Never Not Funny!

And never gets old!! Sorry for the commercial, but hulu had the best version.

Scrambled Eggs

Who would have thought scrambled eggs could be so complicated. It's something I've made probably a hundred times and apparantly I've been doing it all wrong. My ex-roomy Jeff went through culinary school and I don't know how we got around to talking about scrambled eggs last night, but it happened somehow. So he brought up the youtube video below of Gordon Ramsay making scrambled eggs and he swore by it! Well, I just tried it out and I have to admit, its my new way of making them. However, a big disclaimer in that I really don't think its for everyone. I've always prefered my eggs (whether scrambled or in omelet form) to be a little on the runny side. As you can see from the video, that's certainly the case here.

The big difference from how I, and most people, make scrambled eggs is that we whisk the eggs up before putting them in the pan. You'll see that he doesn't even heat the pan beforehand with oil or butter or anything, he just puts the butter and whole eggs in to start, and then starts stirring them over the heat.

Ignore all the stuff about mushrooms, bread, tomatoes, etc. I'm just focusing on the eggs themselves. Also, he adds something like "creme fresh" or the like at the end. Jeff informed me that sour cream would work just fine, so that's what I used. The end result is an extremely creamy and "fluffy", almost too runny but very tasty scrambled egg. The weird thing is that its not TOO runny. If you notice at the end when he pours it over the toast, it doesn't just ooze all over the plate. It still keeps its form on top of the toast.

Try it out once for yourself. Maybe you'll like it and maybe you won't.

The First Moon Landing

As today is July 20th, I thought I'd pay homage to the anniversary of the first lunar landing. Enjoy the live feed of the very first moonwalk, unedited. Disclaimer, the astronauts first words on the moon were highly edited for television, so this raw footage might not be suitable if you're at work or around children.

When will it end????

Snow. I want snow!!!! I want to have to start my car 15 minutes before driving it to de-ice it! I want to bundle up during the day and snuggle into bed at night while an arctic wind whips at the windows and blizzard conditions prevail as children everywhere excitedly anticipate a snowy escape from school! I want to have to pay for a premium car wash to make sure the rock salt is cleaned out from under my car.

What brought this on? I just got in from walking the dog at 3 o'clock in the morning. Yes, 3AM, not the afternoon. The CURRENT TEMPERATURE IS 93 degrees!!!!!!! 93 freaking degrees during the coolest part of the day! To top it off, we actually have a 25% humidity, which for the desert, is very high! I can definitely feel the humidity too.

Two more days of work, including frying my hands on the car steering wheel, walking through the blast of 140 degree hot air in the parking garage, and generally being in a sweaty, pissy mood until my first day off in 8 days on Wednesday when I'll be able to escape the heat and enjoy a day of hiking in 85 degree weather at Mount Charleston.

When Pigs Fly

In case you haven't heard, David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed together last night at a charity event in England for the first time since 2005! Wow!! I did not believe it at first, but the picture is worth a 1,000 words! Full information about the event can be found at David Gilmour's blog (posting for July 11th) at the following link:

Gilmour's Blog

Forever is a Long Time

So I just ordered stamps online at the USPS web site. I ordered 3 books of 20 forever stamps, which should probably last me about 3 years!! I didn't do this in reaction to the impending rate hike (which I think will occur next January). I just needed stamps and wanted to make sure I wouldn't have to worry about buying new ones for a very long time.

First, it was a royal pain in the ass ordering stamps from the fine folks at the United States Postal Service. I had to create passwords, security questions, lower case letter here.....upper case letter there....at least one number...etc. etc. Billing address, shipping address....HOLY SHIT! I JUST WANT TO ORDER STAMPS!!!

The oddity is that I had to pay $1.00 shipping and handling. Huh?? Couldn't they just take one damn stamp out of one of the booklets I was ordering and mail it to me that way? I'm ordering a product from the service that sends me the product and I have to pay shipping on that product?

This 20 minute ordeal is a microcosm of why the USPS is in so much financial trouble! UPS and Fedex......you have my business!

Flu Bug

I just got through a quick and brutal battle with a flu bug that I came down with last night after going to bed. I went to bed about 3 hours before my normal bedtime knowing in the back of my head that something was wrong. About 2 hours later, I was battling to get out of bed over the dog who set up shop right next to me. Here's the kicker, for dinner last night I fixed Danielle and I a gigantic Pittsburgh Primanti Brother's style sandwich, with roast beef, cole slaw, fries, provolone....the works!!!

Well at 2am last night, "the works" found their way back up and out! Like most big battles with the flu, I wasn't really sure whether to sit or kneel the past 24 hours. I almost thought I had a case of food poisoning, but since Danielle is fit as a fiddle, that seems unlikely. The only reason I first questioned the flu is that I haven't had a case of it in over 3 years (since before moving to Vegas). But the symptoms fit......nausea, the squirts, joints ache, being warm (possible fever), dehydration. It hasn't been too fun.

I'm going to give work a try tomorrow though. I really can't afford to be missing too many days given how slow its been and how bad tips are these days. If I can muscle through 8 hours tomorrow, I'll have 2 days off to recoup. Wish me luck.

Oh, and to Jenn in Michigan who reads this blog every once in a while, sorry. I was supposed to meet with her and her husband tomorrow night after my 7-day stretch in the casino, but that's not going to happen. Sorry!