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thank you... feeling's mutual. :P

We had hard freeze here too for a few mornings in Jan... for us, it means fewer crickets this summer... which is good. Lots more frost damaged trees than usual here... but today was a dang fine day.

It was a dark and stormy night... oops, no, THAT's tomorrows weather forecast. Today, sunny and warm, temp at my house in the mid-70s. Action at Scottsdale Stadium (home games for SF Giants during spring) is happening! I drove by there on my way home this afternoon...

Well... keeds, some among us might be thinkin to themselves that I, as it were, am FULL of baloney already! ;) I don't know nothin bout Gene Slavit, but I have spoken recently with our brother Simon... as is his manner, he has been an industrious lad... but he does stop by for coffee and to see what we've been up to... like you uns, I sure miss his wit and wisdom on this our thread. :D

Here in the Valley of the Sun, we SAW snow (off in the distance) a couple of weeks ago... a few of the mountains to the east and northeast of Scottsdale had snow on them for one day... fortunately or unfortunately, that's as close as it got to me... obviously, I'm not in the midwest. Aren't you glad you don't live in Upstate NY?

AHA! Finally, some INSIGHT as to why the gals made such a big deal about JL leaving.... Yes, his "romantic" stories were quite... how shall we say, titilating!

Indeed... the jambalaya had substantial moisture in it... and when finished, still (almost) was the consistency of a thick soup.

ALSO... there have been several folks seeming to speak FOR JL... as if they believe they know what he intended. Maybe they do... but it seems to me that the honorable thing for him would be for HIM to tell us what he means. None of this changes that I'm pleased as punch that he's gonna do what he needs to do... even if I do think he.... hhmmm, how shall i say this... can have his moods from time to time too. (like most of us).

No dear heart, I was NOT saying that! :wub:

I got a box of four of those liners for about $2 at Walmart yesterday... 50 cents each bag. It seems like a lot... but it sure did make clean up easier. :D A couple of weeks ago, I got a magazine with a bunch of recipes and other tips about slow cooking/cookers. This morning, I made my first concoction from one of the recipes. I made a Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya. It was awesome. AND I have about two thirds of it left, now in containers cooling in the fridge, getting ready to go in the freezer. Thems was some gooooood eats!

It's about frickin time Jeff Fassero retired... And WHAT is Chad Tracy doing in a list of Rangers prospects for 2007? Last I heard, he was (is) the starting 3rd baseman for the Dbacks....

One thing I don't get... Why ANYONE thinks they need to trash the people who can see through Jonny's ... whatever ya wanna call it. Like Kathy said, JL hardly needs anyone's defending him here. He's a big boy. He can take it... OR leave it.

Not only that, but I can you we have green chili AND have it be the truth! :) I've not made my own green chili sauce, but any grocery store here has fresh chilis (several different varieties). I buy produce at a store that markets largely to Hispanics... so there's an excellent selection. Back in 86-87, I shared a (rented) house with one other guy. When we moved in, there were a whole bunch of Anaheim Chili plants and they were already producing plenty of peppers. At that time, we experimented with making salsa... but I think I can do even better now... but I don't really have any place I can plant any veggies and have them get enough sun. So, I work with what I get at the store.

TU coolchef... I bet you could make some awesome salsa, too....! :)

Man I'd love to be listening to Vin calling a game... he's the best in history, IMNSHO! If Vin Scully makes it to Spring Training in AZ, I'll make it to at least a game or two...

Oh... just leave it to our imagination(s)! I won't guess as to who the culprit might be, but could niKa have had to scrape the aftermath off of the walls of the microwave? Hopefully it wasn't anything but a fun lesson for the niKa clan! ;)

Too bad indeed. Oh woe wizz us! Sorry Jonny, I tried to suggest this thread continue to be about you... I was overruled, however.

my sediments exactly... even if I do wonder about things out loud.

1) YES. 2) NO... just an observation. People have left before, those who feel a need to leave... leave. Those who are looking for something (perhaps sympathy?) set up some drama. No big deal either way... AND this thread really should NOT be about me... WeOUT and Dooj...

btw, correction: vinegar IS added, by way of adding Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (milder than the red) to taste. That also adds some salt.

Who's gonna moon whom? I'll bring some homemade salsa if someone wants to bring chips or anything else that might go well with homemade salsa. (I just posted my recipe on the Food in your Region thread in the kitchen forum).

Well, I live in the great American Southwest (Arizona). Mexican food is one of the big regional things here. A couple of weeks ago, I bought a KitchenAide food chopper. I had seen the guy on the food channel who does the Easy Entertaining show using one. It's not motorized. It only holds about a cup of stuff to chop or have been chopped at a time. Basically, it's spring loaded, rotates as you punch it down repeatedly, and chops veggies, herbs and nuts (probably other stuff too, but I've only done veggies and herbs so far. I wanted to be able to easily chop onions and garlic, both of which I love very much. Well, I started making a homemade salsa that has been really good... well, I like it anyway. I first clean and get the stuff ready to chop (peel onions, etc.) For this salsa, I use Onion Tomato Garlic (raw or roasted) Cilantro and can use a variety of fresh peppers. So far, I've tried fresh, raw jalapeno (without the seeds) and roasted pablano (also without the seeds). When I'm cooking in the oven or on my outdoor grill, I like to roast bell and pablanos peppers. After chopping each of the ingredients listed already, I mix them together (experimenting with proportions) and add lime and/or lemon juice (freshly squeezed), grind a little bit of sea salt into it, add some chili powder and a few grinds of fresh cracked pepper (this from a grinder container made by McCormick spices containing several varieties, like black and white peppercorns, coriander and a couple of other things I forget which now). After I mix it all (and of course, sample the taste), I put it in a sealed container and let it sit in the fridge for a while (to let the flavors mingle and mix). It's REALLY good... I might have to make a habit of it. Of course, it's a fat free concoction, and low sodium (I hope). A very tasty way to get your daily servings of vegetables.

Dooj, I agree with you on the concern for the voyeuristic nature of this kind of news... but it doesn't come from Hollywood, per se. This is a by-product of a news culture with its priorities totally screwed up. The cause of the news culture problem? Probably due to inordinate emphasis on the need to turn a profit. That skews news judgement and important news, that which explains what is really going on in the Halls of Power (figure of speech), is trivialized by diminished coverage, just as voyeuristic coverage of Smith's death AND Lisa Nowak's meltdown (which has both legitimate and voyeuristic aspects to it) are trivialized by virtue of the coverage being elevated above things that should be covered or covered better.

Indeed... it IS time for baseball to get started! Question for you Hiway... don't you think it makes sense for the Dodgers to train in AZ instead of FL? What are your thoughts?

Would that be the "Church of the 18 Links" ? Weather's been great in Cactus League land all this week... maybe some rain early next week, but clearing by the time training camps open up (next Friday, noon MST for the Dbacks in Tucson).