G recently celebrated his birthday and made out like a bandit. There were dinosaurs (of course), some legos (not unexpected) and a Speed Racer car to wash things down. He was a little confused as to what to play with first. So they all played together it seemed like. Littlest sis managed to make it into town for the festivities and it was good to see her. Although I was unable to see her for part of the visit as M decided it would be a good idea to get sick again. Her timing is either impeccable or a little off depending on your point of view.
I have recently run across a couple food related blogs that are my new best friends. First up is A Hamburger Today. I'm sure you can figure out what it focuses on. It makes me constantly hungry for burgers. I suspect my new goal in life is to develop my own version of the perfect burger. We have a decent patty (although I would like to try a few different varieties) and we're close on the bun. I want to try potato rolls next. They will be toasted (my new favorite thing). Toppings so far include cheese (of course), tomato, pickle, onion and a bit of ketchup and mustard. I'd also like to experiment with some of the flavored mayos. (Garlic mayo!) As you can see my summers will be filled with grilled meat and toasted buns and... sorry need to go wipe up some drool.
On a different food front I present White on Rice Couple. I happened across them when I heard about a lovely sounding srirachi mayo dip/sauce concoction. I stayed for the pictures and the other recipes. We've actually tried their garlic noodle recipe and it was great. I have high hopes for that mayo sauce. And a bunch of the others. If it's not already blatantly obvious, I rather enjoy food. And recipes. Lovely wife is always giving me a hard time for bringing home more recipes. But when you have access to a lot of cooking magazines I dare you to not come home with a lot of recipes. We actually make some of them. (I think summers will focus on burgers and winters will focus on chilis)
So we watched the remake of Friday the 13th. I think remake is not quite right, more reboot. They at least gave a nod to Jason's mom in the first couple minutes, but then spent the rest of time with a slightly more physical, not as slow/menacing Jason. Different. Not bad, but different. It might prove interesting if they really do plan on rebooting the franchise. There was a variant of the sleeping bag death found in Jason X that was certainly more visceral, if not as amusing. I really like Jason movies. Voorhees, Bourne, something about Jason movies...
Finished off Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Steampunk zombie novel. I don't know that I really need to say more than that. It's set in an America where the Civil War didn't end quite like it was supposed to and decided to go on for a few more years. Story takes place in Seattle, so the War is only mentioned in passing. You have airships and goggles and zombies. It's a fun little ride. Recommended.
An early nod to lovely wife's Dad's upcoming birthday. I'm sure he will spend it eating Alice Springs Chicken at Outback.
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