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[nem 2,019]

video or it didn't happen!

vids or

Sweet!!

[nem 2,019]

Bought a Kill A Watt to play with...should be fun...

I bought one of those too and have been slowly tearing down the saltwater aquarium ever since.

[///M5 2,833]

Last night I woke up with a cramp in my left calf. A little later I had a cramp in my right calf. Then it was a cramp on the bottom of my left foot, then the bottom of my right foot. I was like WTF is going on here?!?!?! I worked out yesterday, but only my upper body. I was like this shit is ridiculous.

Eat a banana.

[///M5 2,833]

video or it didn't happen!

vids or

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[nem 2,019]

All of this talk about shellfish is sure making me hungry for conch and coconut.

[topgun 262]

Just downright 'Bitchin Tom.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

This is scary:

[Adrian_D 520]

video or it didn't happen!

vids or

[Adrian_D 520]

Growing your own veggies is awesome.

So far we've got tomatoes, peppers, chilli peppers, onions, some garlic and some egg-plants in the garden

[seanbw 1]

done with powerpoint for the summer! no more goddamn presentations to give, just a poster colloquium tomorrow and then i cashout friday.

speaking of sea food it'll be time to dip into that stipend and treat myself to some of the local surf 'n turf. i get pretty spoiled living a mile from the greatest ocean on earth

what fish do you have that are local right now?

i'm not sure what's in season and that sort of thing but we seem to have an endless supply of fresh caught assorted bass and halibut as well as crustaceons and shellfish. apparently they even catch salmon, bonita, barracuda and yellowfins off the channel islands here.

You'd be surprised how much of that is flown in...

probably everything except the fish marked "fresh local" but even then some restaurants have a little trouble telling the truth. most of the salmon i've had lately was scottish farm salmon.

[seanbw 1]

I dunno about this year. My grandma is on her way out and they are measuring time in weeks..... And if she goes I don't forsee grandpa really wanting to hang out for much longer either.

That would make some 6 funerals this year, and after the 2 this week, I'm all done with greif.

I'll share some so you don't feel so alone. Got a call today from my mom, she said my aunt that beat breast cancer 7-8 years ago has cancer again. This time it's in her lungs, blood, lymph nodes, and bones, and is terminal. I guess the only thing they can do is give her a little bit of treatment to keep it from going to her brain as long as possible, which is inevitable and is the lethal part. They said likely 12-15 months.

At first I was sad, obviously. Then as she told me more details, like how she has gotten PET scans every two years (that's how they found this, saw the bumps in her lungs) and chemo pills or shots or something every couple of months since her breast cancer days, I became more pissed at the doctors for not catching it earlier, perhaps when it was still treatable. It seems to me that if it's already in four different systems, that it's had a bit of time to manifest (granted some cancers move fast), and I just thought that a PET scan only every 2 years was very inadequate for somebody who had just beaten cancer in their 40s.

similar thing happened to my mom, her cancer was supposedly in remission but because she was receiving improper cat scans it spread throughout her body without being detected until it was too late. cancer's a real shitty part of life, and pretty unavoidable. the only thing my dad and i could do for 5 years was bite the bullet and try to make her feel as comfortable, appreciated and loved as we could.

[seanbw 1]

fresh fishy t0p!

[///M5 2,833]

done with powerpoint for the summer! no more goddamn presentations to give, just a poster colloquium tomorrow and then i cashout friday.

speaking of sea food it'll be time to dip into that stipend and treat myself to some of the local surf 'n turf. i get pretty spoiled living a mile from the greatest ocean on earth

what fish do you have that are local right now?

i'm not sure what's in season and that sort of thing but we seem to have an endless supply of fresh caught assorted bass and halibut as well as crustaceons and shellfish. apparently they even catch salmon, bonita, barracuda and yellowfins off the channel islands here.

You'd be surprised how much of that is flown in...

probably everything except the fish marked "fresh local" but even then some restaurants have a little trouble telling the truth. most of the salmon i've had lately was scottish farm salmon.

And by Scottish it was probably Chilean or Norwegian as together they produce nearly 80% of the world's salmon

Didn't mean to pick on you with the local, I am curious as I get the "we live next to the great ocean" from my colleagues in Orange County all the time stating no good fish is found in MN. I get amused when they don't know a single locally caught fish so ie they are eating flown in fish as well. My question to you was serious as the next time I am in the area it is what I will eat

[///M5 2,833]

<--really like fresh local ingredients

[///M5 2,833]

And shit, if they can't be local at least expedite their shipping so that they come here fresh.

[seanbw 1]

<--really like fresh local ingredients

i'm with you sean, my cousin's husband is a lobster fisherman here in town so i get fresh lobbies from time to time too. i'm positive you can get our local halibuts as well as striped, calico and sea bass that comes in at stearns wharf year round. i think you would really dig Bouchon and Elements, they're the two best restaurants in town imo. bouchon is a more traditional french/californian and elements is a fresco fusion style california cuisine, both restaurants have the philosophy you look for in food; only local, seasonal and fresh ingredients.

http://www.bouchonsantabarbara.com/

http://www.elementsrestaurantandbar.com/index.html

bookmark them in your blackberry or something

[seanbw 1]

first entree on the menu at bouchon this week:

Pan-Seared Pacific Fresh Local Sea Bass

fennel-roasted fingerling potatoes, sauteed summer squash

rustic sweet basil pesto and Santa Barbara olives relish

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[Penguin4x4 1,761]

is it deer season yet? or something? Lots of dead ones on the road recently

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[topgun 262]

What the fuck???

[///M5 2,833]

<--really like fresh local ingredients

i'm with you sean, my cousin's husband is a lobster fisherman here in town so i get fresh lobbies from time to time too. i'm positive you can get our local halibuts as well as striped, calico and sea bass that comes in at stearns wharf year round. i think you would really dig Bouchon and Elements, they're the two best restaurants in town imo. bouchon is a more traditional french/californian and elements is a fresco fusion style california cuisine, both restaurants have the philosophy you look for in food; only local, seasonal and fresh ingredients.

http://www.bouchonsantabarbara.com/

http://www.elementsrestaurantandbar.com/index.html

bookmark them in your blackberry or something

Bookmarked

[///M5 2,833]

first entree on the menu at bouchon this week:

Pan-Seared Pacific Fresh Local Sea Bass

fennel-roasted fingerling potatoes, sauteed summer squash

rustic sweet basil pesto and Santa Barbara olives relish

28.

Sounds great. Thank you.

[///M5 2,833]

Funny

[seanbw 1]

first entree on the menu at bouchon this week:

Pan-Seared Pacific Fresh Local Sea Bass

fennel-roasted fingerling potatoes, sauteed summer squash

rustic sweet basil pesto and Santa Barbara olives relish

28.

Sounds great. Thank you.

s'my pleasure!

[seanbw 1]

What the fuck???

x2, i don't think the a .17 hmr neck is going to hold the pressure levels generated in a bmg case for some reason...