Musings of a Marked Man

Sheltering in place affords one time that needs to be filled.  Some of us choose to spend it honing our cooking skills.  This is my 2nd cook on my Kamado Joe Classic III grill.  Feel free to leave tips or constructive criticism of my grilling and/or videography skills (or lack thereof).

I enjoy live theatre!  Broadway musicals are my favorite.  There, I've said it and I'm not nearly as embarrassed by that public pronouncement as I might have been say..... a dozen years ago.  Yesterday was shaping up to be quite an enjoyable day.  My wife and I had tickets to see the National Tour of the hit Broadway show "Motown" at the State Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square.  As we are circling the block to find parking we pass the Hanna Theatre and see "Les Miserables" on their marquee.  OMG, this day just got even better.  Les Mis just happens to be our absolute favorite musical of all time. Could we actually do a double feature? We will get home later than expected but the dog has plenty of food and water.  The worst that could happen is we may have to clean up an "accident" left as a message not to neglect her for so long in the future.  OK, if we can get tickets, we're doing it! I ask the young man at the ticket...

We have been on a mission to eliminate HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) and hydrogenated anything from our diets lately but it is not as easy as one might think.  It is particularly hard to find buns for dogs and burgers at a supermarket without one or both.  (Obviously not trying to eliminate artery clogging red meat yet. Baby steps...baby steps)  We've tried numerous bread and bun recipes over the last few months with some success but they all took quite a long time to prep, what with the raising of the dough and beating it down only to let is rise again. (what's that about?)  Then one day while surfing the net when I should have been doing something more productive, VOILA!   40 Minute Hamburg Buns  appears on Pinterest.  I'm not posting the recipe because then I would have to give credit to the originator which means wasting time trying to track him or her down when I could be reading Facebook updates.  Suffice to say a quick search on Pinterest...

For some reason lately I have been thinking about the old celebrities and the characters they created. Sure every generation has their Puff Daddies but it seems to me that we had more of them, or at least they were more memorable.  So it just seemed natural to list as many as I could.  I am sure there are dozens more that I can't bring to mind but this list stood out as those who created some of the best memories of my youth.  See if you can match the popular actor to the iconic character that helped make their career. 1.  Jackie Gleason                                                  A.  Jose Jimenez 2.  Red Skelton                                                       B.  Chester A. Riley ...

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If you are familiar with the YouTube video "What Does the Fox Say" you will find this humorous.  If you are not familiar with that video....come on......try to keep up!

Greg Gutfeld and Bernard McGuirk discuss the Al Jazeera TV Network with Bill O'Reilly.

The Dollar Shave Club TV commercial is the funniest thing on television right now.

Love him or not, Bubba never fails to amuse!

Some people vote with their head and some people vote with their heart and some of us will choose to vote with our funny bone.  How can we not want this kind of entertainment for another 4 years?

Some folks vote with their heads, some folks vote with their hearts but some of us will vote with our funny bones.  How could we not want this kind of entertainment around for another 4 years?

Who knew?  Zombies are just mis-understood.

After reading all the political postings on the interweb,  it is hard to believe that anyone is still undecided about who to vote for this November.  However, if you are in this group you are not alone.  Here are some like minded people.

He will be back in early 2013.  2013??   There is no justification for making us wait that long!

Terry Bradshaw is not known for his singing (you'll see why in a moment) but he joins his daughter in a duet that she wrote for him.  If you are a father of a daughter it's OK to cry a little while watching this.

The 1960 Farrell High School Steelers basketball team is inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League's Hall of Fame.  The dinner and ceremony was held on June 1, 2012 at the Doubletree Hotel in Greentree, PA.  A record 560 attendees enjoyed the dinner and acceptance speeches of this year's inductees which included athletes, coaches, an official and 2 teams. Under the leadership of legendary coach Ed McCluskey, the 1960 Steelers had a record of 30 - 1 on their way to winning the state championship.  Three of the team members were eventually drafted into the NBA - Brian Generalovich, Willie Somerset and Jack Marin and three of the starting 5 went on to become doctors in various disciplines. Accepting the award on behalf of the team is Dr. Brian Generalovich.