I can feel no sense of measure
no illusions as we take
refuge in young man’s pleasure
breaking down the dreams we make real
goodbye goodbye goodbye bad
leave it
hello hello heaven
Author Archives: danistrulytheman
wreaking havoc on the brackets
Everybody loves an upset, an underdog … and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament offers them in spades, year after year, but never in its history has a 15th seed reached the Sweet Sixteen … till the flyin’ high FGCU Eagles showed up at the dance, and something tells me they’ll be plenty more bandwagon Florida Dunk Coast fans rooting for them Friday, when number 3 seed Florida gets welcomed to Dunk City …
The VCR and the DVD there was a none of that crap back in 1970
We didn’t know about a World Wide Web
Was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid
Wanna get down in a cool way
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
Big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Just walkin’ in style with a portable CD player
No, you would listen to the music on the AM radio
Yeah, you could hear the music on a AM radio
I’d be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song
You’d have to wait but you could hear it on the AM radio
Yeah, you could hear the music on a AM radio
I can still hear Mama say, “Boy turn the radio down”
bottom line; I’m the bigger person
… ALWAYS (ok … almost always, lol)!! No matter that I sometimes start out kicking and screaming, but at the end of the day … I’m Mr. Nice Guy standing proudly with head held high!!
that’s the thing about living, when you get there you’re seldom forgiven
new suit, and a new tie, a real nice service for me when I die
three meats tomato sauce w/ casareccia
Today I pan seared ossobucco, Italian sausages, and my famous meatballs … then gently plopped them into my homemade tomato sauce letting them slowly simmer for a few hours creating this flavourful gravy. Casareccia pasta, with its great texture really helps the sauce cling, sopping it up … oh I also added a bit of broccoli rabe before serving to give it that extra oomph. Freshly grated Grana Padano Scelto, and a glass (or two) of vino … yep, life don’t get no better!!
there’s a magic running through your soul
but you can’t have it all
walk away if you want to it’s ok if you need to
you can run but you can never hide
from the shadow that’s creeping up beside you
what ever you do I’ll be two steps behind you
where ever you go and I’ll be there to remind you
that it only takes a minute of your precious time
to turn around I’ll be two steps behind
so take the time to think about it
walk the line you know you just can’t fight it
take a look around you see what you can find
like the fire that’s burning up inside me
I’ll never show you love again!!
… EVER!!!! At first was grateful/thankful for the snub, but after a scroll through, reading ‘tween the lines ain’t no more. Peace … out!!
I just saw Halley’s Comet
my eyes are open wide by the way I made it through the day
I watched the world outside by the way I’m leaving out today
I’m not angry I’m just saying sometimes goodbye is a second chance
to make them realize this is my life … here is my chance this is my chance
please don’t cry one tear for me I’m not afraid of what I have to say
this is my one and only voice so listen close it’s only for today
and that’s where it was, in all its glory, my thousand quid
he had to unscrew about fifteen screws
before he could pull the panel off the back
to get in the fecking thing
“because you’re such a nice guy” – Tony
… LCBO employee. I do have the niceguyknackgene, and I really appreciate his kind words as he lead me into the stock room (employees only permitted area btw), and grabbed this limited edition Guinness glass, slapping ‘n sticking it to my Harp … Happy St. Paddy’s Day danistrulytheman!! 
sorry for the blurriness, my bad …
Irish as the day is long …
“the human face Watson is like the penis” – Sherlock Holmes
… offering his wisdom and teachings to his protégé Joan … and encouragement with this gem, “it’s a case with training wheels” … LOL!! Oh, and I do love the new sultry consulting detective. 😀
crow on the down low
… keeping my boasting/bragging (albeit well deserved to a minimum) since I hardly heard a peep outta y’all first time ’round mentioning my accomplishments … one of my greatest blogposts ever BTW (should keep re-blogging the shit outta that one … it was THAT fucking good, lol). Seemed to have a bit more success three months later while keeping it short and simple when greatness struck once again. And now it’s my ninehunny … 3 1/2 years of danistrulytheman WordPressing it … March 17 – St. Paddy’s Day to be precise; as if I ever need a legitimate reason to lift a pint of Guinness, lol. Drop comments/likes if you want … if you don’t, then don’t … it don’t matter to me motherfuckers … NEVER will I be Shot Down In Flames again … ain’t it a shame …
my thick ass ossobuco
Had these sexyshanks a while back with the family … believe me, there’s enough meat here to feed the troops, and then some … finally got around to bloggin’ pics ’bout it. Real easy & simple too … key is to have a butcher who’ll go out of his way for you, willing to work with you … getting the exact piece you ask for, and cutting to your specs. Season liberally with salt and pepper, brown in olive oil … then, add the shanks to 1.5 – 2 litres of the best homemade tomato sauce/passata you have, and bake in a dutch oven at 350° for a couple of hours till falling off the bone tender, the marrow oozing/melting into the sauce. At this point, I pulled out the ossobuco and cut/broke apart into 1-2 inch portions. I also extracted any remaining marrow from the bones, adding it to the sauce, discarding any sinewy/grisly bits as well. Served up family style with my best al dente Italian linguine (sorry, no pics … was crazily rushing around …and stressing, lol)!! 🙄
yeah, thick ass is right …
browning away #1 …
… and #2 …
there’s something good waitin’ down this road
… I’m picking up whatever is mine
yeah runnin’ down a dream that never would come to me
woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo
woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo
woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo
woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo …
my jeans felt a bit tight, I think I washed them too high
I was gonna be late, so I picked up my pace to run
the end of the something I did not want to end, beginning of hard times to come
but something that was not meant to be is done, and this is the start of what was
FYI: Starbucks isn’t in the wifi-fixing business!!
… they’re in the COFFEE SELLING BUSINESS!! Quit pestering employees ’bout your iPad’s hitch, bitch … AND quit budding in line, tryin’ to pull this fucking stunt on me. Stop bothering the busy baristas, wasting their time … AND mine … with your bullshitsilliness … I went to the Apple Store and ordered a Starbucks, lol!! 👿
Mama
now I can’t keep you Mama but I know you’re always there
you listen you teach me Mama and I know inside you care
so get down down here beside me oh you ain’t going nowhere
no I won’t hurt you Mama but it’s getting so hard
now I can’t see you Mama but I know you’re always there
you taunt you tease me Mama but I never never never can keep away
it’s the heat and the steam of the city oh got me running and I just can’t brake
so stay don’t leave me Mama ’cause it’s getting so hard oh don’t go no no don’t go
you taunt you tease me Mama but I never never never can keep away
it’s the heat and the steam of the city oh got me running and I just can’t brake
so stay don’t leave me Mama ’cause it’s getting so hard oh don’t go no no don’t go
meat, cheese, bread!!
… what else is there, lol? Absolutely LOVE putting together a simple platter like this. Admittedly, it’s a basic one compared to my other efforts … but it was only the two of us, and there was plenty of food … plus I don’t need to always impress the hellouttaya … for a last minute, quickie-throw-together-thingie, it worked out great. That’s my fave focaccia again, Jarlsberg, extra old Cheddar, salami, another salami, ham … but what really got me excited was the new speck available at my Highland Farms. My receipt in shorthand form referred to it as H/TYROL SCHINKENSPECK SMKD … it’s Austrian, it’s smoked … and it’s FANTASTIC … 3pics y’all, enjoy!!
two freshly snapped!!
… ’cause hair looks SOGODDAMNGOOD, lol!! 😎
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