Last Thursday was extra special for Elise and me. We went to the Y Bar and Grill for a nice dinner where John and Christine asked us to be Jack’s Godparents. We gratefully accepted the offer.
John and I go way back. We’ve spent countless hours talking, lauging, crying and spilling our guts [...]

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“Mmmmm. Thank you. I consider myself a good cook, but I have to admit I still can learn from you.”
- Joanne Boeckman (AKA My 2nd Mom)
Now that’s a pretty cool message to get from my mom-in-law (aside from the undying love I get from the both of them!) And Joanne is a damn good [...]

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“If you change three ingredients in a recipe, you can call it yours”
- Jeff Blank
I did just that when I made chicken enchiladas with a fiery Godiva mole. I’ve tried making mole in the past… not so good. It was so bad that my friend Victor couldn’t even eat it.
Mole is a complicated [...]

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I reached the age of 29 this afternoon at 2:51. I’ve realized a few things. It’s scary to find myself saying things like “Gosh, I remember 20 years ago when…” I’ve realized that things like tattoos, piercings, leopard spotted hair bleach treatments and funky clothes don’t suit me as well any more. [...]

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Just when I thought today couldn’t get any worse - it did. I answered one of our phone lines this afternoon because the girls were all busy putting away inventory.
“Hi, this is Josh, can I help you?”“Uhhh, Josh, I’d like to place an order…”“Okay, which pharmacy?”“Actually, can I put my order in with someone [...]

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Every once in a while my job really sucks. Today was one of those once in a whiles. Being in management sometimes makes me miss the days when I squeezed dog butts for a living.
A customer called and chewed me a new asshole. The gloves came off and I was made to [...]

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I hate reading other peoples’ blogs - well, unless they’re someone that I know personally.
Elise has pointed out that I have a man crush on Andy Rutledge. I found Andy’s site after Googling “thunderbird drag and drop attachments“.
So I found a personal website that I’ll take the time to check regularly. Elise will [...]

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I usually come up with my best recipes somewhere between the time that I go to sleep and the time that I actually start cooking. It’s a very complicated process.
On Sunday I woke up and announced to my wife and the slumbering cats that I was going to barbeque chicken. I did just [...]

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Johnny Carson was one of my idols. Every once in a while I like to try to convince myself that I’m funny. I attribute that to paternal geneology and Johnny Carson. I remember when I was a little boy - Shirley Clutter introduced me to Johnny Carson. She thought that he [...]

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Elise and I met up with Philip, Rob, Dave and Shannon last night to watch the Ice Bats beat the Loredo Bucks 5-3 in their last game of the season. Bonus: Pushmonkey (local band that Elise and I really like) performed after the game.
Going to Ice Bats game has been a tradition for Elise [...]

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