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[sm4him]

^^HAHA, that was a joke!! There's no such thing as TOO MUCH coffee!

 

[sm4him]

Korean BBQ ribs tonight. Y'all are welcomed to come over. I'll probably toss some of that Ebola Chicken on the grill too.

How are Korean BBQ ribs made?

 

[sm4him]

I really gotta go to the grocery store soon. But first I need to decide what I want to eat the next few days.

 

[Gary A.]

Out of curiosity, what is the age bracket of the people writing this stuff?

Just out of high school or a couple of years out. Some of these come from student who were already enrolled, and some came from their entrance essays. The community college has open admissions, so their entrance essays are really placement essays to see if they are ready for basic English 101 or if they need remedial work. Oops, sorry, I'm supposed to call it "developmental" work now. I'm one of the regular readers of those placement exams. I'm usually there as an ESL reader but I've also taught the "regular" classes. And all of us read both ESL and native-speaker essays anyway because each essay has to be read at least twice for 2 readers to agree on placement.

At least 60-70% of our applicants need some sort of remedial work, either in reading, writing, math, a combination of those, or all of those.

Ah. Ok, so definitely the left side of the curve, and still, for the most part, figuring things out. Kinda wonder what's it like to read the essays for the Rhodes scholarship. I know a couple of people who applied and won and they knew how to make words sing.

I wrote (well rewrote actually) a personal statement for one of the Whitney kids. She got a personalized letter back stating that only was she accepted but that the college was eagerly waiting for her. I felt pretty good about that.

I want to make my camera sing when I take photos.

 

[astroNikon]

Korean BBQ ribs tonight. Y'all are welcomed to come over. I'll probably toss some of that Ebola Chicken on the grill too.

How are Korean BBQ ribs made?

North Korean or South Korean ribs ?

 

[Gary A.]

Korean BBQ ribs tonight. Y'all are welcomed to come over. I'll probably toss some of that Ebola Chicken on the grill too.

How are Korean BBQ ribs made?

They're cut crossways then marinated in Korean stuff, kinda like a tempura sauce with garlic.

 

[astroNikon]

Soft kitty,

Warm kitty,

Little ball of fur.

Happy kitty,

Sleepy kitty,

Purr Purr Purr

 

[sm4him]

Early cross-dressing.

This is my grandfather. Probably about 1924 or so. My grandmother said this was for a contest they had at the school they attended in Arkansas.

He makes a pretty woman. A pretty rough-looking woman, that is.

 

[astroNikon]

They're cut crossways then marinated in Korean stuff, kinda like a tempura sauce with garlic.

You're a gourmet Chef aren't you ?

 

[sm4him]

Korean BBQ ribs tonight. Y'all are welcomed to come over. I'll probably toss some of that Ebola Chicken on the grill too.

How are Korean BBQ ribs made?

They're cut crossways then marinated in Korean stuff, kinda like a tempura sauce with garlic.

That sounds pretty good.

 

[snowbear95]

Did you know that an ant's @$$hole is so small that each fart is only an atom?

 

[Gary A.]

Mantis-1 by stevesklar, on Flickr

We have Mantis pods all over the yard.

Baby Mantis emerging from the pod.

 

[pgriz]

I want to make my camera sing when I take photos.

So do I. But it is still clearing its throat, so to speak. And occasionally looking back at me and mutely asking me why I don't let it do what it can do...

 

[limr11]

The stuff you grow justs tastes so much better than what you get in most restaurants. I make a tomato salad which tastes like tomato ... not water. Mozzarella, at least six different varieties of tomatoes all with different textures, color and taste, a bit of kale, basil maybe some oregano, topped with Blue Cheese and balsamic. All from the yard (except the cheese).

Oh, I understand all that. I grew up eating vegetables out of the garden that my mother and father maintained. I had to work in that garden, too. The problem is that I never had a choice about working in the garden and so I came to resent it. And as I said, I don't have a knack for plants. I'm sure I can learn to be better and maybe then I might also learn to enjoy it more, but it's just not possible at the moment. And keeping a garden means a lot of time outside in the summer and I despise summer.

I do make a lot of my own food from scratch, including my own yogurt and granola.

 

[limr11]

I also rarely drink or eat stuff with Corn Syrup (any type) in it .... it's just the root of all evil.

I think I stopped drinking soda pop back when the makers started using corn syrup .. it's just icky.
but mexican pop like Jarritos uses sugar. And if you are in Texas there are two Pepsi plants .. one uses Junk Sugar and the other uses real sugar.

but i only drink soda without caffeine.

Well, the no-corn-syrup is good. I just need my caffeine.

I don't drink any soda at all, actually.