Late night cooking series...part 2

Well, this is a picture of the Extreme Classic Clubhouse sandwich I made for my wife and I a while back...please note that this is indeed homemade maple bacon in the sandwich, pan fried black forest ham, roma tomatoes, not sure if it's Miracle Whip or Mayonaise, but either way is real good. We've also got some spices in there (not revealing all my secrets!) and the whole is on toated Villagio Whole Wheat bread. Hmm...getting hungry just thinking about that sandwich...

btw - previous late night cooking pic in Nov '05 post

-SkEEtEr-

Meet the Colonel...

Here he is, the newest addition to our household (like we needed another animal) but here he is indeed in all of his cuteness...the Colonel; named after Colonel Sander's, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not because we want to dip our kitty in a seasoned batter then pressure cook him...because since we got him, he's got a thing with licking fingers and stuff...so...finger licking good...Colonel Sanders...Colonel!!! So that's his name.

We had also considered calling him Tito, Nermal and J.R. (from the 80's TV show Dallas), but colonel stuck the best...

I'm missing the playoffs!!!!

Dammit...I cancelled my cable subscription a couple of months ago and thought...hey, I could do with just watching some movies or TV show's we have on DVD. We have more than 300 different titles to choose from so it seemed like a good idea...

But here I find myself, the Oilers looking like they are going to make the Stanley Cup finals and I am without any TV and going almost mad...every time I'm in front of a TV screen at a restaurant or someones house I can't help but watch the hightlights...I'm like a member of a Huttarite colony, just glued to the screen. So finally my wife tells me to get something hooked up again but it's not that easy...there is always a waiting time...arghhh...so I think I've decided to go with a Star Choice High Definition system...will go good with the plasma TV...but I got to wait for an installer...hopefully not too long!!!

Anywho...reading the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy Trilogy right now...I'm just finishing the first book...it's a real hoot so far!!!

-SkEEtEr-

The Da Vinci Code...

I decided to read the infamous book "The Da Vinci Code" this week and I was surprised at how quick it read! I started tuesday morning and by yesterday afternoon, I was finished...probably about 17-20 hours of reading...but I'm not sure.

All in all, I am very satisfied with the book. I found it to be a good thriller of sorts and I was always finding myself hooked to keep reading and learn more. The author really does a good job a developing the story in a way that you are always wanting more and more...find our what they mean...leaving details out like the memory that Sophie has of her grandfather when she broke contact with him. Although I did guess (well, the individual was one of my three guesses) who the villain was.

The thing that I really enjoyed was the presentation of controversial information. I am a catholic, but I found the claims and evidence presented to support the claims to be of sound mind. It leaves the reader questioning the real world but remembering that this is a fictional story...the locations, facts and information portrayed in the book are true claims made in our world. The fiction is that this book presents this information as being true, but leaves room to say that if we do not want to beleive the claim, that is ok.

Anyhow...I hate being the one who might spoil a surprise, I just wait with anticipation for the movie to come out...and looking at the cast, I think they did a pretty good job. I didn't like it quite as much as Foucault's Pendulum, but a very good book indeed. I think I've read more books this year than I did throughout my entire high school!!!

-SkEEtEr-