Texas Sized Doughnut

I shot up to Austin this past weekend
to play alittle golf w/ my dad; unfortunately
I forgot to take the dig camera.
I did however bring one of these home.



Recently, that award winning TV show,
"Man vs. Food" (ok, but it COULD win an
award at some point) showcased this place.

The Good Life

If for some reason I'm off on the whole "Christian" thing & the Hindus or Buddhists (or both, whichever) are right about reincarnation, I wanna come back as a pet in my own household.

Curb Appeal

The oldest now has her drivers license and she's an excellent, tho inexperienced driver. She passed her driving test w/ flyin colors. She aced the parallel parking, nailed the complete stop at lights portion; she even did well at signal while changing lanes part, which most forget to do.




Missed it by thaaaat much.








Normally she likes to have
her picture taken.



Unfortunately they don't teach fancy sunken parking lot landscape pit avoidance in drivers ed.

Walls Only

Sheetrock.

It comes in sheets (and trust me) after awhile, it does fill like your hefting rocks. For the past couple of years I've hung alot of it; I've taped and floated alot of it; and I've sanded it..alot. Texture too: orange peel, montery, acoustic (pop corn for you laymen), knock down, heavy splatter, old world; even the occasional old-school sand-tex. No complaints, it pays the bills. But occasionaly someone actually wants to PAINT their house. So w/out further ado, I present to you a Reck interior paint job...walls only.

Got walls?

Going For The Green

No, this isn't a golf thread. I decided to do some tests spots on my lawn, 'cause ya know, I want to paint it. That's right, I'm going to paint my yard. Now, before you think I've done too much varnishin in poorly ventilated spaces, let me just say that this could be the beginning of something big....or not.



The blade on the left is live.
The one on the right was dormant
until I sprayed it.




Testing...



Who knows, maybe one day this
green will produce some real green.


Anybody want their yard painted?

The Texas Edition

Well, I finally pulled the trigger & purchased a truck. So, let me introduce the '05 Ford F-150...Texas Edition.



Thankfully it uses
87 octane.






Will it stay
this clean?

You bethcha!




How bout a shout out to
the UAW!

Never thought I'd say that.




As for the ol '98 Windstar, it did it's job well. I'll miss ya old friend.



Tho it's only been a couple of days,
somehow, it seems it's been there all along.

It's Like Givin Rum To A Turkey

Finally...Florio's Pizza. Let me tell ya, that's some good za. Unfortunately if ya ask for blk olives they go alittle over board, but other than that, quite tasty.





Talk of Florio's New York style pizza goes all the way back to the now defunct Glenn Beck Blog. Our friends, Nestor & Carmen, were in town this weekend so we decided to meet up and give it a try. As "former" Yankees (they're both just a yr shy of that coveted "Official Texas Citizenship") and NY style za connoisseurs, they assured us, that once upon a time (been several yrs since they ate there), Florio's was top notch. It was. I also learned that the proper way to eat za is to fold it over, which serves a dual purpse; it keeps the toppings on and you get more outta each bite.

















Afterwards we hit Da Vinci's
for a gelato.




Then, it was "down the road apiece" to our house, for a steamin cup a Reck's famous paint peelin coffee. I doubt they slept that nite.

Durin the coarse of the evenin Carmen went on to explain that growin up, her family had a secret turkey recipe (for lack of a better word). Anyhow, a week prior to slaughterin the bird they'd give it a daily shot a rum. The outcome was that the turkey meat would be the tenderess you'd ever taste.

But, me bein me, I came to a different conclusion. While I don't doubt that it worked, I have an idea there was a alterior motive. If your raisin a turkey for a couple a yrs there's a chance you could become attached to the critter. That bein the case, sippin the rum yourself over that seven day period could soften the inevitable blow; for both man and bird.

Hence, a new sayn is born. If you're in a situation where you gotta do somethin, and that particular somethin is necessary, unpleasant and inevitable; just remember..."it's like given rum to a turkey".