Half-demolished Kitchen of the Soul

Mega manly

Today I used a drill press, pneumatic tools, a media blasting cabinet and a metal lathe. And I have grease under my nails. Feel the testosterone, baby.

A voice from the dead

A show about blowing things up went to Liverpool for the demolition of a pair of shipyard cranes. The man in charge sounded exactly like John Lennon.

Lean to the left, lean to the left

After the election, Republican spin doctors tried to spread the meme that despite the results, the US was still a center-right country. However, a newly released Gallup survey shows the following:

Even the classic Republican strongholds in the South are only "competitive." No wonder the GOP has been struggling to find the next round of party leaders. Their pool is shrinking.

What we learn from infomercials

1. Men want more hair

2. Women want less hair

Shift gears

It's fine to have a day packed bumper to bumper with work. It's money, after all. But it sucks if you woke up with an empty calendar and some vague plans about going to a friend's motorcycle painting shop and then getting a massage.

It double sucks when the work that ends up filling the day is revisions to work that was already approved.

And it triple sucks when the revisions keep being revised while you're trying to do the last round of them.

Rabbit is Dead

Yes!

I went for a little checkup with the doctor today and she said I could stop taking my diabetes medicine.

But wait! There's MORE!!!

The economy is in such bad shape that the prestige advertisers are buying less (if any) TV advertising time. That means time slots are opening up and rates are dropping to the point where infomercials are showing up on primetime. Oh, the sad state of my industry.

Mmmmmmmmm, mofongo!

I had dinner at a Dominican restaurant last night. A separate page in the menu featured a listing of mofongo dishes. Evidently, Sunday is mofongo night. 

Mofongo... Mofongo... Where had I heard of it before? Did Anthony Boudain mention it on his Puerto Rico episode? If so, did he like it? Maybe that's not much of an endorsement. The guy loves entrails and organ meat after all. 

The menu helped by explaining mofongo is made from plantains, garlic and pork cracklings. I love plantains. And garlic. And most things pork.

I watched live Caribbean baseball while my order was being prepared. Baseball in January. Hello to a different world.

The mofongo was wonderful. The perfect thing for a chilly winter night. You'd think it would be a bit heavy in tropical weather, yet that's where it was invented. I'll have to try some during our hot, humid summers.

Music Mayhem Monday: The Who