Ate faux sixteen

It’s all about the numbers today Fans. Eight, four, sixteen, 8/4/16, however you slice, it is beautiful, melodious and has that certain ring to it. Eight is magic, four is half of 8, 8x8=16, four squared is 16. Let’s begin …

Early Thursday morning. Coffee is dripping & getting hot. The soliel is about to rise & get hot. I work later this morning & it is going to be hot. No escaping this little side effect of summer.

I played golf last night. Not everything I anticipated, expected & very forgetable. My partner Clint & I got paired with that little despicable person from Raytheon AGAIN and another totally clueless idiot.

First the despicable creature was no less ‘charming’ (see sarcasm) than the first meeting. I have invented a brand new word to describe such a person. It is of course an adjective and he is best described as cactoidal. Webster will say 'cactus-like or resembling a cactus'. And 'that not worth getting near or touching'. In this case, avoid & maintain a safe distance whenever possible for a long as possible. No filters whatever and Clint & I talked about if they were doing these things psychologically playing some ‘head game(s)’ but I said probably not for they were just too plain stupid.

On guy, my opponent, actually stated when I was laying up from the rough and a very bad lie intentionally playing a shorter shot to avoid a hazard and possible penalty that he ‘didn’t think I was smart enough’ to do that. I mean that’s OK and I certainly wasn’t crushed by such a statement however such a thing could & should be used among friends of the closer variety and under jovial circumstances & conditions. See what I mean No Filters ?

Anyway, I am thinking under a different set of conditions, like on ice between the red line & blue line, I take SERIOUS offense to a statement like that from the a/hole and ask if I heard him right THEN we GO.

Yesterday I received an email from Walt. He is back in town after his brother’s funeral in Indiana. The email had a link to an article from the Huffington Post that featured his older brother Bob. It was written by one of his former students and touching & revealing.

Bob was a high school English teacher and respected & highly regarded. The article was a fond tribute and I was glad Walt shared it. It tried to ‘like’ it but was asked to sign into facebook first so I said to self ‘that’s alright but no thanks.’

Digging deeper as I usually do, this former student was an ordained minister in a ‘church’ or perhaps better a ‘conclave’ called the Church of Nones & Dones. Briefly again, it is sanctuary for them without an organized religion (the nones) OR for them that are dis-, unsatisified or unfulfilled with existing organized or traditional religion, you guessed it, the dones.

Weird. Just a little don’t YOU think ? Just pass the collection plate por favor.

Yesterday was Virginia’s birthday. She flew in from Zurich for a supreme dinner of barbecued seafood and salads.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT AND ARE RECIPES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS FREE ?

Nix 'free'. What do you think I am running here a 'non-profit ?'

Of course I can expound a bit.

In a sturdy & stout pouch of aluminum foil, wrap an ear of fresh corn, (I broke it in half), a couple of thinker slices of potato, some mussels, shrimp and a couple of lobster tails. Drizzel w/ evoo, some lime juice & a slice or two of the lime and one meaty chunk of jalapeno.

And some bacon bits & dried onion bits as well to round out the flavor profile.

I am finding such a process to be most difficult to over-cook and goes over-the-top crazy good. BTW clean-up is a breeze.

There was a warm potato salad & grande tabbouleh salad with a room temp chardonnay.

I billed the account a cool $750 (US).

Also yesterday morning a couple of business appointments. I picked up some scrap boards, lumber cut-offs from Randy at Norton's Custom Furniture & Cabinets in McK. He has TONS he is looking to get rid of to a good home.

I had lunch with Lars at the Cadillac & we discussed etsy accounts, apps for processing plastic trannies (transactions in this context). Also wood & projects. He clued me in on a new gallery open in McK that I should investigate.

They have LOTS of painters & photographers but no carvers & few sculptures which is the niche I am going to target with the tropical fish in the near future.

I work today at 10:30 which means preps must begin by 9:30 ideally a little earlier.

There are four (4) wooden fish, two (2) shorebirds and one (1) duck here on the table next to me as I write begging for eyes. The projects take on a new life with the glass eyes inserted.

The training ride yesterday morning was FAB. Proper tire inflation cannot be over-emphasized for importance. Completed 21.5 km in LESS THAN one (1) hour. This is swift & quick but there was no wind, light traffic and no question a day or two of rest factored in as well.

Got a phone call from FB. S2 was notified of RIF at his work and numbero dos grande was in the oven & on the way. Yep. Yours truly is going to be a grand daddy again if all goes well. In the March time frame close to FBNG. When axed, NG was NOT excited at first but is GRADUALLY WARMING to the idea.

Time will tell.

Isn’t life grand ?

Today's image, one of many of the flock of the flamingos from Rio Lagartos. Worth 1000 words.

Chow for now