Changing it up this year – corned beef for Thanksgiving:
Brining 4.5 days instead of the recommended 6-7 as I had a bad experience brining a pork loin for more than a day. Also, used 1/4 cup less salt, and adjusted spices because this is a 2.5 pound brisket, not 8 or 10 pounds. Recipe after the jump.
Title: “I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats”
Author: Francesco Marciuliano
Rank: 72
Blurb: “The author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.”
Sample Cat Poem:
I lick your nose
I lick your nose again
I drag my claws down your eyelids
Oh, you’re up? Feed me
Review: “Easily knocked to the floor. Repeatedly.”
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Footnote: Much better than you would expect from the author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth.
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Penguin: “I’ll ruin this town! Gotham City will be Twinkieless! I have hoarded all the Twinkies by hypnotizing the Twinkies delivery men.”
Commissioner Gordon: “Batman, this is terrible. All the Hostess Twinkies have disappeared from Gotham City. We need your help desperately.”
Batman: “Emergency, Robin! Get to the Batmobile!”
Robin: “My seat belt’s as good as fastened.”
Meanwhile, in Norfolk…
BREAKING NEWS; The ORE Duck head is missing. While skydiving today, it came loose & plummeted to earth. A search is ongoing. No joke.
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) November 16, 2012
We have been in frequent correspondence with four separate people in Eugene today — three of them on campus — and nobody has brought this crisis to our attention.
Also, we’re laughing our ass off.
UPDATE: A campus source informs us that the Duck Head has been found. Probably doesn’t smell any worse than usual inside.
“If all 47 million food stamp recipients voted for President Obama, it would account for 75.4 percent of Obama’s 62.3 million votes.” [CNS News]
Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster: “In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day. Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in (these) towns knows anyone who’s black. How did that happen? I don’t know. We’re going to find out.” [Portland Press Herald, via Political Wire]
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