RTT - Austin, TX, Stuffing Re-purposing, Rock and Roll and Yellow Snow.

It's the first Tuesday of the month. It is also the first day of the month. This does not mean that it is the first day of the rest of my life. It's not the day they draw the lotto so it has no potential to be the first day of the rest of my life or even the best day. What it does have is randomness on the Internet. And, really folks, that is good enough. Right? Click the purpley button for so much more.


JR and I have become devotees of our DVR. We've learned the joy of DVR rentership and don't think we'll ever go back to VHS or DVDs. They are so Old School. Saddest part of this whole deal is that we can name all the format changes in the last 30 years. (Oh gawd, first the depressing first paragraph and now this. Sorry. Let's move along) Our latest recording venture was the 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Awesome! Mick and The Boss singing together. Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy. We were in heaven. Now we need to figure out how to transfer that recording to a media device that we actually own and not rent from Direct TV. Nah, I'll probably let JR buy one and re-record it.




Anyone who wants me to figure out a way to send them some of the enormous amount of Thanksgiving dressing please send me your address. Seriously, I do not know what I was thinking. A 9 x 13 pan for the two of us? Sure it is really good. How can you go wrong with root veggies, stale bread, tons of butter, Herbs de Provence and black truffle oil? But, enough is enough. I've re-purposed this for almost a week now and I still have more. Beyond it's original food intent it has been used for; hash, bubble & squeak, pot pie topping, and filling for happy hour dumplings. Tonight it will be stuffed into green peppers, tomorrow will wrapped around hard boiled eggs for a vegetarian version of Scotch Eggs and God knows what on Thursday. Maybe I'll just freeze the balance. Then it can languish in the back of my freezer until I throw it out. That is really the only way food gets thrown out in this house. Don't ask me why. It just is.



We took a little day trip to Austin on Friday. JR had never been there. Me? I've been there a bunch. I've even stayed at that hotel on the very far right. That hotel, The one that is right on the water. The hotel that as a priority club member you would have thought I'd have a great view. Instead it looked like this:

Call me crazy but for some reason I still think their interpretation of priority and mine differ.



Austin is just a little offbeat (hence why I like it so much). This trailer sits next to a restaurant in town. Some friends of our had an Airstream trailer just about like this. Though they never lived out of it like this setup implies. While building their first house they lived out of a different trailer. Come on! You haven't lived out of a trailer while building a house? You just haven't lived. While building a house in Northeast Washington State, JR, the boys and I lived out of a 19 foot Terry trailer. Though it was self-contained (e.g. it had a bathroom) the shower in the bathroom didn't work so we went to the local gym to shower. The boys also learned the true meaning of the words pioneer spirit, yellow snow and trailer trash.

Now, it's off to work I go for another fun-filled day of meetings, putting out fires, and writing code. Yippee! You all have a great day and I'll see you on the internets.

Love,
M