In the comments to yesterday's entry, a mysterious bloke/schlady named wyoming posed an intriguing question: Will I be mailing out another ACL Fest sampler CD? I'll answer this one with a few questions of my own. Is Chewbacca's favorite word "RARGHHARRRRR"? Does Delta Burke like fudgesicles? And finally, is my knowledge of the rivers of Europe extremely hazy? The answer to all of these is YES. However, don't send me any addresses yet; right now, I could only use that info for mailing you boxes of manure. I'm weeks away from mailing anything so just leave me the hell alone, you deranged lunatics. (I will make the formal announcement early next month.)
In case we have any pyromaniac bachelors out there, I thought I'd share the cooking schedule I devised while the little lady was out of town.
Sunday: Smoke a bunch of pork and chicken
Rest of week: Eat the left-overs. Mix in one of those pre-made bags of salad to prevent scurvy.
It sounds like it'd get old, but the "Mmmmm... smokey" region of my brain always triumphed. Why smoke the food? I have absolutely no data to back this up, but I think that smoked foods taste better after refrigeration. Also, they make you smell like a cowboy on a cattle drive. Why not include some beef? Again, no data, but I don't think beef is good as a left-over. Cook it, eat it, and if there's any left, fling it on your neighbor's roof.
One more thing: Laura and I went to see the second installment of Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. I liked it; in fact, I like any movie where the hero is a drunk guy in make-up with a sword. With words taken directly from a 10 year old girl's mouth, I actually told Laura the other day that, "Johnny Depp is definitely my favorite movie star." I then posted a hundred blog posts to my myspace account and french kissed my pillow for an hour.
However, despite all of that, I do not think that the second installment will stand up to repeated viewings. I can't see that I'd ever want to go back and just watch the second part of the trilogy, as I do with the Two Towers, the Empire Strikes Back, and Godfather II. It's more of a bridge between the first and third movie, like Back to the Future II, except that unlike Back to the Future II, the second Pirates installment won't make you want to set Michael J. Fox's houseboat on fire.
Posted by Cody at July 12, 2006 6:00 PM