I missed it,......again?!?

Welcome back, again, and....again....far too long between posts. In some ways, I have just been avoided this, and in other ways, it has been avoiding me. I will get to that another time.

  The point tonight is, I missed Halloween again. I usually work, or am out, or.....whatever. Either way, I did nothing this year. More to the point....no has done anything. The kids were out for a span of I think, an hour, if that. Now, i am aware that this is a school night, and I parents want little Ghoulie and Johnny the Ripper back inside at a decent hour, so that they can get out of their little costumes, and into their jammies, and into bed. But, its Halloween. Kids are supposed to be up later tonight, going door to door, scaring up candy to be eaten just before bed, sending them into hyper-sugar-drive, and up later.

 I think mom and dad need to remember things like that, when they were kids. The fun is gone, and I think, I am going to try and bring a little back. Like i said, I have missed the last few years of All Hallows Eve, and all the fun that goes with it.
 My thoughts? I am going to turn my back yard into a haunted......maze? Or something. Set up some signs up front, pointing the way in, and set up a nice maze, leading into the back yard. set up points for people to jump out and give the kids and grownups a scare. Set up my shed to resemble and abatoir (slaughterhouse) complete with some old meat hooks, and perhaps a body of two. Even set up a nice point for a small fire and a warm me up for the adults.

 I am very aware the cost will be up there, but I am sure this will be fun and worth, and maybe, using FaceBook and Google+, I can spread the word, and next year, have some fun.

 Happy Halloween!!


 Oh...And I am going to find some parties next year.........tired of working.

Stuff to come!

Welcome back Me!

 Thank you, Me! Nice to see me too!

 Always a pleasure to have me around!

 ...And thats all for my self pandering.

 I am going to try and setup a definite time line in which I will sit down on at least a weekly schedule and get to this thing. I am planning on adding my gym results and all sorts of happy stuff. However, I still need to shop to get my clothes and shoes for working-out.

 Moving on,

 Took some vacation, and had a great long weekend off with the family. Good times were had.
 Back at work now, and I am hoping to be able to spend some more time with someone new next weekend. I will let you know how that goes!

 Cheers!

 and out for now!!

Testosterone - HOOO-RAH!

HAH!

 Anyways, things have been pretty quiet around here. Think I am losing my edge a little bit, and work has been challenging.

 Sigh, who am I kidding. Work has been a total cluster-fuck of an organization. Being in retail sucks, considering that it is not something that can easily set themselves apart from the competition, so drawing people in is the challenge. In response, the company I work for has decided that the best reaction to the crunch is to cut hours for staff, reducing what can be done, while increasing the forecast budget for further growth in an industry that has so much competition. Oh, they add more top end staff, further swelling the "corporate expenses".
 This has more than some people upset, or down right pissed off. Perhaps this is a sign of things to come. I should start looking for something else, just in case.
 I highly doubt that HO and the Executive will be able to pull their swollen heads out of their puckered asses anytime soon, or...soon enough to right the ship.

 No more ranting about work......today. I am done for now.

 Couple of things to note though....

 Signed up for Golds Gym today, time to start getting into some semblance of shape. I would like to lose some weight and tone up. Perhaps put on some muscle mass to round things out.

 And...

 Ordered me up a Utilikilt. utilikilts.com Got me an Orginal in black. Looking to add a Survivor in camo, or another colour. Sounds like they are adding more "models" as well, with one called the Spartan making a return, and the Leather UK coming back for winter. I should point out, that they are located in Seattle, (and a franchise in SanFran) so their winter, will in no way, compare to our winter, up here. Perhaps I should inquire about a model for those that live north of the 49th, and experience winter in a much different manner. Maybe something with a nice sherpa lining inside. Anyways, looking forward to being able to wear this more, and pants less often. Will be a nice change for things all around.

 Like I said, things have been fairly quiet around here, and not too sure where to go with things.

 I did miss doing this, usually meaning to sit down to do it when I have something to rant about. Nothing major.

 This one will probably be my last for a few days, as I head out for the long weekend, and enjoy the last long weekend of the summer season, and get drunk and make an ass out of myself in front of people that I really shouldn't do that in front of.


 Best wishes to you all,


 Cheers!

Pants no more!

Just ordered me a nice looking Utilikilt, Original model, black in colour. Looking forward to it. I will post more soon enough, but for right now...Im tired....Im gonna go to bed. Just to get up and work tomorrow. Hopefully, for a half day, thinking my boss will be kind enough to let me go home early.

Cheers!

Starting all over....

No no, I am not talking about deleting this, and starting all over again here. I am talking about the desire I think we all get from time to time, to quit our current job, and go into something else. You know what I am talking about, that point in time, where we look around us, at what we are doing for a living, and think...."Why?". I am sure that there are those of you out there that think that they have their dream job, and wouldn't give it up for anything. I think for every one of those people, there are probably 100 or more in the other line up. For those of you that think I hate my job, you really aren't far off the mark. Actually, I honestly do not hate my job, but some days, most days, I think I would like to try my hand at something else. Given that I have been in this job for pretty close to 20 years now, and have that comfort zone. In this case, starting over will mean exactly that.

 Starting over again, right at the bottom.


 In my case, the length of time in one job could work against me, when applying for another. For one thing, it would mean that I would not have applicable skills required to do the job, not that I would apply for a job that I could not handle, but why would I apply for a job that was the same as what I am currently doing. Not that I am too old to learn a new skill, or polish skills that I do have that are applicable. On the other side of things, parts of my job have developed skills that would make me desirable in some industries. Some thing Customer Service orientated? Perhaps.
 
 Realistically though, I would like to be into something different from what I am doing now. Something in which I am part of a team, and I can create something. For this, I would require myself to get back into school, and get some courses under my belt. I really do not have an issue with this, none at all. Happy to do it in order to get out there. The issue with this, lies in the fact that it will be harder than hell to get the time I would need off (one night a week) in order to pursue the education. Though it never hurts to try. I will have to press my luck here in the future with the boss.

  Now, this desire for change isn't because I can't see myself doing what I am doing for another 10 years or so, it is because I can see myself doing something else for the next 10 years. Moving up the company chain isn't on my list right either. That is something I just do not want to.

 No, I think it is time for something else, and this time, it feels different. This isn't me just saying, "I need change" and then heading back into the same old, same old.

 Change is in the air



 Either that, or rain!

Chef John and Food Wishes.

I know, I just finished a rant, but now onto something good. Check out Chef John, at Food Wishes.

 That is all.

WTF? with a side of huh?

Few things in this world make me say "huh?" more than a celebrity in trouble, and the justice system. This pretty much lets my own Legal system out of this little rant, as most of our native kids head south to partake in sun, fun and sin in the Good Ole' USofA. Currently we have Lindsay Lohan, who is more than likely in Court again, for some offense, committed in glamour land, and I am sure is on a first name basis with most of the judges and all of the Bailiffs within the LA county court system. I digress, this is not about her, directly. More so, it is about someone not a celebrity, but I can readily compare to one.
  This starts with two hockey playing brothers, the Boogaard brothers,  Derek and Aaron. One is dead now, due to mixing and overdosing on prescription drugs, while the other is accused of supplying said drugs. This brings me to compare this to the death of Heath Ledger, and the Olsen twin, Mark-Kate, who was apparently present at the time of Heath's death.
 The difference here, is that Aaron Boogaard is accused of having stolen or access to a prescription pad, and was supplying the drugs this way. Mark-Kate, who refused to be interviewed in a Federal Investigation, was allegedly in Heath's apartment, and possessed part of the fatal cocktail that finally killed him. She was apparently then ushered out of the apartment by a bodyguard, leaving Heath dead, or dying of an overdose, He was later found by his housekeeper and masseuse.
  Please remember that Mary-Kate's role in all this is speculation, due to the fact that she never went to an interview, even though there was a subpoena demanding her to do so.

 Aaron Boogaard will more than likely stand trial soon, for his brothers death.

Now, onto my point. If you really haven't clued into it yet, allow me to elaborate. You see, Aaron Boogaard, was a hockey playing kid, and broke the law. He will stand trial for his crimes, and more than likely, is torturing himself more than any sentence passed onto him by the state will ever do. Im pretty sure I would be destroyed if I was culpable in the death of a family member.
 Mary-Kate on the other hand, is not like you and me........ok, she is. She is human, but her status as a celebrity has apparently allowed to her to disregard a legally binding order to be interviewed by Federal agents. I am betting that in all regards, if that was you or I, we would be arrested and hauled in before a Judge to face charges, and then be interviewed.

 The Courts seem to have an issue when it comes to prosecuting those Celebs. Whether it is due to their high-priced douche bag lawyers, or family name, not one of them seems to be doing the time for doing the crime. I mean Paris Hilton spent a grand total of 47 minute in jail before being released, and then she turned around and said it was "the most terrifying experience" of her life to date. I am sure it was.....perhaps if she spent more time in there, she would have been more scared.  Hell, I don't want to go to prison, pretty sure no one does. But being locked in a cell, by herself, for the running time of her crap ass CD? Perhaps that is what scared her, as it was being played over the prison PA system. I will point out she was not sent to a Federal Super-Max, but a county low sec compound.

 Fucking Celebs.

 This is under the words of "...liberty and justice for all."  I guess we could add, "...Justice for all, unless you have made a movie, CD, or TV show, in which case, we will go through the motions, but whatever you decide to do it really fine with us, as the victims of your transgression have no recourse due to the fact you pay your Lawyer $200K just to take call from you, and more to show up"

  This all makes me wonder how the "people" get through sometimes. Some people who have gone to pay a parking or traffic ticket have been made to feel like the worst criminals by some court clerk, or circuit judge. Meanwhile, Lilo gets a full media sweep, armed escorts into and out of the court room, treated according her celebrity status, and given a slap on the wrists, all the while, someone charged with the same crime, is handed a 2 year sentence.
 
 I will shake my head and roll my eyes.

 Summing it up, Aaron Boogaard is accused of a crime, and Mary-Kate should have been. They have 22yrs left to do something about that though, one never knows what will happen in the meantime. I do notice that since 2008, both twins have been strangely quiet.

  Going to end it here, due to the fact that I have nothing to finish off with, nothing witty, no snide remark, nothing. Perhaps in the future, when we stop treating celebrities as people that are somehow, superior to everyone else, instead of just richer, things will be better.

 Maybe.

Stop the world, I would like to get off now.

Been a few days.....or week....or so. Nice to be back though, happy to be able to write down my thoughts for you to read, criticize or make fun of me. Whichever.

  There was something I wanted to go over, but with a couple of things that have happened, I think I will start there. Lets start with something that I consider to be the lesser of the two issues at hand.
 
 1) Amy Winehouse  passes away. Honestly, while I do not want to sound like a heartless douche, but i really do not care. She was a drugged-out-drunk-on-her-ass train wreck. I feel bad for her friends and family for their loss, but I just cannot bring myself to care, to have any sympathy. Wasn't a fan of her music, was not a fan of her.

 2) The Norway bombing / shootings. WTF Norway? If you have not heard about this, check the news, read a paper, look for it on the net. Some loon in Norway (with a full manifesto) started his day by bombing a Federal building in Norway, killing seven people. He then used the distraction this created, to find his way to an island with a youth camp on it, and proceed to kill 90+ kids. From witness accounts, he was laughing as he went. I will take a minute to point out that he had a couple of hours before police showed up.

 Sigh....things like this make me want to vomit.

 I will be back sooner than later, and hopefully with happier things to talk about.
Just take a minute to pray or pass along your condolences to those affected by this disgusting attack.

Culinarily Emasculated

Hope I got the spelling right up there....coffee hasn't kicked in yet, and I had the worst sleep in a long time last night...or this morning, depending on how you would look at. 2am.....2 frikken AM! I think that is when I finally crashed out. Not sure if it was the heat...the humidity...or what....but yeah, no sleep for me. dammit.

  But now, this one is not about my sleeping habits, but rather what the title suggests. (But I do luvs my sleepin)

 Anyways, quick note here, I love to cook. Something about the art and the science of cooking, together, that makes it perhaps one of the greatest forms of expression ever. So much can be conveyed through an excellent meal. Love, friendship, trust, lust...all there in front of your senses. Also, for the cook...trying to make something new, a new recipe, for anything, is a joy, no matter how simple it is.

 This leads me to my recent experiment with making aioli. To sum it up, an aioli is a sauce like mayonnaise. In fact, it is pretty much made like mayo. Egg, oil, and garlic.Add one immersion blender to the mix, and bam, you have an aioli., or alioli. One can use a mortar and pestle to produce a similar product as well.
 This was something I mistook to be something laborious and time consuming. In fact, until I saw a video on how to make it. Pretty easy.
   Then I went and did it. Made it all up. done just right. A nice garlic-ginger aioli. I used it in a slaw i put on a soft taco shell, over pork shoulder roast, marinated in a Asian inspired mix, cooked low and slow, shredded, and then returned to the over in the roast pan, with some soya over top to keep it moist, and to add a little more flavour. The whole combination of tastes, exquisite.
 Now, the down fall. I told one of my friends about my success in the kitchen, and how I had made the aioli. She gave me kudos for the pork shoulder, but said "aioli is too easy, so no props for that."

 Instant deflate.

 I knew then, that the aioli was actually pretty easy to make, I hadn't before though, as I previously stated.
Sigh, no winning there.
Last time I share something like that.

 Anyways, until next time.  

Welcome, to here.

So, upon the advice of a friend, I started The Unshaven Chronicles to, blog, about....well, everything and anything. So, with little ado....

 I have nothing, I am going to call it here, and start off fresh as soon as possible.


 Cheers!