Blue Tooth Technology Reapplied

Technologies are always advancing at different speeds, so to see a commonly used technology (in this case Blue Tooth) being re-purposed for another use is great.
Check out this CNN story and video.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/01/25/sot.bleill.bluetooth.legs.cnn

Odd Items from the In-Box #3

How much does a house weigh?

Answer: More than a rural two lane bridge can hold.

Courtsey of Captain Smiles

Odd Items from the In-Box #2

These men have just finished placing solid steel pillars in concrete to stop vehicles from parking on the pavement outside a sports bar downtown. They are cleaning up at the end of the day.

How long do you think it will be before they realize
where their vehicle is parked?

Courtsey of Captain Smiles

Odd Items from the In-Box #1

Yes That is a POWER STRIP floating

on a couple of flip flops in a pool!

Courtsey of Captain Smiles

Cooking Under Pressure

A couple of months ago I picked up a pressure cooker at a nearby big box store. I'd wanted to try cooking with one for some time. It is an awesome way to cook during these cold months when you don't want to go outside and fire up the grill.
First thing I tried was tried was cutting up a pork shoulder into chunks, added some BBQ sauce, spices and water, bring it to pressure for 20 - 25 minutes, let it decompress on its own and you have some great pulled pork. Now, I'm not saying it'll be as good as pork that's been smoked for 12 hours, but you’re not going to be disappointed. You can do the same thing with beef, got that roast that looks good, but you know it's going to be chewy, cut it up, throw it in the cooker and it'll come out and melt in your mouth. One warning, cooking it so that it comes out rare is difficult and it probably won't be as tender.
Say, you want some veggies with this, just throw them in with the meat (potatoes and carrots work well), depending on the amount of liquid you use, it can be a roast and veggies, a stew, or soup. For last week’s NFL play-off game I did some beef and we had some tasty beef sandwiches for the game.
Great comfort food for a winter’s day (currently 5 degrees here)

Let the Circus Begin

The Primaries have started and so has the three ring circus that goes with it.

• Ring one the Democrats
• Center Ring The Media, the Polls, the Dirty Tricks
• Ring three the Republicans

This is will be so entertaining we'll forget the writers are on strike.

And a Cold Wind is Blowing.........

Got a few of more inches of snow yesterday and then the skies cleared and the temperature started dropping. Last night I watched my outdoor thermometer drop from a balmy 10 to -6 degrees when finally turned in for the night. This is the kind of weather that makes your eyes tear up and takes away your breath when you go out. There is another side to this weather, you may can ponder, it slaps you up the side of the head and lets you know that your alive.

4pm taking the dog for a walk, it's -3 degrees, get to the end of the driveway and the dog (Great Dane) looks at me with an expression of "are you crazy" then pulls me back to the house.

-7 at 5:30pm, I'd say -15 by midnight.

I discovered an easy way of keeping warm in this weather (besides not going out or heading to the Caribbean). The usual rules of dressing in layers, wear a hat all work well, but if you really want to stay warm invest in a pair of Wrangler rugged wear thinsulate lined jeans. These jeans are great, when the temp. drops under 35, I pull them out. I've found that I can get by wearing a lighter coat and still stay comfortable.

Tomorrow is suppose to be more of the same, but there are a couple of football games.
So, you stock up the fridge make a list of things to do around the house and enjoy.