tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898787349774710822008-06-25T10:15:18.994-07:00Closetgeniusnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689878734977471082.post-76690215689538786392008-06-25T10:06:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:15:19.053-07:00As a artist you look around the web for inspiration and cool, innovative sites and ran up on Luis Santi, Jr. He is a really good programmer and he had this link from his site about his beard. <br /><br />When you see things like this, it just reminds you not to take yourself and life too seriously or you will end up miserable, depressed, cynical, and alone.<br /><br />http://<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.phatterism.com/ernesto.html"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1214413618_0">www.phatterism.com/ernesto.html</span></a>Closetgeniusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689878734977471082.post-34212084610448782008-06-11T15:53:00.000-07:002008-06-11T16:26:01.944-07:00I haven't cooked in quite some time. I enjoy cooking, just haven't taken the time to do so. No formal training, but I haven't had too many complaints yet. So I say to myself...self, you need to begin anew. Turn over a new leaf and start cooking for yourself daily. In these days of economic woes, eating out is a last resort.<br /><br />So I get it in my head to make a fantastic meal like the ones you see on (one of my favorite reality shows) <a href="http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/">Top Chef®</a>. Before I even begin to digress I will tell you a reality T.V. blog is coming, trust me. At any rate, I trot down to my local <a href="http://www.publix.com/">Publix</a> supermarket and purchase:<br /><ul><br /><li>sweet potatoes</li><br /><li>lamp chop</li><br /><li>long stem green beans</li><br /><li>raspberries</li><br /></ul>I have it in my mind to use the sweet potatoes and raspberries for a sweet potato soufflé. The lamp chop of course is my meat and I will broil that. Finally the long stem green beans I will pan fry in olive oil for my vegetable.<br /><br />I'm excited. I zoom home to prep my kitchen. I allow my chop to marinate in a secret mix (basically I threw alot of spices together in some wine and vinegar) while I snipped my long stem green beans, peeled my sweet potatoes, and puree my raspberries.<br /><br />I've turned the two dials to get things right for the chop to "Broil" and "400^o". I'm feeling pretty confident that this meal is going to be superb even though I'm rusty. My water for the sweet potatoes is boiling and I've finished getting them butt-naked, so I plop them in the water for their next phase.<br /><br />The chop goes inside the stove, I whip up the sweet potatoes in butter, sugar milk and eggs, and the green beans are simmering in the olive oil. After all is said and done I have a medium cooked lamp chop, semi-crisp long stem green beans, and a sweet potato soufflé that is so good, you'll want to smack your momma (which I don't recommend. my momma will still drop-kick me). Now I'm no <a href="http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/">Top Chef</a> but that was one heck of a meal.<br /><br />I'm still eating left-over sweet potato soufflé.Closetgeniusnoreply@blogger.com