OT - What are you doing right now?

nolaegghead

GrateEggspectations said:

Watching little man wield the remote.

Is it annoying to have your TV up that high?  I suppose you get used to it.

nolaegghead

PS - cute kid, nice house

GrateEggspectations

nolaegghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Watching little man wield the remote.

Is it annoying to have your TV up that high?  I suppose you get used to it.

You only saw it in stealth mode. This was one of the best recommendations we’ve ever gotten. (I hear it’s great for viewings of some new movie about John Dolbow or someone.)

Thanks for the house compliments, @nolaegghead. As I think you know, we moved in within the last year. A modest house, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves any happier in our home. I am grateful for every morsel I can grab a hold of. 

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

Watching little man wield the remote.

You have some cool art on your wall, my man.

nolaegghead

Nice.  I should have known you figured that one out already. 

lousubcap

@GrateEggspectations - Great photo of one of kids who "own" the palace.  A spectacular place, just coupling this with all the photos you have shared with your decorating and designing of a very family enjoyable home.  Never mind the vehicular traffic that graces the streets.  Congratulations on all fronts.

alaskanassasin

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Watching little man wield the remote.

Is it annoying to have your TV up that high?  I suppose you get used to it.

You only saw it in stealth mode. This was one of the best recommendations we’ve ever gotten. (I hear it’s great for viewings of some new movie about John Dolbow or someone.)

Thanks for the house compliments, @nolaegghead. As I think you know, we moved in within the last year. A modest house, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves any happier in our home. I am grateful for every morsel I can grab a hold of. 

 That made me laugh out loud. Well played sir.

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Watching little man wield the remote.

You have some cool art on your wall, my man.

Thanks a lot. We’ve been big art fans for years. More than you want to know, I’m sure, but we met studying the arts. The piece on the right was purchased on our honeymoon some 13 years ago. We owned a Mustang at the time and the frame of the painting was literally bending to fit inside of the coupe for the long-haul drive home. We’ve picked up a few pieces along the way. Most recently, I’ve bought quite a bit of art in the classifieds. If you know what you’re looking for and are scrupulous, you can pick up some absolute bargains, even for well-known artists. The piece on the left that you see was purchased for a song from a collector that also owned originals from celebrated photographer Yousuf Karsh. 

I bet you have some cool pieces, John. Have been meaning to start an art thread for a while. Thanks for nudging me over the line. Hope to see you contribute there. 

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap said:

@GrateEggspectations - Great photo of one of kids who "own" the palace.  A spectacular place, just coupling this with all the photos you have shared with your decorating and designing of a very family enjoyable home.  Never mind the vehicular traffic that graces the streets.  Congratulations on all fronts.

Thanks, and you’ve got a great memory, Frank. The beasts will soon be on the prowl. Seen a few already, now that the snow is gone. Bet yours has seen some action as of late. 😎

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Watching little man wield the remote.

You have some cool art on your wall, my man.

Thanks a lot. We’ve been big art fans for years. More than you want to know, I’m sure, but we met studying the arts. The piece on the right was purchased on our honeymoon some 13 years ago. We owned a Mustang at the time and the frame of the painting was literally bending to fit inside of the coupe for the long-haul drive home. We’ve picked up a few pieces along the way. Most recently, I’ve bought quite a bit of art in the classifieds. If you know what you’re looking for and are scrupulous, you can pick up some absolute bargains, even for well-known artists. The piece on the left that you see was purchased for a song from a collector that also owned originals from celebrated photographer Yousuf Karsh. 

I bet you have some cool pieces, John. Have been meaning to start an art thread for a while. Thanks for nudging me over the line. Hope to see you contribute there. 

We do have some cool pieces by local artists, as well as gifts from my students.  I’ll contribute for sure.

SGH

SGH

Eoin

Pork butt onto the XL this morning. Going to run closer to 300F today as I'd like this ready to eat in around 10 hours.

GrateEggspectations

SGH said:

Are you living on one of them new Musk colonies on Mars?

SGH

GrateEggspectations said:

Are you living on one of them new Musk colonies on Mars?

Unfortunately not. I’m stuck in a refinery. I try hard to avoid them now that I am older and crippled up. But once every couple of years I have to go back to them temporarily. 

ColbyLang

@SGH, Shell/Royal Dutch?

GrateEggspectations

This really belongs in the music thread, but I’m just introducing my son to the classics and couldn’t find that thread. 

If you haven’t before seen this, do yourself a favour and watch it from start to finish without interruption. Haunting. Funnily enough, my folks grew up in Toronto and saw some neat acts at the El Macambo over the years. Not him though, unfortunately. 

https://youtu.be/KC5H9P4F5Uk

GrateEggspectations

SGH said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Are you living on one of them new Musk colonies on Mars?

Unfortunately not. I’m stuck in a refinery. I try hard to avoid them now that I am older and crippled up. But once every couple of years I have to go back to them temporarily. 

Guess there’s a price to be paid to keep you in good supply of Roundhouses and Feather blades. 

TEXASBGE2018

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ColtsFan

Making a ham glaze. Kind of a mash up from egret’s maple bourbon paste/Ron’s peach preserves and I added hot honey and cardamom. 

TTC

Enjoying a long weekend with the family. Visiting oldest son at Purdue. There is something awesome about a good college town, and whilst it is in the middle of nowhere Indiana, we really enjoy visiting. 

Battleborn

Sideways picture of Redwood country. 

Eoin

It was ready for tea. Made some slaw and got some soft rolls to go with it. 

johnmitchell

Mommy blue bird did not disappoint my morning coffee this morning on the porch

GrateEggspectations

johnmitchell said:

Mommy blue bird did not disappoint my morning coffee this morning on the porch

Like nature is celebrating Easter. 

Sea2Ski

@johnmitchell, I love it when you post pictures of what is going on in that birdhouse.  That is just way too cool. 

ColtsFan

Burning brush. Started yesterday but the winds decided to kick up to 25mph so quickly extinguished it. Calm morning now. Happy Easter!

GrateEggspectations

Watching little man tear up the asphalt in his roadster. 

alaskanassasin

Nailed the ham. Thank you @egret

Battleborn

Got home from our vacation on the Oregon coast. Drove back home down Highway 101 into California, through the Redwoods and into Willow Creek (home of Bigfoot, which my youngest is obsessed with). Traveled through a bunch of country that I haven’t seen before. Much needed relaxation and decompression.