Hmmph. Warning to anyone frying a bird. Put in about an inch less oil than the fryer recommends. I just had a geyser spray 350F peanut oil all over the ground while I was still lowering the turkey in. Delicious, delicious peanut oil. I feel like a hick today. I'm drinking a beer, frying a turkey while barefoot, dodging 2nd degree burns. "Hey y'all, WATCH THIS!"
The oil will expand enough when heated that it'll fill 1-2" more than when cold for that volume. Alton Brown does a great bit on how to safely deep fry a turkey using a ladder to lower it, etc., but he misses the "use 2 inches less oil" part.
At work I have a lot of down time and news sites are the only content that really changes constantly, so I end up reading a ton of local, national, and world news.
I accidentally drank a bottle of wine at my family's Thanksgiving lunch before we got to the in-laws this evening. I've been buzzed as hell all afternoon and it has made this dinner downright delightful. Why haven't I tried this before?
Just got back from a thoroughly mediocre dinner at a place that usually has good food. Dry turkey, soggy salad, and overcooked corn on the cob. The only thing that wasn't a disappointment were the dinner rolls.
Just finished binge watching Jessica Jones while my wife took a five hour chair nap, time to go get sushi.
For those who didn't know, the Houston Astros were, for their first few seasons, the Houston Colt .45s. Complete with a logo of a gun shooting a bullet emblazoned on the chest of their uniforms. I picked up this awesome example tonight:
When I was in Thailand, the English language TV channel had an ad for "Knockout! Strong punch beer!" showing guys getting knocked the fuck out. Subtle.
For any of you dreaming of the near future and sexbots, forget it: This robot is trained to say ‘no’ to human orders http://newscentral.ph/lifestyle-and-features/this-robot-is-trained-to-say-no-to-human-orders/ On a more serious side, is this actually a good idea? If I step on the brakes of my car, do I want my car's computer deciding if I really want the car to stop or if it should just ignore my input until I explain to it why I want to stop?
Funnily enough, that's the exact way that Airbus aircraft work, and the reason a lot of my pilot friends refuse to pilot them.
For a moment I wondered, "Well, what about the woman's screams?" But then I thought about it, hahahaha. Spiders is one of those internet things, like bacon, that unites a huge number of people in solidarity. Many people will read the article and think, "I know that feel, bro."
I love this country. We really are fucking garbage. We deserve everything we get. However, coffee and whiskey breakfast! Last night, on Thanksgiving Day, an hour after opening, my local bartender had to eject someone who basically tried to choke him out and crush his skull. Couple hours later some ratchet coke head started throwing chairs around trying to pick a fight with a grown man with a mullet in a Slayer shirt. Worst part is she left an Evanescence song on the juke as she fled. Fuckin' bummer. There is something nasty brewing out there. I'm staying put the rest of the weekend.
Fake or set up. The woman snatches from the kid, despite there being boxes on the floor at her feet. And the lady with the kid screams "Get off of me! Why do you have to be so aggressive?" Who says that in the heat of the moment? I call B.S. There is more good out there than bad. There are shitty people out there for sure, but this wasn't a legit example of it.
http://www.cracked.com/video_19736_if-every-store-was-honest-about-black-friday.html I'm just going to put this here. EDIT: Some buddies of mine have a rap-group called Squarepegz, you should check them out. Anyway, they wrote a song about black-Friday: https://soundcloud.com/squarepegz/bumrush-black-friday