Dinner with the new mommy

My sister in law had a baby two weeks ago so i am helping out by cooking for them once a week, last night i made her a roasted pork tenderloin, quinoa with sauteed zucchini and a cesar salad, yum it turned out pretty good! someday i will have pictures for these meals i make!

books fluttering around him

"[One] should live with more books than [s]he reads, with a penumbra of unread pages, of which [s]he knows the general character and content, fluttering round him."
--Economist John Maynard Keynes 

Bourbon Chicken

There is this hole in the wall street food place that serves the most delicious bourbon chicken! so i attempted to make it at home, with all the fixin's mac and cheese (patti labelle's there is no other!) and sauteed cabbage yum! all in all it came out pretty well, but next time i would boil the bourbon before adding it to the marinade as the alcohol imparted a bitter flavor (the leftovers also made me tipsy!)
 I don't really use recipes, or write them down for that matter so here is a basic version of what i threw together

1/4 c bourbon
3 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs brown sugar (husband sez put more in next time)
1 clove garlic smooshed flat

this was added to 6 chicken thighs and marinated overnight.
next day remove chicken from marinade (marinade may be saved to turn into a glaze, just make sure you boil the heck out of it first! don't cross contaminate cooked chicken with raw chicken marinade!) pat dry grill or bake until done...

excerpt from Confetti Allegiance: Love Letter to Jim Brodey by CAConrad

If we were gods we wouldn't need to invent beautiful poems, and that's why our lives are more interesting, and that's why the gods are always meddling in our affairs out of boredom.

greatest burn ever

let me say this, i have never claimed to be the nicest of people... so, my friends and i play this game, im sure you're aware of a version of it, it's the "that's your boyfriend" game. this game needs at least two people and can be played pretty much anytime anywhere. here's the premise, while being somewhere in public with your opponent you scan the crowd. people on the street, in passing cars, whereever is fair game... find the most unfortunate person on the street, the winners are usually drunk, or dirty, or morbidly obese or fugly, whichever your preferred brand of physical prejudice, say if your friend usually likes tall guys make sure their "boyfriend" is markedly short. anyway i think you get the point, find an unfortunate person and point and say "hey there's your boyfriend", there are pretty much unlimited options to add to the burn as well, "oh hey there's your boyfriend, i had no idea he was out of jail yet" or "hey it looks like your boyfriend finally got a job" about a homeless person, any burn will do...
so my husband and i like to play this game, well i like to play this game he usually doesnt join in, but the other day we were driving around and he points out a man on the street "hey look honey, there's your boyfriend" i was floored that he was playing so i looked and looked and i didnt see anyone that really fit the point of the game so i said "you mean that guy? he's not that bad, baby i dont think you get the point of the game", to this my husband turns to me an says "maybe i just have higher standards".... oh damn, he really got me there...im still laughing and the burn still stings just a bit...