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While out taking vineyard photos today, I came across an old house that had been nearly torn apart by harsh weather and vandals. Funny thing is that the house is so far out in the country. It’s hard to imagine vandalism happening out there. Bummer. Cool photo, though.
Tags: House, Jason, Photography
With my wife on an out-of-town trip for a little while, I’ve been doing lots of fix-it projects around the house, paint touchups, changing light bulbs, etc. I have also taken advantage of being able to go to some of the more redneck eating establishments in town. First stop was, of course, Buster’s BBQ! I had baby back ribs and brisket with BBQ beans and coleslaw. The brisket and ribs were amazing - easily the best I’ve had in 5 years or more. Wow! No exaggeration.
Needless to say, I was the only guy in the BBQ joint with an iPhone taking pictures of brisket.
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
Ferdinand Foch
Everything is funny as long as it is happenning to soebody else.
Will Rogers
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank
If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
Harry Truman
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
Better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
Aeschylus
The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good.
Abigail Van Buren
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana
Shallow men believe in luck, wise and strong men in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the spiderweb of facts, many a truth is strangled.
Paul Eldridge
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson
The basis of a democratic state is liberty.
Aristotle
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
Peter Drucker
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Benjamin Franklin
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
Benjamin Disraeli
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Vote early and vote often.
Al Capone
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
He who does not thank for little will not thank for much.
Estonian proverb
The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.
Confucius
The body says what words cannot.
Martha Graham
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington
Ou patience will achieve more than our force.
Edmund Burke
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Samuel Johnson
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Thomas Macaulay
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
One’s work may be finished some day, but one’s education never.
Alexandre Dumas
Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds.
George Eliot
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
Dale Carnegie
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha
You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
French proverb
Money is like an arm or leg: use it or lose it.
Henry Ford
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin
Tags: famous quotes, good quotes
What a treat! Fresh Oregon lamb, right off the farm - grazing Monday, on the grill Wednesday! I made this 4 pound leg of lamb in a very simple way - rubbed with plenty of olive oil, salt, hand-crushed pepper, fresh picked rosemary and a large handful of fresh garlic, then grilled to perfection. Whoa - good stuff!
Tags: bbq, leg of lamb
Our friend Jerry has a huge farm where all kinds of goodies are grown. Codi and I were given a big assortment of fresh-picked, organic Oregon strawberries. We had a big block of Swiss chocolate in our pantry, so Codi got the bright idea to whip up a very large, high calorie batch of a-m-a-z-i-n-g chocolate covered strawberries. They only lasted 2 days. Frankly, it’s surprising they lasted that long! (I had some for breakfast!)
Tags: chocolate, cooking, Oregon, strawberries
Someone actually bid on this item and paid $59.99 for it! Optional $3 shipping! Wow.
I love the safety line - “I will not scam you.”
I was checking some airline prices for a summer trip to Florida when I stumbled upon this doozy. What is Alaska Airlines thinking? A year ago, Codi and I headed back east for about $350 round trip - for the both of us! This represents a 2000% increase. Bull-honkey.
lu·di·crous
1 : amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
2 : meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
3 : Alaska Airlines’ pricing scheme
It was a gorgeous pre-summer day, so Codi and I headed out to the Portland Rose Gardens to enjoy some outside time, take some photos, etc. The sun was extra bright, so pictures didn’t come out quite like I’d hoped. Some of them are pretty decent, though. Here are a few examples:
Codi and I went to the Allstate Festival of Balloons with four friends and their G-Force loving kids. Although there were no balloons at the festival while we were there, we had a great time going on some of the carnival rides. We took some good photos, but this quick and jerky video probably gives the best impression.
(The video was taken with a pocket-sized Vado camcorder made by Creative Labs. $99. Not bad. The original video is cleaner. Conversion to Flash dropped the quality quite a bit.)
I had a hankering for BBQ the other day, so I stopped by a rather popular BBQ restaurant. It was highly recommended. As soon as I arrived, I noticed some things that I should have paid better attention to.
1. Hand written sign on door: “Jiggle door handle. It’ll open.”
2. Inside restaurant: distinct smell of cats.
3. Quote from chef/cashier: “I’m so nervous. I’m here all by myself.”
4. 75% of the people who walked in, looked around and left rather quickly.
I toughed it out and got my BBQ sandwich. Sharp stomach ache followed about 15 minutes later. Woops.
Tags: Bad BBQ
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