… 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 …
Category Archives: life
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!! 😎
I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
I walk streets of Japan till I get lost
With a graveyard tan and carrying a cross
I like studying faces in a parking lot
I like driving backwards in the fog
I like gypsy moths and radio talk
I like gospel music and canned applause
I like colorful clothing in the sun
I like hammering nails and speaking in tongues
I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
I like playing in the sand what’s mine is ours
If it doesn’t remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan and carrying a cross
I like studying faces in a parking lot
I like driving backwards in the fog
I like gypsy moths and radio talk
I like gospel music and canned applause
I like colorful clothing in the sun
I like hammering nails and speaking in tongues
I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
I like playing in the sand what’s mine is ours
If it doesn’t remind me of anything
“skepticism killed the cow” – danistrulytheman
… my bovine slant. Too many doubting heifers in the herd, lol!! 😛
What if I say I will never surrender?
I’m the voice inside your head you refuse to hear
I’m the face that you have to face mirrored in your stare
I’m what’s left I’m what’s right I’m the enemy
I’m the hand that will take you down bring you to your knees
So who are you? Yeah who are you?
Yeah who are you? Yeah who are you?
Keep you in the dark you know they all pretend
fifty seven point eight seconds
… lowered my mark for the third successive timed run with a personal best … 57.8 seconds. AND, finally obliterating that stubborn sub minute barrier in the process … but honestly can’t see much more improvement. I’m hopeful to go below 55 seconds eventually … even that’s a lofty goal … only time will tell!! 😉
par four motherfucker whatcha gonna do?
with my bottle of Jack and my shotgun strapped
I went looking for fame and yo I never went back
please God please I’ll pay any cost
if you’d just stop the world ’cause I wanna get off
there’s too much hardship there’s too much pain
there’s too many motherfuckers tryin’ to get in my brain
now I’ve been walkin’ the Earth since the beginning of time
and won’t leave till I’ve received that seventh sign
all this talk they’re gonna drop the bomb
but life keeps going on and on and on and on
the world’s end don’t worry me
and I’m gonna get where I’m going just don’t hurry me
’cause I’m in no rush and I can’t stand rushin’
everything’s slow motion like I’m trippin’ on tussin
I’ll save myself you save the fucking rainforest
Organic Roasted Dandelion Root
One of the many healthy herbal tea products from Traditional Medicinals … it caught my eye while tea shopping for Tiff as I was familiar with it having previously bought dandelion root tablets. Its health benefits are incredible, and I’m happy having incorporated it into my nightly routine. It has a pleasant taste … you can actually taste the roasted flavour.
… and it’s ORGANIC to boot …
… steeped, ready to enjoy in my fave Denby mug …
braised oxtail
… in a hearty Sangiovese/beef broth sauce w/ sundried tomatoes, onions, carrots, celery, and garlic on a bed of buttered egg noodles … Happy B-Day Tiff!!
Q: If you take pictures with your iPhone while you’re dreaming, will they be saved to the camera roll when you awake?
A: NO!
the messiah is my sister ain’t no king man she’s my queen
love spreads her arms waits there for the nails
I forgive you boy I will prevail
too much to take some cross to bear
let me put you in the picture
let me show you what I mean
I have a dream I’ve seen the light
don’t put it out says she’s alright
yeah she’s my sister
Lucy, I wanna kick ya in the cunt!!
… ya ALMOST ruined ma b-day dinner for TIFF K!! Yer recipe writing skills leave a lot to be desired … lucky for you I have shittywrittenrecipefixingskills!! 👿
7 o’slushy clock
… what a mess!! Backbreaking too, VERY heavy … every shovelful felt like I was lifting and tossing a water filled 10 gallon pail. I’d like to say, I kicked its ass … but not this time!!
Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It’s beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, open up your eyes
Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies
The wind is low, the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence, won’t you open up your eyes?
Look around round
Look around round round
Look around
Dear Prudence, let me see you smile
Dear Prudence, like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence, won’t you let me see you smile?
danistrulytheman 