05:45 - Monday, Feb. 13, 2006
RUT RO!!
twist and shout!!
(in pain)
i need to see Dr. Killpatient today, if i have the courage to go.
twist your torso to the right. now twist your torso to the left. raise both arms up and stretch. feel any pain? is your innards feeling like they are being grabbed by both hands and twisting? no? you lucky!!
this is whats happening here with me. im not superman anymore. i have lost my invincibility. both sides of the bottom of the rib cage hurts like hell, and worse when i twist the wrong way.
i was talking with the old lady that comes here and volunteers (thats another tale for another time) and she sez "gall bladder!"
yikes!!
all i know is, i'd better get my fat ass to a clinic of some sort before i croak. sometimes the twisting of the gut is so painful, it makes me collapse. and, my back hurts too. but, it always does.
i took the day off from here yesterday. just lazed around and did nuffin spectacular.
i for one is glad that whiny michelle kwan decided that she needed to drop out of the olympics. she aint that good folks! she has fooled everyone into thinking she is something special. in 2002 she got the BRONZE medal. this year, she couldnt make the team, so what does she do? she sez, "im injured" oh boo hoo. injured, my ass. she begged the committee to be allowed on the team, and now, thankfully, she came to her senses and dropped out.
well, the NFL season is officially over!! anybuddy watch the pro bowl yesterday? no? ok, i didnt either. i just plain forgot!! i was watching the snowboarding.
baseball season is on the way, doo dah, doo dah!! good ole barry bonds is gonna play, oh doo dah day!!! yay!!! i cant wait!!! woo woo!! barring injury, good ole barry bonds will become the home run king of all time!! the home run king has 708 home runs!!! thats just 6 behind that hot dog swilling drunk babe ruth (714) and only 48 behind hammering hank aaron!! oh i cant wait!!! this is barrys last season, so he has to do it!!! i say he does the deed some time in late july, early august. i cant wait! woo!! stay tuned here, baseball fans, for updates during the season!!!
my teef hurt all day yesterday. all 20 of them! i tell ya, im just a wreck.
im gonna go lay down now.
FACT OF THE DAY
Today in 1689 William and Mary, having come to Britain in the oddly named "Glorious Revolution" (really a coup d'etat supported by Dutch troops), jointly acceded to the throne of England. It would be a while, and a lot of blood would be shed, before the couple became sovereigns of Scotland and Ireland too.
WORD OF THE DAY
concupiscence kon-KYOO-puh-suhn(t)s; kuhn-, noun:
Strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
The "Tretis" is an argument in favor of chastity and contrasts the "Wise Virgins" who devote themselves to God with the "Foolish Virgins" who taste "the fruits of forbidden concupiscence" and, of course, pay for it.
-- Michael Gorra, "Loved for his Diphthongs," New York Times, November 27, 1983
Chipotle Meatballs Recipie!! oh YUMMITHY!!! theres a pie in recipie!!
3 slices bacon in 1-inch pieces
3 garlic cloves, peeled
2 large eggs
� cup bread crumbs
Salt
1 � pounds ground pork
� cup (loosely packed) coarsely chopped mint leaves, more for garnish
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes (preferably fire-roasted), drained of all but � cup juice
1 or 2 canned chipotle chilies in adobo, stemmed, seeded and sauce reserved
1 teaspoon dried oregano
About 1� cups beef or chicken broth.
1 Heat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, combine bacon and 1 garlic clove. Process until finely chopped. Add eggs, bread crumbs and 1 teaspoon salt. Pulse several times to combine thoroughly, then add pork and mint. Pulse a few more times until well combined but not a paste. Remove meat from processor.
2 With wet hands, form meat into about 16 plum-size balls and space them out in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
3 While meatballs bake, combine tomatoes, � cup tomato juice, chipotles, 1 to 2 tablespoons chipotle sauce, oregano, remaining garlic cloves (cut in half) and � teaspoon salt in a blender or food processor. Process to a smooth pur�e.
4 When meatballs are ready, spoon off rendered fat from baking dish, then pour tomato mixture on top, covering meatballs evenly. Bake until sauce has thickened somewhat, 15 to 20 minutes.
5 Heat broth in a small saucepan. Divide meatballs among four dinner plates, leaving sauce behind. Stir enough broth into sauce to give it a spoonable consistency. Taste and season with salt, if necessary. Spoon sauce over meatballs, decorate with extra mint leaves, if you wish, and serve.
Serves four.
RED MEAT! as much fun to read, as it is to eat!!
