OT - What are you doing right now?

Ozzie_Isaac

FarmingPhD said:

lousubcap said:

@FarmingPhD you can never have too much chocolate in a chocolate chip cookie. I would destroy that tray.  Great results.
BTW- breakfast of champions "Chocolate chip cookies and beer!"  

I would be remiss if I didn't say that those nachos look great but...

I agree on the breakfast of champions minus the beer..... I’d be a failure of a father if I didn’t teach my kids that desert makes some of the best breakfast, cookies, pie, cake...

Is Pie really a desert?  I think Pie is its very own category.

WeberWho

FarmingPhD

Ozzie_Isaac said:

FarmingPhD said:

lousubcap said:

@FarmingPhD you can never have too much chocolate in a chocolate chip cookie. I would destroy that tray.  Great results.
BTW- breakfast of champions "Chocolate chip cookies and beer!"  

I would be remiss if I didn't say that those nachos look great but...

I agree on the breakfast of champions minus the beer..... I’d be a failure of a father if I didn’t teach my kids that desert makes some of the best breakfast, cookies, pie, cake...

Is Pie really a desert?  I think Pie is its very own category.

I believe that is a valid statement, I need to conduct an experiment of trying pie in comparison to deserts to see if I would classify it as one.  I’ll try selling it to my wife that it’s for the good of science!

Ozzie_Isaac

FarmingPhD said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

FarmingPhD said:

lousubcap said:

@FarmingPhD you can never have too much chocolate in a chocolate chip cookie. I would destroy that tray.  Great results.
BTW- breakfast of champions "Chocolate chip cookies and beer!"  

I would be remiss if I didn't say that those nachos look great but...

I agree on the breakfast of champions minus the beer..... I’d be a failure of a father if I didn’t teach my kids that desert makes some of the best breakfast, cookies, pie, cake...

Is Pie really a desert?  I think Pie is its very own category.

I believe that is a valid statement, I need to conduct an experiment of trying pie in comparison to deserts to see if I would classify it as one.  I’ll try selling it to my wife that it’s for the good of science!

Take one for the team!  Nothing is more noble than the pursuit of knowledge.

ColbyLang

Driving south to finish the rebuild on my best friends camp. Totaled in Hurricane Delta. Moving in furniture! Setting plumbing fixtures and buttoning up electrical. Gonna be a loooong day

JohnInCarolina

Evaluating graduate fellowship applications for the DOE.  Fun!

CPFC1905

JohnInCarolina said:

Evaluating graduate fellowship applications for the DOE.  Fun!

My preferred approach to such situations is thus;
1) gather all applications
2) print
3) access high vantage point of building
4) drop applications
5) decesend to landing site
6) secure the 3 most distant from arbitrary locus
7) read some of the content of each
8) allocate award/prize/grade/job to the person I wanted anyway, or who obviously supports Crystal Palace.  (Sometimes I just go for funniest name)
9) warmly congratulate myself.
10) Go back to Egghead forum.  

I bet you do some hoity-toity, la-di-da ethical sifting, don't you?   What with your intellect, moral compass, meritocratic values and altruism. 

JohnInCarolina

@CPFC1905 - ha!  

We are paired up at this stage, so at some point I will meet with my partner to decide which applications advance to the next round.  So there's a good amount of accountability there, as most of our discussion will be spent on the applications where we disagree about whether or not they should advance.  I actually have to be able to defend my recommendation to a colleague who also holds a PhD in a STEM field.  

I have been part of this program for more than 20 years, and so at this point I actually read each application relatively carefully.  My experience helps in the sense that at this point I'm fairly efficient at this, but each one still takes me about 15 minutes to read and score.  

FarmingPhD

Pancakes

Foghorn

I'm doing something similar.  Proctoring the annual standardized exam for my learners while reviewing applications to the program in preparation for an interview day on Monday.  @CPFC1905, back when we had paper we used your technique but now we use an exam created by some industrial/organizational psychologists to help us screen the applicants - in addition to actually reviewing the applications.

GATraveller

FarmingPhD said:

Pancakes

Dude. You are crushing life lately. Keep it up! 

CPFC1905

JohnInCarolina said:

@CPFC1905 - ha!  

We are paired up at this stage, so at some point I will meet with my partner to decide which applications advance to the next round.  So there's a good amount of accountability there, as most of our discussion will be spent on the applications where we disagree about whether or not they should advance.  I actually have to be able to defend my recommendation to a colleague who also holds a PhD in a STEM field.  

I have been part of this program for more than 20 years, and so at this point I actually read each application relatively carefully.  My experience helps in the sense that at this point I'm fairly efficient at this, but each one still takes me about 15 minutes to read and score.  

borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring   

WeberWho

Couple rounds of breakfast 

FarmingPhD

@WeberWho oh heck yes!

FarmingPhD

Pit beef on, good day for a low and slow with spitting freezing rain and snow later.

WeberWho

FarmingPhD said:

@WeberWho oh heck yes!

A much needed pick me up for a group of us. A good base for starting the day. Liquid lunches and some more fishing on the menu.

Lit

Liking the new blues hog bottles

Foghorn

Foghorn said:

CPFC1905 said:

Flags at the ready - I’m back, back, back.  A heady blend of cup matches, C-19 raddled mid-week games and life in general arrested my greatly admired series of football posts. But hey, mundanity prevails so I can share with you again.  

Oh, before I forget - yes I agree the 2-0 series win by England in Sri Lanka was a pleasant surprise.  Roll on India for a sterner test.

Saturday

Everton v Newcastle,  the Toffees have Rodriguez back as their creative dynamo, the Toon are abject. 2-0

Palace v Wolves, ponderous Palace are already in no-mans land at the foot of mid-table but right next to Wolves. 0-0 please. That’s how desperate I have become. 

Man City v Sheff Utd,  hello who is this other team from Manchester purring like a Rolls?  Oooh aren’t they gorgeous with their delicate interwoven football, tight defence and eye for a goal.  The Blades beat Man Utd but will get proper humped this time out.  4-0.

West Brom v Fulham, the two almost worst teams clash - well bump in to each other at very low velocity.  Could go either way, 1-1.

Arsenal v Man Utd, not the testosterone fuelled spite-fest it once was. However, it will be goal laden and I feel frisky,  so 3-2.

Southampton v Villa, meh similar teams so being at home prevails, 2-1

In the Championship the Potters have stalled and @Eoin will have to settle for progress amounting to mid-table mediocrity.  They travel to Huddersfield and will draw. 1-1

Sunday

The team formerly known as Super-Frank’s Chelsea are henceforth titled Chelsea.  Yes, he’s gone and the love affair ends. Not the shortest tenure but just below average.  Looking for a bit of Liverpool style resurgence, an animated alliterative affable German has been recruited, Thomas Tuchel.  What larks.

Burnley, the well practiced mood-sponges of the league, are due in town.  So stuttering 1-0 win for the Chels’

Leicester v Leeds, the screaming scrotum is having surgery but the foxes remain fiery.  3-1

West Ham v Liverpool, the Hammers are mysteriously in 4th place,  to won’t last. 1-3 and Big Jurgy has the Scousers back on form.

Brighton v Spurs,  Kane is crook and life’s a struggle again for moribund Jose.  But surely they can dispose of the filthy Seagulls without exceeding a canter? 0-2.

I perceive any attention as good attention, so flag all you like. Tally ho!

Thanks for that. It look like (to me at least) you are largely spot on - with one exception.

I have to confess a bias, but I also think that teams that lose games they shouldn't - and are frankly embarrassing - tend to bounce back strongly.  I'm going with Man U 2-0 over Arsenal.

Looks like we were both wrong @CPFC1905

ColtsFan

This is supposed to be rain. 

alaskanassasin

Calling for 4-8” of snow here @ColtsFan I cannot wait, I love plowing snow and drinking beer!

bucky925

Tonight is chili and a movie.   I'm trying to decide between We Were Soldiers and Kellys Hero's, I was gifted both at Christmas.   Leaning toward the less dramatic of the two.

MasterC

Bring on the snow. Had this for 2 years, maybe I'll have the chance to try it out.

lousubcap

bucky925 said:

Tonight is chili and a movie.   I'm trying to decide between We Were Soldiers and Kellys Hero's, I was gifted both at Christmas.   Leaning toward the less dramatic of the two.

Pulp Fiction coming in from the bull-pen is always a winner!  Then no further choices/decisions to be made.  Trust me on this one   
Or apply your better judgment.  Great to "see" you last night.
Stay healthy and safe out there-

frazzdaddy

We were soldiers 

GrateEggspectations

MasterC said:

Bring on the snow. Had this for 2 years, maybe I'll have the chance to try it out.

^^^ What the pope uses to clear his driveway, but in white. 

SGH

Farting 💨 like a Bay Mule. 

SciAggie

I’ve got meat marinating overnight. A fire is roaring in the wood oven. I’ll let the oven settle overnight so I can cook gently tomorrow. Birria tacos are on the menu for tomorrow evening. 

CPFC1905

bucky925 said:

Tonight is chili and a movie.   I'm trying to decide between We Were Soldiers and Kellys Hero's, I was gifted both at Christmas.   Leaning toward the less dramatic of the two.

Is it just you and me that have a soft spot for We Were Soldiers?   It's so often overlooked in lists of of great war films. I have watched is several times, which is rare for me.  
I know some find the denouement scene (avoiding plot spoiler) a little over-blown. 
For my money it pays good service to; historical context, human impact of war and how leadership is founded on situational awareness - best example being that Rick Rescorla was a platoon leader. 
Sam Neil, straight out the Sean Connery school of acting.  He's great (Sam, not Sean - he was a nasty bit of work).

GrateEggspectations

SciAggie said:

I’ve got meat marinating overnight. A fire is roaring in the wood oven. I’ll let the oven settle overnight so I can cook gently tomorrow. Birria tacos are on the menu for tomorrow evening. 

Purely for interest’s sake, can you advise as to the timeline, from starting the fire to tomorrow’s cook? What kind of residual temps exist when you “cook gently?”

SciAggie

@GrateEggspectations I closed the door on a hot oven last night about 10 o’clock. My expectation is that by noon or so I’ll be down to temps in the 350 degree range. I’ll put the meat in and let it cook for 3-4 hours.
That’s the plan... I’ll document today and we’ll see how it goes.