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Over the weekend Laila and I went to Home Depot to purchase new guts for our gas grill. We have always wanted to try smoking meat so we purchased the above pictured smoker. Mostly we purchased it because it was only $69. After attempting to use it we found out why. It just won’t heat to proper smoking temperature. So of course I went to the internet to find a solution.

I was glad to see i wasn’t just an idiot that did not now how to operate. I am in process of sending an e-mail to Home Depot on why it would sell something that doesn’t work without modifications.

We smoked a drunk chicken and some pork ribs last night that we needed to finish off in the oven. They were quite tasty. Looking forward to smoking our first beef brisket.

I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like.
Nellie Bly

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to write about this or not.  I think if one considers themselves a writer though, you should write about the things you know about. And the thing I know about is my life has taken a completely unplanned detour due to someone’s insanity.

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I was trying to decide where to take the kids on spring break and  I started messing around on priceline again and bid $50 a night for a three star hotel for three nights near Universal Studios Orlando. I was kind of shocked when it was accepted. Read the rest of this entry »

And I’m not missing a thing
Watching the full moon crossing the range
Riding the storm out

- REO Speedwagon

Well we got snowed on again.  I believe we got 2 inches at the house. Read the rest of this entry »

So Thursday night we went to Atlanta to see Them Crooked Vultures at the Tabernacle.

I had been wanting to see a concert there for a while and this one certainly fit the bill. It is a smaller venue which only holds 2600 and it used to be a church. I don’t know what it is about the design of a church that makes it so acoustically pleasing.

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I have been predicting the out come of the Super Bowl (mostly unsuccesfully) for the last 3 years , so it is time again. Read the rest of this entry »

Our next cruise is now officially booked.

I have been looking for a cruise for a few weeks now and finally picked one. For two years I have had a vacation planner from Carnival calling me and trying to get me to book. They actually track every time you go to the Carnival website and call you almost every time you do. Read the rest of this entry »

We are dog sitting this week. Before Scooter became a part of our family he had a past, but who doesn’t? He lived with his sister and parents, a four dog happy pack. Well his sister’s owner decided to spend a week in Disney and Ariel decided there was no place she would rather be than at her brother’s house.

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One of the advantages of living where we do is the free entertainment.  The church parking lot across the street is a favorite hang out of the local sheriff’s department. Its also one of the few good places to pull over on our road. The one thing I’ve learned is when the second car pulls up, someone’s car is getting searched and they are headed to jail. It’s not quite as exciting as COPS on TV but it’s all ours.

UPDATE: Here is a link to story on arrest.

The other nice thing is I bought Joseph a tripod for his camera for Christmas, so I got mine back, making the picture possible. I really need to play around with it some more as it makes many low lighting pictures possible.

Well, I brought the exercise bike inside, hoping for inspiration.

It’s not working too well so far.

Cash does make it look a lot more comfortable though.