is heard cannot be unheard. I wish I never experienced this, so I can listen to The Blue Album without thinking about it. Dammit.
So this is what they now are – no longer artists who protect their artistic identity, suffering for their craft – but corporate cock-sucking shills.
I am disappoint.
Well, it has been an exciting week in politics. There was revolution in Egypt, scandal in the House of Representatives, and probably a lot of secret, gay sex at CPAC. All of the usual pundits have weighed in with the predictable, self-serving “analysis.” However, if we want some really entertaining commentary we need to transport ourselves to the less lucid part of the Internet. We need to take a trip to the WingNutverse. Here’s a smattering about the topics that are important to the batshit crazy tonight:
At Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, Glenn explains how the Egyptian revolution is all a conspiracy against Israel and will kill us all. I think, he’s really hard to follow. Anyway, he includes this handy organizational chart to clear the whole thing up.
Best quote: “I hope these things don’t happen, but I fear they will.”
Bonus points: He blames The New York Times.
Over at Newsmax (home to Ann Coulter) they want to give you the truth about Islam. Their hard-hitting report addresses important issues:
- Home-grown terrorists and their “stealth jihad”
- A violent struggle for Shariah in Detroit
- Rape and murder — disturbing incidents “justified” by Shariah
Are you terrified yet? Want to know more? It will only cost you $4.95 to find out. Waiting only means that someone will rape and kill your family.
Bonus points: You do get a free radio with your order. I’m not kidding, follow the link.
Let’s go to Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government (hold me). Tonight we are discussing how the presidential nominating process could favor Donald Trump (I am going to need you to keep holding me). Apparently The Donald has the media savvy and star power to capture the Republican nomination (fuck it, just shoot me).
However: BG’s crazy readers are skeptical.
Bonus points: This is how much I hate Mr. Breitbart.
All right, that’s enough with the scary stories tonight. Let’s all go back to celebrating Egypt, being reasonable, and pretending these people don’t exist.
Pretty damn impressive, if you ask me. The best banhammer of all is the one you don’t have to use.
(DoW edits to add)
