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Your post’s title reminds me of the musical “Evita.”
(True: in the above clip, Madonna sings, “Don’t keep your distance.”)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/July/2020 @ 2:24 pm
Ain’t nuthin’ wrong with pre-packaged meatballs. All that matters is whether they taste good. If you buy another package of them, though, maybe try experimenting by making Swedish meatballs or meatballs in sweet sauce (I don’t know the proper name for these). My mom used to do the latter; I think she incorporated grape jelly into her sweet sauce, and those things were addictive. I’ve never tried making them on my own, but maybe one day…
For what it’s worth, making meatballs involves no more work than rolling up some bits of ground meat (for Italian-style meatballs, that normally means a combo of beef, pork, and veal, but straight beef is fine), then you either brown the meatballs or put them straight into your red sauce and let them simmer until cooked through. If you’re simmering a couple of hours, well, that’s dedication! Seriously, though, they’re no big deal to make. You could even invite some cute little ladies over to help you with the task if you ever decide to have a meatball-themed festival.
I’d recommend searing the meatballs first before putting them into your red sauce, even if you’re using pre-packaged meatballs. The outer sear adds a good bit of flavor to the final product.
We’ll make a chef outta you yet!
» Posted By Kevin kim On 06/July/2020 @ 5:34 pm
I pronounce myself curious to know more about those meatballs! I normally don’t do meatballs when I make spaghetti, but my boss is obsessed with them, so I had no choice but to make them for our luncheon.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/July/2020 @ 6:09 pm
A single missed turn can completely alter your day. Happy Fourth!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/July/2020 @ 9:52 pm
Think of the slow return of business as a woman’s legs opening wider… ever wider…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/July/2020 @ 8:09 pm
(Maybe try this link instead. It’s a more modern translation that uses the word “love” instead of “charity.”)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/July/2020 @ 5:49 pm
Spreading love and joy wherever he goes, it’s Santa Mac! (Better than Satan Mac, eh?)
As for “Faith” and “Love,” look up 1 Corinthians 13.
Could be a Catholic thing.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/July/2020 @ 5:47 pm
Sounds as if the date went about as well as could be expected. If she doesn’t shave her legs, well… maybe think of it as if you’re dating a hairy-footed hobbit. Heh. At least you’ve concluded that she’s into you.
Beautiful pics of the trail, but no pics of any food? (Or would taking food pics during a date be considered gauche?)
Continued good luck as you figure things out.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/July/2020 @ 8:17 pm
May your date go well.
And I wouldn’t let anyone nicknamed Buddy Fucker anywhere near your beloved dog.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/June/2020 @ 3:06 pm
Any chance of a family reunion for Buddy?
Good luck with the upcoming maybe-date.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/June/2020 @ 3:30 pm
All the meal pics look great, and the trail, while flat, looks interesting and entertaining, although I have to wonder whether Anne will ever be invited back for a walk!
Buddy sure is one lucky son of a bitch. A very happy second anniversary to him (and to you)!
The toughness of your steaks seems to be a recurrent theme in your blog posts. Go to YouTube and type “how to cook a tough steak” for all sorts of tips and tricks. Here’s one quick video, and while you’re on YouTube, look out for the “poor man’s filet mignon” video(s).
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/June/2020 @ 8:24 pm
Well, date or no date, it sounds as if you’ll be enjoying a nice steak tonight. So there’s that.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/June/2020 @ 3:47 pm
A lovely hike, with some lovely fish and chips at the end. Can’t beat that! Good luck as restrictions slowly, slowly start to melt away. Here’s hoping that life will return to the old normal, not the new normal.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/June/2020 @ 9:04 pm
Sorry to hear about your downstairs neighbor. My condolences.
On a happier front, it’s good to read that you’re back to walking. Other things will take care of themselves in God’s good time, I think.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/June/2020 @ 4:51 pm
Yep, you best git a-walkin’, there, hoss.
That burger looks great. Two large beef patties, and a large patty of ketchup, too. Heh.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/June/2020 @ 5:14 pm
You found a 72-year-old version of me, did you?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/June/2020 @ 5:52 pm
Good to read that you helped that waitress. Surprised that she’s unable to make the $60 payment despite being married. Is her hubby unemployed or something? You didn’t just get scammed, did you?
Creepy pics of the transgendered you. At first, I thought the first such photo was of you and an ex-wife. Ha ha! Silly me.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/June/2020 @ 5:47 pm
Impressive views of an impressive hike! You guys are all beasts! (I mean that in a positive way.)
“And I don’t recall a finer view than this one.”
You could also say that about the photo that immediately follows it. Quite a beautiful country. Take away the heat and humidity, and I’d love to at least visit.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/June/2020 @ 5:18 pm
Here’s hoping it’s a good first “official” date. She seems like a nice gal. Good luck to you both!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/June/2020 @ 5:13 pm
Is that what happens at the end? You guys break up the ice block?
Glad to know you could get some normal shopping done.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/June/2020 @ 7:35 pm
Good luck with the Hash, and with other things.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/June/2020 @ 12:34 pm
A too-thick layer of fat on the meat can be problematic: putting a spice rub on a fatty layer means the spice won’t penetrate the meat itself, so that’s kind of a waste. I’ve discussed this on my own blog re: the way people (like Linus in Itaewon, who leaves a fat cap on his brisket—blech) prepare brisket. As a general rule, cut off any excess fat. It doesn’t do much for flavor unless you cook the meat low and slow for several hours in an oven. Even then, the rendered fat is more useful when turned into a nice sauce.
Anyway, for what it’s worth, the meal looked good!
“I deem it beer o’çlock.”
With the cedilla underneath the “c,” that would be pronounced “beer oh slock!” Man… you and that wacky keyboard.
“I hold these truths to be self-evident. Now let’s see if I can adhere to them for a change.”
I don’t think #1 is a problem for you.
The ladies seemed happy, at least, so despite your own disappointment with your food, I think the evening was a success.
If the pork isn’t behaving the way you want it to, try shredding it and then simmering it in your favorite marinade or BBQ sauce. You can get great tips by watching the BBQ Pit Boys on YouTube. In particular, there’s a technique called “the Texas cheat” that it might be good for you to master. It’s not a hard technique at all, but it’ll definitely improve your final results.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/June/2020 @ 3:09 am
Good luck as you cook for the ladies! I hope to see a bunch of food pics.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/June/2020 @ 3:34 pm
“…but if I don’t hit the spacebar after the quote it defaults to the umlaut.”
What the hell sort of freakish keyboard are you using?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/June/2020 @ 3:25 am
“This is one of the Hash Ön-Home locations.”
By putting an umlaut over the “O” in “On-Home,” you’ve created a new brand of ice cream. Congratulations!
As for “Bestank,” my reading was black slang: “Dat be stank, yo!”
Your just-under-10K urban walk looks good. Do you trust those wet markets? I have to say that the phrase “wet market,” which I’d never heard before the pandemic, sounds quite unappetizing.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/June/2020 @ 5:49 pm
I’m not much of a swimming-pool guy, but I wouldn’t mind dunking myself in that pool if it meant finding relief from the oppressive heat.
Looks to have been a good Hash. Welcome to the new members! May they never drink out of new or dirty shoes.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/June/2020 @ 8:58 pm
I’ve read both versions of The Stand and find them better than the TV version(s) that came out. I think I like the original novel a bit more because (1) it’s shorter and cuts out a lot of unnecessary plot, and (2) the extended version includes the ending where Randall Flagg reappears, which cheapens everything that came before and alters the situation from a definitive Armageddon to something more like a repetitive, samsaric, Hindu cycle of creation and destruction.
You’d think that a religion student like me would appreciate the expanded novel’s subversion of Christian imagery (to wit, the move away from linear history—i.e., events culminating in Armageddon—to cyclic history, i.e., events being part of a repetitive circle), but I guess I was looking for definite closure. The shorter version of the novel provides that.
“Later that night things went to shit big time.”
Gonna guess this is lady-related. You’ll have noticed that I stopped commenting on your love life for a year or so. My thinking is that I’ve said about all I can say from my admittedly limited perspective, given that I’m not a lady’s man (or is it horndog?) like you. Either you’ll figure this relationship stuff out for yourself, or you won’t. The other reason why I stopped commenting on that aspect of your life is that I began to cringe at my own tone and attitude: who the hell am I, after all, to presume to advise you on something I know next to nothing about? Sure, I have general insights on human nature, but I’m certainly not living anything like the life you’re living. You’re better off reading the online insights of other Western expats in SE Asia. So I’ll simply say: good luck with that. And please consider that a standing “good luck” for every future time that you blog about something going disastrously wrong. (And if the “turning to shit” has nothing to do with women, I apologize for wasting your time with the above verbiage.)
As for this:
“I really, really need to get off my ass and start taking steps to make some positive changes in my life. I’ve been in a “satisficing” mode for too long and to my own detriment. I believe I deserve better but it’s up to me to make that happen.”
Maybe it’s time to plan a long hike along the Appalachian Trail…? I don’t know. I do know that living with a purpose, even a limited-scale one, is better than living without a purpose, so if you can find some sort of ambitious project for yourself—something that takes a whole month or a whole season to do—you’ll end up feeling fulfilled, and maybe something of a badass. You could learn something new, like wood-carving or clay sculpture or Filipino martial arts. (Or Tagalog!) Carving/sculpture-related lessons abound on YouTube, and they’re free.
Good luck with the next COVID-19 Hash!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/June/2020 @ 2:27 pm
Just a quick note that the gun-grabber video was filmed in France, not the US. For a fraction of a second, you can see a street sign that is obviously French. The gun-grabber might still be an Antifa guy, but he’s likely a Frenchie.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/June/2020 @ 2:06 am
The gun-grabbing-gets-an-immediate-reward video was utterly satisfying. Reminds me of the video of the female rioter who gets clocked by a man (here). Sorry, no gallantry on my part when you’ve chosen to be part of a fucking mob.
The “mauvaise foi” video was good. “Existence precedes essence” is a central concept in post-WW2 French existentialism. The idea is that your life is ultimately building towards its final form: you’re a work in progress until you die, so from this perspective, you exist first, but your essence—the totality of who you are, that toward which you are building—can’t be known until you’re dead (and when you’re dead, you’re not there to appreciate that essence… oh, well). Basically, people like Camus and Sartre were saying that the cosmos is absurd and fundamentally meaningless, so it’s up to you to live an authentic life, making your own choices and following your own élan wherever it leads.
A lot of “intersectional” people (which would include most of the current rioters) really ought to watch the video you embedded: they’re all about claiming victimization and lack of alternatives because of The Man, or because Orange Man Bad, or because of some other whites-related bullshit—bullshit that has nothing to do with the fact that any one of these dumb, lazy cunts could make a goddamn effort and pull him- or herself out of his or her situation. Grrr.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/June/2020 @ 11:13 pm
«« Back To Stats PageYeah, the “flot” root is a clue that flotsam floats. Jetsam might or might not be debris that washes ashore, but it’s usually thrown overboard. For French speakers, it’s easy to remember that the verb flotter means “to float” and jeter means “to throw,” so a “franglais” mnemonic would be that flotsam always floats while jetsam is cast (i.e., thrown) away—maybe to float, maybe to wash ashore.
English words sometimes change to more clearly reflect their ancient roots. For example, the verb “to float” contains an “a” next to the “o,” but that “a” drops off in the noun “flotation,” whose “flot” root brings us closer to the Latin original. Same goes for the “u” in “devour,” which drops off the -vor- (= consume) root in words like “carnivore” and “voracious.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/June/2020 @ 7:49 pm