I’m Rick James, Bitch

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I went to go play with the celebrity face recognition stuff over at My Heritage. I figure it would be good to see what I look like.
I upload this picture:

It scans it. I don’t really know how I feel about this being my first match:

My other options were Bruce Willis, Neil Gaiman, Diane Keaton, Lawrence Mother Fucking Fishburne, Wong Kar-Wai (who is that?), Billy “oh for fucks sake” Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy, and Jessie McCartney!!!
I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or have a drug overdose.

it smelled good

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The heat wave finally broke with thunderstorms last night. After god knows how long baking in the kiln of minnesota heat wave we had our relief. We laughed that we were enjoying the cool 80 degree weather!
It smelled of summer rain all day. Spring rain smells of fresh dirt and new grass. Fall rain has a chill, it smells smokey, there’s a little twinge of winter in the air. Summer rain smells of heat, almost sultry in its effect. Summer rain washes away the ozone and smog and pollution and for a brief time reminds you that there is a planet under your feet.

Shoulda been there

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Lemon Garlic seafood:
1 pound 31-40 count shrimp, cleaned and skewered
1 1/2 pounds mahi mahi, skin on
3 tbl roast garlic paste (roast garlic cloves run through FP with a bit of
olive oil)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tbl dried oregano
Marinate shrimp and fish in sauce.
grill
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Nectarines with Gingered Chevre:
10 nectarines, split and pitted
8 oz chevre
1/4 crystallized ginger, chopped
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom
blend chevre, ginger and spices in food processor (little bowl)
nectarines on the grill cut side down until the edges get charry (6-8
minutes?). flip. put a dollop of the cheese mix into the nectrine and finish
grilling until the cheese gets bubbly.
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Grilled veggie salad:
1 loaf of french bread, thick sliced
2 zucchini, halved
2 yellow squash, halved
1 eggplant, quartered
4 carrots, halved
1 bunch green onion
1 head radicchio, halved
1 bell pepper, quartered
dressing
2 tbl Penzey’s greek seasoning mixed in 2 tbl hot water (per directions on
package)
1 tbl (approx) basil chiffonade
1 tbl roast garlic paste (roasted garli cloves run through the FB with a bit
of olive oil)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup champaign vinegar
4 oz feta
1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
blend dressing and put aside
toast bread on grill and put aside
grill and char veggies to taste.
Chop the veggies (when cooled a bit), toss with feta and almonds.
Add dressing, just as much as you need, you’ll have some left over.
serve on the toasted bread to allow the bread to soak up the dressing.
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Salsa verde:
2 pounds tomatillos
1 bunch cilantro
4 cloves garlic
1 bunch green onion
1 anaheim pepper
2 jalapenos
2 tbl lime juice
tabasco to taste
pinch of cinnamon
chop everything. blend in food processor.
Salt to taste. refrigerate over night to allow flavors to blend.
and for dessert I grilled up some fresh pineapple and served it on vanilla ice
cream. We had mexican soda (limon, mandarina y tamarindo), honey bush iced tea, and Leinies Sunset Wheet beer (my new favorite beer).
Now that everyone is gone I just want to shove salsa verde in my mouth until i die. I don’t need no herdez!!! I love my salsa verde (now that i finally worked out a recipe I like).

aaaaw

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I miss my sister a lot.
She had one of her after work parties at her place and I realized when i showed up that I’d not seen her for most of the summer. She works different hours from me, she works evenings and weekends and when she does finally get time off she needs to deal with stuff. I’m working and traveling and too focused on my own stuff to remember to make time.
I need to make a vow to commit to making more time for my sister.
If for no other reason than I love to grab her ass when she least expects it.

Hello adultivity?

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I was just thinking the other day about how strange it is that I rarely drink anymore. I almost always limit myself to social drinking and even then go with weak drinks and lots of water. I’ve gotten tipsy no more than 3 times in the last year and full on drunk maybe once or twice.
It’s not like I made this decision, or more specifically, I see it more as just a natural progression. I just don’t drink so much.
Of course I’m thinking about this yesterday and what do i do to prove my point? Consume an entire bottle of german wine with dinner. A dinner I ate by myself.
So much for not drinking in excess anymore or only drinking socially.
On the bright side, i didn’t really get drunk, just tipsy. It’s not like gerwurtztraminer is a strong wine.
I’m off to clean more to get ready for the festivities tomorrow. Seriously, you DO want to show up. there’s gonna be a buttload of interesting food.