danistrulytheman

I'm STILL a self confessing, self professing know-it-all, or so I think!


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Spring & Summer Staples

Warm weather means BBQ season’s back. Not a moment too soon, winter was long … and nasty. And with hotdogs, hamburgers, steak, chicken, etc., set to sizzle, the time for replenishing supplies is prime … talkin’ ’bout the essentials … A1 Steak Sauce, Heinz 57 Sauce, Cheez Whiz, and Kraft Singles … yep, I’m good to grill!! 😎

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“I fell in the hole, I’ll climb out” – danistrulytheman

Perseverance and will power, and sacrifice! You know why people quit? Because they’re fucking quitters. Good things don’t come easy!


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Leftovers: Indian food

… from yesterday’s Easter Feast! This is the BEST Indian food in the GTA … and loses nothing nom nom noming the next day!

Chicken Tikka, Aloo Gobi, Butter Chicken, Goat Saag, Channa Masala, Chicken Biryani, and Raita

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You turn me on …

Alive and Kicking

[heard it flipping through radio stations, haven’t heard it it years. great live performance vid, now am thirsty for a Heine, lol.]

 


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Did you see that Michigan game?!?!

OMG, I still can’t believe it … was waiting all game, yelling at the TV, willing my Michigan to do something. Nothing! Were trailing Kansas all game … 14 points late in the game behind … 5 points with 21 seconds left to play behind … and yet, they did it … Big10 time did it. What a comeback, what a game, somebody pinch me, lol!!

NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament-South Regional-Michigan vs Kansas


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goodbye goodbye goodbye bad – hello hello heaven

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


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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”


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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

 


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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!!

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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


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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


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“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 HarpHappy St. Paddy’s Day danistrulytheman!! :mrgreen:

sorry for the blurriness, my bad …

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Irish as the day is long …

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“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. 😀