Open Thread

[filkertom]

Running errands, recording, maybe getting some BBQ. Have fun, play nice.

Comments

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Here's a fun little comic...

http://idrewthis.org/

[ericthemage.livejournal.com]

This would be fun for Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Methinks I'm emotionally scARRRed....

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Ye should mention that that's a LOUD sucker of an MPG.... otherwise, AVAST! Evil Stevie, here's something ta shiver yer timbers....

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

[snort][chuckle][guffaw]

*RAWK* Pieces of eight *RAWK*

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

He needs an animatronic parrot!

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Looks like Hagrid. Sounds like Hagrid, a little.

[ericthemage.livejournal.com]

An animated Hagrid would be ubercool.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Well, Hagrid's not in it, but it IS animated!

http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/potterpuppetpals.html

And the sequel-

http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/potterpuppetpals2.html

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Fresh, colorful and bursting with wrongness!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Almost as wrong as this (http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/sexy.swf), this (http://www.eviltrailmix.com/aisha.swf), and this (http://members.lycos.nl/likwi/potion.htm). (And don't forget the hidden "film" inside Trouble at Hogwarts.)

Tee hee!

Just out of curiosity...

[kiarrh.livejournal.com]

where do you get your BBQ, Tom? We've got the Sonny's and Smoky Bones chains down here, plus tons of mom&pop places all over town, but I'm wondering where you go when you want it. :)

Re: Just out of curiosity...

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Two locations, mostly.

Red Hot & Blue (http://www.redhotandblue.com/) is my first choice for ribs. Their dry ribs and pulled pork are just stunning. huskiebear adores their smoked sausage, especially in the appetizer platter with the cheddar and pepper-jack cheese. Anne dotes on their banana pudding. And their baked beans are fantastic.

In Ann Arbor, there are several places that do all kindsa BBQ... but Zingerman's Roadhouse (http://www.zingermans.com/) learned their trade from Ed Mitchell (http://www.mitchellsbbq.com/home.html), and their whole-hog pulled pork is not only wonderfully smoky and flavorful (with an amazing vinegar that gives it a hell of a nice bite), it's actually frickin' cheap. $6.50 for a half-pound, which, along with, say, some green beans and some cheddar biscuits picked up from Red Lobster, is a spectacular meal.

(There's a place in Ann Arbor called Smokehouse Blues (http://www.smokehouseblues.com/). huskiebear and I went there once, and thought that everything smelled great but had almost no actual flavor once we started eating. That was when it first opened, years ago; it might be different now, or maybe we just got a bad batch. But it was enough to put us off the place to this day.)

If nothing else is available, I'm willing to be talked into trying local places, but my mind and heart shift into steak mode -- less chance of being disappointed. :)

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

bother bother bother. bother bother.