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Hmong Boiled Chickens

I am posting this for my liberal friends, who like to tell me how delicious Hmong food is. For traditional, ceremonial purposes, I have had to prepare two Hmong boiled chickens for the second time this month. It is likely that most of these people have never tasted authentic Hmong food. It is typically bland, boiled and accompanied by amazingly hot pepper sauce. I'm not a fan, even after 15 years. Although... don't the heads look particularly appetizing? I don't recall seeing anyone ever eat the heads; though I've heard people crunching up the feet.

Bye Wally (Tony Dow)

"Bye Wally... why'd you have to and go die like that?"
"Gee Beav, I didn't try to do it. I just got sick and well... it sort of just happened."
"Oh... so what happens now?"
"Gee Beav, I guess you keep living and I'll just go hangout in heaven."
"You're in Heaven?"
"Well yeah Beav! I wasn't that big of a creep!"
"Yeah, I guess so Wally... Heaven's a pretty great place huh?
"Well yeah, Beav, why do you think mom and dad made us spend all of those boring Sundays at church?"
"Gee Wally, I never really thought of it like that."
"Sure Beav, it's going to be okay."
"Okay Wally, I guess I better get going."
"See you later Beav."
"Yeah Wally, I'll see you later."

Spaghetti

Garlic Crop

Eat the top ones and plant the bottom...

Toxic Supervisor

Over the weekend having heard the bragging of a hospital financial administrator, it reinforced my belief that it takes more than an MBA to make a good supervisor. Her comments about firing people who didn’t do what she wanted, were nothing short of shocking. If a company, did things right, they probably spent lots of time and money seeking out the best talent to work for them. Terminating an employee may be how a medieval monarch would handle the situation, but firing someone should always be considered a last resort. It is not good to have a manager with such little regard for people and assets. Perhaps she was just bragging about her “power,” but I know from having a long and varied work history, that nothing will send me into a full-on job search, like an immature or mean-spirited supervisor.

Ground Beef and Vegetables Stir-Fry

Voices from Beyond the Stink!

My son was bored, so he started bothering me. So finally, I found a voice synthesizer on my phone and wrote a poem about how his butt stinks and my phone was using a female British voice to recite the poem! He got pretty mad until he found out how to do it and how much fun it was to make fun of dad's butt farting and such. These father/son activities are priceless!

I Met the Minions!

During our whirlwind trip to Duluth, While at the Maritime Museum, I met a couple of the Minions! Sorry, I'm not sure if it was Kevin or Stuart... I'm not good with Minions...

Maritime Museum, Canal Park, "Key North," Hawk Ridge

Duluth Canal Early Morning

I casted a spoon and then an artificial minnow a few times between 4:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. this morning.

Duluth, MN

Enger Tower, Canal Park, South Pier Inn

Como Zoo

Sliced, Grilled Pork Roast, Red Yam, Potatoes and Zucchini with Mushrooms

Wasp Layers

Back to entomology! Here is a closeup of the wasp that stung me. The abdomen is not just striped, it is layered. Each section coming out of the other and ending with a reusable, retractable stinger.

Today's Clouds