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Preparing for National Smoke Day.

I have decided to smoke two different foods this weekend.  Tonight I am starting with a Dr. Pepper marinated pork shoulder and a standard dry rub pork shoulder.  Tomorrow (since it will only take a few hours) I am going … Continue reading

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American Idol and the Orlando Magic

So apparently on both shows the underdogs won, but not really.  I don’t really see how Kris Allen was the underdog as I think he was able to get all of the Gokey votes after he left.  Plus he is … Continue reading

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The coolest tool ever.

The Craftsman Auto Hammer has got to be the coolest new tool to come of in a long time. It takes no room to hammer a nail. I will need to check this out in the near future. As a … Continue reading

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National Smoke Day is this weekend. (p.s. my 20 year reunion is this year)

This Memorial weekend is National Smoke Day.  I have not decided what I am going to try and smoke, but I am leaning towards either doing some jerk chicken or Dr. Pepper pork.  If anyone has any suggestions, I am … Continue reading

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Three weeks of smoking food

A short while ago, I decided that I wanted to start making my own barbecue.  I read many posts on http://www.virtualweberbullet.com and decided to jump in.  I bought a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker (18.5) and got to work.  The first … Continue reading

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Stepping Outside My Box

Recently we have done some interesting things that we have not done before.  Last Thursday, we went to the Kennedy Center Opera House and watched Devine Performing Arts.  This is a classical Chinese Dance company based out of New York.  … Continue reading

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Work work work

So many things to do, so little time. Microsoft has so many products coming out now and in the near future that we have to try out at work. First we are using the new data protection manager, then there … Continue reading

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My coral

I believe that I have one green button polyp growing.  Here are some bad pictures from my phone.  It is hard to get it to focus through the glass close up.

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I am a handy carpenter.

I had the need to build a table to keep a subwoofer off the pee zone of Gio.  I could have bought something, but instead, I said …. Hey I bet I can make a table for less.  Well, I … Continue reading

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Zoo day

Yesterday was zoo day. We took the metro down to the national zoo in DC. The kids all looked forward to riding on the metro. It is not too bad of a walk to the zoo from the metro station, … Continue reading

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