I Will Survive in My Mach 5

But I am blasting past,
with chickie on the dash
Chickie on the gas, go chickie! 

This is one of my nieces, Charlotte. She is about a year and a half old and almost getting to the age where I can teach her to say dirty words. She loves me. Her uncle will be so proud of her if I can get her to say “Bullshit” on Santa’s lap this year.

We’re in the final stretch and heading toward the election finish line. Can you feel it? Soon there will be no more annoying commercials. No more obnoxious tweets or Facebook posts. (yea right) Well you get the picture anyway.

Reality is Wednesday we’ll wake up and no matter who wins the election between then and January the mainstream media will inundate us with talk of election fraud, ballot tampering, lawsuits and how one party screwed the other. You heard it here first so get ready. Yes, I know its going to suck a little more, but look at it like this, we’ve got the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays fast approaching so there will be plenty of chances to escape the ugly reality of politics for a little while at least. A Romney win will also ease some tensions, but I think its too close to call.

Friday I met up with friends. We had dinner and hung out at a few of our old haunts. A good time was had by all. A friend on mine whom I have teased on this very blog about her baking and cooking skills gave me a cook book for my birthday. Its a reprint from 1957 and actually its pretty good. I suspect she got it as a joke, but I have actually spent the rest of the weekend reading it from cover to cover. My friend doesn’t know I actually look for and enjoy reading old cookbooks as a hobby.

Last week, I downloaded a .PDF of an original cookbook from Berkley, California from the 1960’s that used to be given away by a
grocery store co-op that is no longer in existence. It’s absolutely intriguing to read period cookbooks from the past to see how people ate. It can tell you a lot of things about the time and people. The foods are essentially the same as today, but you can definitely get a feeling for times past when someone is talking about making say a pot roast, with a chuck steak as being economical at .39 cents per pound for the meat. Furthermore, can you imagine look at and reading a recipe in a book that was last popular and seen by the likes of Janis Joplin and Charles Manson or Jimi Hendrix? That’s who was running around this area of California when this cookbook was in the hands of the hippies making love not war movement.

Don’t be surprised if you start seeing some old school recipes show up on the blog. If they turn out good, of course I’ll take credit. If not, then we’ll continue the trend of blaming Debbie or the hippies of the 1960’s. Kidding of course. Debbie doesn’t take any crap off me and is a good sport. The comment section of this blog proves that out.

In other news. I have an internet buddy who lives in Kentucky. He makes a BBQ and really an all purpose spice blend, seasoning. Steve sent me a couple of bottles to try out last week. I have only tasted it on my finger, but its damn good. Watch this space for a complete report. I am going to start using he hell out of it. I think you guys may like it. I have two bottles and may give one away here to a lucky reader but thats only if I can control myself from using both bottles Steve sent me. In any event I’ll set up some links and or emails so that you can order and get your own. It’s that good trust me. I damn near ate a finger off tasting this stuff.

Well that’s it for a Monday report. Get up early and go vote tomorrow. The country needs you more then ever now. Your vote matters. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.

High above the mucky muck….

Castles made of clouds.
There sits wonderboy, sitting oh so proudly.
Nothing much to say when your high above the mucky muck. 

Another TGIF. We survived another week of drudgery at the salt mines. Lets see there was a birthday, a Halloween, a hurricane, some early voting and pie. Not a bad week and ultimately very productive.

Monthly jobs report came out this morning. Oppsie! Guess what went up? Mmmm Hmmm. Unemployment from 7.8 to 7.9% The administration is trying to whitewash this fact by claiming the number of jobs that were added but the fact remains those in the market looking for real work hasnt changed and now shows an increase. Good on you Obama! Wait a second. Can you hear that? Listen closely. Hear it? Its the sound of the last nail in your coffin Mr. President. Anyone know what a U-Haul rental costs from Washington to say Chicago?

I voted yesterday and did my part. Now do yours! I have to be honest though. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if Mitt wins, but I am preparing for the worst. There are a lot of stupid people in this country, and they vote. In a day and age where we select and elect a President on a bunch of bullshit 30 second mud slinging commercials, it takes half a brain and some personal effort to really dig in and research a candidates position and background. When one party fundamentally caters to the majority of the population that are stupid and do not want to do the work to know their representative and candidate then we end up with what we currently have representing us right now.

Restore my faith in my country! Lets change things and get back to work. Lets show our grandparents and great grandparents that we too have the sack to charge into the breach and face any evil. To work any job and aspire to achieve and move up in life. Hopefully Tuesday night we take back the country, clamp off the arterial flow of cash both internally and externally to those who do not earn the support and we show this world why we are the greatest nation on earth once again. Freedom. Freedom to learn, work, achieve, live, and pray. Pretty simple. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could once again rest in peace.

The weather in Florida has turned pleasantly nice this year. Wish I could say the same for friends and family in the Northeast. Look at it this way though. You guys have Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi coming to your rescue. LOL.

Ok Seriously. What happened in NY and NJ this week is heartbreaking. The damage is awful in some areas and will take a great amount of time to recover. There is no doubt in my mind however that Americans will rally and give support. We do not need some douche from Washington or capital hill making promises and engaging in photo opportunities to prove that we take care of our own.

Everyone knows I make no bones about being a republican and my disdain for the current administration and the liberal/socialist agenda. I will tell you though, if you want to see a real politician, a true representative of the people by the people, and what politicians should be about then look no further then Cory Booker the mayor of Newark, NJ. That fat fuck Christie and the imbecile Bloomberg couldn’t wash the underwear of Cory Booker.

Don’t know much about Cory Booker? Look him up. Its easy to find him. Cory Booker is on Twitter. In fact he’s on Twitter right this second responding to tweets from concerned people all over the country who can’t get in touch with loved ones in Jersey. Cory Booker has been personally going and checking on the families. Think I am kidding? He has let people whom have lost homes due to Sandy move into his apartment. Yea, no shit! This is a real example to define public service. He’s not endorsing Presidents, he is not in helicopters flying around. Cory Booker is on the ground breaking his ass helping his actual constituents. Action. Not words.

Tuesday I turned another year older and I’m now forty-two. I don’t feel forty-two but the body however is starting to catch up with me. I mean I am staying in reasonable shape (for me) but it seems like it takes an act of congress to recover from say a good street fight, a fall down a flight of steps, 48 hour drunken stupors with a house full of whores. I used to pull this crap off and call it a Thursday. Now, I have to plan a nap and take a multi vitamin to pull this nonsense off. Honeymoon is over. I better settle down and start looking for a wife.

I am going to meet up with some friends this evening and enjoy this awesome weather. First there is laundry, grass cuttin’ and vacuumin’ to get done. Then the nap.

Have a good weekend and be kind to each other. Remember the difference between a good beating and a permanent unsolved disappearance is plausible deniability. ;-P

Let’er rip, tater chip!