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I want fire from Obama. The olive branch was extended and rejected, there is no point in trying that road again any time soon ( Read more... )

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When Richard Burr's senate seat comes up I sincerely hope that he goes down in flames. He's been increasing his status as my least favorite senator for a while now ( Read more... )

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I finally got the pics from the wedding put online. They're not top quality, if you want the full res copy of any of them I can get that to you.

So, we're in DC for the weekend. Trying to stick to the "every other weekend in DC" thing but doctor's appointments have pwned us thusfar.

Anyone know anything terribly fantastic going on in the DC area this weekend? Not being on the metro isn't a problem.

I walked 6 miles today. In the morning. I passed many monuments. A monument to peace, many monuments to wars (say what I will about GWB, but he sure knew how to approve spending on a memorial), a few pools, and a white squirrel ( Read more... )

So, I made Shrimp&Grits last night for dinner.
It was instigated by eating a fancy pizza joint a week or so ago. They had Shrimp&Grits as an appetizer. It was kinda pathetic.

So I went with an easy recipe I found online. I'd never actually made grits before. So the link had a nice little recipe for some cheesy grits and shrimp with bacon. ( Read more... )

As an addendum, Cat made Mac&Cheese (well, technically Penne' & Cheese ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to cook some ham steak for a while now. It's a good memory from my childhood, Dad made it for Saturday dinner a lot at his old apartment. I hadn't really had it since then, I'm not sure why he got out of the habit of cooking it as I got older but he did. I think we started eating out more for dinner ( Read more... )