I made this dish last summer and Jake must’ve eaten half of the chicken. He’s been asking about it ever since, so since the weather finally got a little warmer this week, I put it on the menu. He enjoyed it just as much this time as the first. Jake’s not what I’d call a picky eater, but he doesn’t usually eat with as much gusto as when he’s eating beer butt chicken. I have a theory about this–it all goes back to the name of the recipe. I don’t think dinner would’ve been half as interesting to him had it been called something like “Grilled Beer Basted Chicken”. That just doesn’t sound exciting. So, I think I need to pull a Calvin’s mom on him and start naming the recipes something that would appeal to a six year old. Perhaps I will pull a recipe from the Calvin & Hobbes file and make stewed monkey heads soon.
friday night
Last night, a couple Brian used to work with came over for a visit. I had met both of them before on an occasion or two, but this is the first time we all got to sit down and talk. And, talk we did. Jake happened to be at my parents last night, so it was nice to have an evening with adult-only conversations going on. His stay at my parent’s was not planned specifically for the evening, but it worked out nonetheless. I guess this fulfills our socialization quota for the week, though we did not leave the house.
the godfather: part iii
We finished the Godfather series last night. The third movie in the series wasn’t as good as the first two, but it was still worth watching. There were a number of scenes (particularly the opera one) that dragged on longer than seemed necessary. Part of the problem was that we watched it over two evenings, so we kind of lost some momentum in the passing 24 hours. Luckily, the Sopranos start back up in a few weeks, so we’ll get a good mafia fix in April.
some days you eat the worm, some days the worm eats you
In my new job, I’m learning all sorts of stuff. I started off with SQL and now I’m working in ASP.NET. Throw in a little ADO.NET with the two other things and that adds up to a lot of Google time. I was checking out an article on the GridView control today and proceeded to read the comments on it so that I might glean some more information. One person used the salutation “Worm Regards” to sign off on their comment. He/She wasn’t trying to be funny, but it sure gave me a chuckle.
ocean’s 11
Despite the fact that this film starred Brad Pitt, I didn’t like it. I had high hopes for it, too, but I guess it just wasn’t my kind of movie. Or maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for it. Or maybe it was because Brad Pitt was fully clothed the whole time. I don’t really know. Brian wasn’t into it, either. So, I guess I can remove Ocean’s 12 and Ocean’s 13 from my list.