¡Viva Chipotles!

After consultation with Torgo, I made a batch of his TorgOil, an infusion of chipotle chiles in olive oil.

It's a wonderful mix, the hot smoky chiles in the oil. I only had one minor injury while chopping up the dried chipotles in the Cuisinart, when I got too close and inhaled a bit of it. Whoo-aw, that's some spicy atmosphere.

The finished product is full of rich olive oil flavor and smoky, smoky chipotle burn. Woohoo!

Kings Island Smoked Cheddar

Now that's some cheese, ladies and gentleman. Whoo-aa that was good.

And there is NO DENILE!

I was just whining about the fact that one of my favorite bands from the 80s, Rank & File, was abandontunes and I didn't want to rip it from vinyl to mp3 because I'm lazy bla bla and BOOM! stimps tells me she thinks it's being reissued. A search reveals http://www.cowboynation.com/ which says YES! Rhino Handmade is putting out a Rank & File retrospective on the 21st.

I am now a very happy cowpunk mouse.

wlonkly will appreciate this

Tonight after a delicious sushi dinner with my friend Ami, I went to Diedrich Coffee as usual to slack and chat. Talked a bit with Bave and Dethya and Irish Dan and foo2rama, a nice evening.

As we were preparing to leave, the staff was cleaning up, and the harassed young guy cleaning up tables was working pretty fast. People smoke on the patio, a lot. They smoke for the government. Big cigars, cigarettes, cloves, probably crack. Everyone smokes.

And it stinks at times. But as I talked I thought "someone has a really bad cigar" and then "no one smokes PLASTIC". Sure enough, the kid had dumped the ashtrays into the garbage can and it was burning pretty well. I called out to him "garbage fire out here, better put it out."

Then I watched the garbage can smoulder, me and a couple of the disorganized guys from the NA/AA meetings that always show up on Thursdays. For a few minutes. And then one of them noticed the hose nearby and we put it out.

A few minutes later the kid came out of the kitchen with a glass of water which he proceeded to redundantly dump in the garbage.

I forgot to remind him not to dump that garbage into the dumpster until it's really, really out. Like maybe tomorrow. I hope he doesn't.