Andrew Mcdiarmid

MGT/350 - WL09-G2401 Grades through Week 5

Cumulative Score: 95/100 (95%)

Critical Thinking, 95/100, GRADE: A

WOHOO

THE TEXANS:
Ok. everyone in the theater must have thought i lost my mind when i yelled at all the bears i was at the movie with. "HOW THE HELL DID THE SCORE GET TO 28 THAT FRICKIN QUICKLY?"

but jacksonville.....lost as well. so is all lost?

its just hard to root for a team that does this kind of performance

2012 THE MOVIE:
Without spoilers, its just a good ol fashioned disaster flick with massive effects sequences.
wouldnt buy the DVD but i'd recommend renting it with a large HD screen.

I was up at 645am this morning ready to go into work. Actually even on days off anymore my body wakes me up no later than 630-645am and says "bathroom. now please. thanks". i guess i am getting to that age when "peeing" regularly is a good thing. Its like my own body clock.

Sometimes i try to go back to sleep i rarely sleep past 8.

it drives friends a little buggy.

i was done with my work at 9 and called a friend to see if they wanted to do breakfast. I woke them up. Sometimes i can be too perky for my own good.

So now the project that could have taken all morning is done well in advance. So i have a saturday ahead of me.

SIGNING
This afternoon all the nazca plains authors are coming into Black hawk leather to sign books this afternoon. Its my first book signing outside of smokeout. It is a little bittersweet as i realize that putting writing on hold (just like chorus) while i am in college is important and relavant. i will sit down and do some creative "mind flow" writing once in a while just to keep my mind in the groove. But i do look forward to celebrating my bachelors degree by writing something dark and sinister...with teeth.

BOOTING
Tonight is Fall Fetish night at the Ripcord so i'll be shining boots slowly and with fire. Normally when i bootblack i tend to follow the bar rules i was taught with. Shine fast, Shine well, get the customer back out to his friends. Tonight is all about spoiling the person in the chair. Lighting the bootpolish on fire. and lavishing the person in service. It is more spectacle boot blacking than "getter done" bootblacking. That probably doesnt make sense to many. but it works for me.

SHOUT OUTS.
Hoping all is better on the lpbear and dleemusic front.

drew out

SWEET AND SAVORY BREAD PUDDING UPDATE:
i found this recipe:
http://bootedintexas.livejournal.com/489070.html

Ok. even put the laptop on the passthrough in the kitchen and watched Giada do each step and then repeated it myself.

A. who knew parsnips smelled so damn wonderful
B. brown sugar, cinnamon, and brandy. wow.

its in the oven. it comes out in a half hour.

will have to resisting "tasting" it before i go to the party.

I'll take photos of the baked goodness.

OMG my house smells like a cinnamon roll.

Kata Robata. It got a great write up in last week's Houston Press.

It is probably the nicest new place in the line of "Sushi" places popping up in Houston.

But. its the fish and chips you have to try.

but this isn't your mother's fish and chips by any stretch of the imagination.

It is tasty little morsels of cod (with one side of the skin left to keep the piece solid enough to get to your mouth).

Oh and when it does. soft. perfectly cooked. a foodgasm.

Probably one of the best meals i have ever had in houston. It was FRICKIN AMAZING.

yes. thats drool forming at the edge of my mouth. i will go back again...for more.

Fish and chips presentation at its coolest, below (clicky to embiggen)...you know you want to.....

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LYRICS: Bought a ticket Destination Nowhere I am going Then he smiled It'd been awhile He said Goodbye bye bye bye love She worked at the transfer station No last words or consolations Why, I never lied She cried Goodbye bye bye bye love He then took her off He checked his line The years went by He found himself best he could find Then a letter Posted nowhere Regards I've arrived Am doing fine I missed you mine Come save my life My love, my life She then put him on She checked her line She took her time And on her heart she relied Bought a ticket Destination Nowhere I am going Then she smiled It'd been awhile That smile Goodbye bye bye bye love Train pulls into nowhere There he stands A field of flowers For his hands My love he cries I missed you mine Come save my life She says don't cry Was only time Moves in a line And then she smiled And said besides I'm just passing bye Bye bye bye bye love Bye bye bye bye love Bye bye bye bye love Goodbye

I chose Giada DeLaurentis as my recipe source this year..

i am going to try this out.

Prep Time:12 min
Cook Time:45 min
--Serves:
6 to 8 servings.

Ingredients
•2 tablespoons butter, plus extra for greasing the pan
•1 pound butternut squash, peeled, and cut into 3/4-inch pieces
•4 parsnips, peeled, and cut into 3/4-inch pieces
•Kosher salt for seasoning
•Freshly ground black pepper for seasoning
•1 (1 pound) loaf brioche, challah, or sourdough bread, cut or torn into 1-inch pieces
•3 cups heavy cream
•8 eggs, beaten
•3/4 cup brandy
•1/4 cup vegetable oil
•3 tablespoons brown sugar
•2 tablespoons cinnamon
•1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, chopped
Directions
Set an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish. Set aside.

In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the butternut squash and parsnips. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes until slightly softened. Set aside to cool.

Add the bread to a large bowl.

In another bowl mix together the heavy cream, eggs, brandy, vegetable oil, brown sugar, cinnamon and thyme. Pour the cream mixture over the bread and toss gently to coat. Add the cooled vegetables and toss until the bread is coated. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the bread pudding is puffed and golden.

PUMPKIN FLUFF
This is relatively low cal.

One tub of fat free cool w(wh)hip
One larger can of pumpkin pie filling
One package vanilla pudding from jello
one half the recommend milk for said jello
two heaping teaspoons of cinamon or allspice

Fold all said ingredients together...till fluffy.

Put in graham cracker pie shell, or put in parfait glasses and "chill".

i make this every thanksgiving...along with

SAUSAGE GOODNESS
THIS IS VERY HIGH CAL, BUT IS TURKEY DAY RIGHT?

One tube sage sausage (sage is important,, other than sage not as good)
One half large block of WHITE velveeta. (Kroger makes a great white queso velveeta knockoff, so does HEB)
Can of Rotelle (you choice of mild,

Brown and drain sausage, put in crock pot
Cube and dice velveeta, put in crock pot
Open and Drain Rotelle, put in crock pot.
Turn on low for an hour hour and half, with lid on the crock pot
(stirring every 15 minutes), with lid off the crock pot

If you like your dip a little more "runny" that thick and cheesy before removing from crock pot add 1/4 cup of milk and stir.
The milk will let it remain cheesy but will make the dip less ... "thick".

Scoop into serving dish, and serve with tostitos "SCOOPS"