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The turning of the Vernal Equinox means it's time to don my loose-fitting Tony Soprano fat-guy shirts, and minister to every man's most sacred temple, the back yard grill.
Mr.Soprano's grilling preference ran towards pork sausages and ribeye steaks, but lately I've been fixated on skirt steak, which is increasingly a hard cut to find. Fortunately, the good folks at the old-school Kingsley's Meats in Louisville provide me with any and all cuts I request. For many months now, I've been on a Cuban cuisine jag and at home I try to reproduce the Steak Chimichurri the way they do it at Havana Rumba and Mojito Tapas.
But really, I'll grill just about anything. Plantains, peanuts, tater tots, Twinkies. What have you. I've even grilled Irish Oatmeal. Seriously. And like any self-respecting caveman, I love to grill at night, incinerating a mammal's rib cage under the light of the silvery moon. Mm-mm!
Pictured here are just a few of the potions, lotions and notions in my grill arsenal. But if I had to have only one and no other, it's a no-brainer, I would keep the Cholula. It's easily my favorite hot sauce, to the extent that I really don't use much of any other kind. The Texas Champagne pictured here is wonderful stuff, but I use it and Tabasco primarly for kicking up side dishes like baked potatoes and beans. Cholula is the only hot sauce worthy of the honor of touching my meat.
I use sea salt for everything you can imagine, especially just before plating, to add its own flavor and texture. Two of my faves are pictured here - Napa Style Roasted Garlic Gray Salt (yes, it's really gray, like a salt oughta be. They have naturally reddish-pink salt from Hawaii too) and Bellamessa Smoked Sea Salt, which comes in honkin' huge flakes that are so tasty you can eat it right outta the jar.
And that's really a rule of thumb I use for all these products: can you eat a whole spoonful of it without choking?
Frank Sinatra once said, regarding show-offs who try to turn drinking into a macho competition: "Why knock yourself out? Don't try to be a big hero with it. For what?" I feel the same about hot sauce and barbecue spices.
Liquor stores are filled with frat-boy hot sauces whose names and labels liken their products to nuclear waste, satan, hell, torture, pain, death, etc. and I think the whole trend is idiotic. Sure, I'm tough enough to eat any raw peppers that top the Scoville Scale, but I'm also tough enough to carve the Black Flag logo into my arm - but the question remains, why the hell would I want to?
Why would I want to eat a hot sauce that leaves me unable to taste anything else for the rest of the meal? It's about as useful and desirable a practice as, say, huffing toluene. Which is to say, nil.
Locally-made Devil Dust comes perilously close to falling into that "stupidly hot for stupid people" bracket, but it IS very tasty stuff - tasty enough that I do use it as a rub, knowing that a lot of its incendiary power will get cooked off. Stubb's Chile-Lime rub is my favorite, but it's so tasty I use it as an all-purpose seasoning, not just a rub. It tastes so good I can eat it straight from the can, and I do.
Etnia is more exotic and more expensive, but tastes about the same as Stubb's. Maybe a little more paprika in it. It's great, and comes in a cool bottle, but when it's used up, I'll probably stick to Stubb's. I kick up stuff with Safinter Spanish Paprika on my own anyway.
The Weber Chicago Steak Seasoning is pictured here because it's the only bad choice I've made in awhile, or let's just say the stuff didn't suit me personally. It's too shrill and harsh for me, and just screams onion and sharp peppers without the necessary warmth that should go hand in hand with it. I no longer use it on meats, but it does make a good corn boil.
The Colman's mustard powder I mainly use on grilled fish, chicken, and vegetable kabobs. I also use it in some marinades. (I never use store-bought bottled marinade, always make my own from scratch - mmmm, scratch.)
Cumin and beer are my secret weapons. Everything I cook has a little cumin and beer somewhere in it. Everything. No need to waste good beer on cooking - pedestrian stuff like Rolling Rock will do. I get my cumin - and also my garlic powder - in these giant sized Tone's containers cheap at Sam's Club.
Dammit, now I'm hungry.
Gotta go out back.
Join me.
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If you've been diagnosed as "mentally incompetent", but not so mentally ill that you need to be institutionalized, you can get away with anything.
That's the lesson LMPD officers have learned in the case of one Michael Christie, and they're angry at the judicial system for continually releasing this man every time they try to get him off the streets.
According to WLKY:
Police said Michael Christie has been arrested more than 50 times for various misdemeanors and felonies related to theft and possession of drugs. Police said the cases are dismissed because Christie is always found incompetent.
In surveillance video, police said the male suspect took a purse from a parked car at a Walgreens on Dixie Highway. Police said the suspect is the same man who broke into hundreds of other cars, but has never been convicted.
"They say 10 percent of the people do 90 percent of the crime. This guy is a one-man crime wave and I feel like we've done our part and taken it as far as we can every time and our hands are just tied at this point," LMPD Sgt. Eric Johnson said.
Once a man is deemed mentally incompetent by a judge, it's like a permanent "get out of jail free" card - not only can he not be held accountable for his crimes, he doesn't even have to be institutionalized in a mental hospital - it's the best of both worlds.
According to assistant county attorney Ingrid Geiser, who WLKY interviewed, "The problem with these repeat offenders is each time an evaluation is done there's a heavy reliance on the prior evaluation".
Meanwhile, police have no choice but to stand and watch as Michael Christie gets set free, again and again, every time they bust him.
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Why on Earth should anyone take dieting advice from someone who is overweight?
That's the first thing I thought when I heard Kirstie Alley has launched a new weight-loss system.
But earlier this afternoon, a news show played clips of Kirstie on the Oprah show and I have to say, she looks good - and she seems fitter than she did during her Jenny Craig days. (She's still somewhat on the zaftig side, but hey, speaking for myself, I like a woman to have some meat on her bones.)
The product line, called Organic Liaison, promises an "innovative way of liaising people from conventional eating habits." It may not be for everyone - it places an emphasis on organic foods, which as we all know, aren't cheap.
It should probably also be pointed out that the uber-successful Richard Simmons was far from being skinny as well, and that his simplistic "deal-a-meal" system and "Sweatin' to the Oldies" dance-along-with-me videos didn't really amount to much that someone couldn't have already done for themselves. At least Kirstie's system, from what I've seen on her blog, is stressing nutrition and organic produce. And that can't be bad.
Though Kirstie may be losing the pounds, she isn't losing her mercurial edge. When an interviewer on the Today show tried to bring Scientology into the discussion, Kirstie started to say "bullshi-" and then, remembering she was on live television, stopped herself just in time.
She hasn't exactly been racking up the IMDB credits in recent years, but her next film, Nailed, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Tracy Morgan and Paul Reubens, hits theatres later this year. She also has a new reality show, Kirstie Alley's Big Life, which debuts March 21 on A&E. (Me, I can never forgive her for abandoning the role of Lt. Saavik in Star Trek, which helped to make The Search for Spock the lackluster failure that it was.)
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Strawberry Burns
fri mar 19 2010
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I'm sorry. I saw that pic and the purply pink drink in her L.Ron Hubbard misguided hand and mentally drifted off to Jonestown. She's a celebrity hocking some stuff, yawn. |
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kendramimosa
fri mar 19 2010
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I ran into Kirstie Alley on the street in California a few years ago, she was just out shopping like any other person. Me and a couple of other people chatted with her for like 20 minutes, and she really impressed me with how down to earth and un-"star"-like she was. Genuinely nice person. |
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beastami
sat mar 20 2010
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This woman makes me ill. Not only is she an L. Ron clone, but also a washed up actress. When I saw the preview for her new TV show, the first thought to come to my mind was, " Oh my god, it's back." It's a shame she didn't choke on a big mac or a twinkie. I could go on for days, but I think I'll stop before the hubb-o-lub-o-gists gestapo tracks me down. I had the pleasure of living amongst them in clearwater, and I've seen some of these freaks handy work first hand. I'm going to make my own cult, rip off millions of absentminded people and go tax free. Only in America, only in America... |
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FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
sat mar 20 2010
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You need to leave my girl alone. She is super fine.....:P |
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feelthatfire
sat mar 20 2010
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FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
sat mar 20 2010
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beastami
sat mar 20 2010
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Jerry Seidl, the Louisville man charged with shooting his 67-year-old wife Dorene in August 2008, took the stand on Thursday.
Seidl, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, cried on the stand and said, "I swear to God, I don't know why I did it. She's a beautiful woman." But according to WLKY, he then went on to give what could actually be considered a motive - his wife was leaving him, demanded money, and was making legal threats.
"I got up that morning, went out, took care of the yard," Seidl said.
Seidl said then, he came inside, put the gun in his pocket with the intention of giving it to his son-in-law, but before he did, his wife came to pick up her belongings, since they had recently separated. Seidl explained to jurors his wife also asked him for her money – tens of thousands of dollars. He said he told her he didn't have it, and she told him she was getting a lawyer.
"I felt the gun and I pulled it out and shot her," he said.
After Seidl shot his wife, a police standoff at the home took place - during which time Seidl attempted to kill himself but couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger. "I wanted to just blow my brains out, and I don't know why I couldn't do it," he said. "I wish I would have done it. I can't explain it. I mean, I wish I pulled that trigger."
Dorene Seidl had previously filed a domestic violence petition against him, but Judge Joseph O'Reilly turned it down. Exactly why isn't known at this time.
(Contrary to popular belief, obsessive-compulsive disorder isn't just for people who wash their hands too much. Some have even gone so far as to describe it as having a hallucinatory component comparable to spiritual satori, like what the Algonquin tribes once called the Manitou.)
But is Seidl really OCD, or is this just a convenient ploy from his defense attorney? It remains to be seen.
The case is expected to go to the jury today. If convicted, Seidl faces a life sentence.
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G~
fri mar 19 2010
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I'm YELLING bullshit on the OCD> This man had a history of being abusive and it's not OCD it's premeditated murder. |
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JennTheMermaid
fri mar 19 2010
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What does being OCD have to do with anything in this case? |
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J.S. Holland
fri mar 19 2010
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That's a real good question. His defense attorney is using it as an excuse for leniency, but based on how Seidl himself described the incident, I don't see where his OCD condition even comes into play. It's a real head-scratcher. |
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J.T.
fri mar 19 2010
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Man saw wife. Wife was leaving demanded money. Man shot wife. Wtf does OCD have to do with this? And if he does have OCD, he still shot his wife I mean come on people. Tell the courts to stop putting people in jail for smoking weed, and start keeping people in jail for killing people. |
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G~
fri mar 19 2010
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prob trying for temp insanity. once again BULLSHIT |
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alsdafkl;j
fri mar 19 2010
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Not buying the OCD defense. Is he saying he only obsessively kills wives that try divoricing him? Kinda hard to prove that. Pretty weak defense. He'd be better off just saying it was in a fit of rage. |
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J.S. Holland
fri mar 19 2010
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As noted in the article, some diagnoses of OCD do speak of it sometimes having an almost halluncinatory component - but I haven't heard any explanation of how his shooting her plays into that. Makes no sense to me. |
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feelthatfire
fri mar 19 2010
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is he saying he has an obsession with killing his wife and that he was overtaken by a compulsion to do it? lololol |
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J.S. Holland
fri mar 19 2010
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Yeah, that's not really going to endear him to the jury, I think.
I have a feeling it'll be a quick decision by the jury, so we could have a verdict in the morning. I'll update it here in the comments soon as I hear word. Or if anyone beats me to it, feel free to post what you've heard. |
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SomethingAlways
fri mar 19 2010
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I heard that he washed his hands after he shot her. And he washed his hands. And washed his hands.
sorry! |
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Terry Tapp
fri mar 19 2010
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The Manitou? I fucking love this. |
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Shy and Strong
fri mar 19 2010
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Not to defend the man but I can offer some perspective on the OCD point of view. If I know something has to be done, moreso if I know how to do it, I do it from start to finish. If somebody gets in my way, even if it's inadvertantly or just to help out, I tense up and back off. That's when they realize that I have a system of how to do this task and that it might be disruptive if they try and help me out. Some cases of OCD result in the fear of physical contact, similar to Asperger Syndrome, the fears of germs, or in doing things from A-Z or 1-2-3 without fail. It may be possible that this man had imagined a scenario of killing his wife and how it could be done flawless. Then it would have snuck into his mind and asked him 'Can it be done'. I'm not saying this to defend his actions but what JennTheMermaid asked just begged my to try and level the field. |
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Beverly Bartlett
fri mar 19 2010
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I think it's really easy for nonexperts like myself to make snap judgments about mental health issues. And we should we open to and receptive to reasoned cases that could be made to mitigate or explain tragedies. But having said that: It really seems like a stretch in this case. |
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J.T.
fri mar 19 2010
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The only reason why medical proffesionals have a higher valued opinion than that of anyone else is because they have a piece of paper that says they went to school longer than we did. I could care less about a "proffesional opinion". People hold that phrase in to high regard for my taste. Intelligence shouldn't be defined by who knows more about a subject than I. And ESPECIALLY in a case like this, just use common damned sense. |
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kendramimosa
fri mar 19 2010
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"Intelligence shouldn't be defined by who knows more about a subject than I."
um.... you are joking, right? |
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Strawberry Burns
fri mar 19 2010
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What PRIOR OCD behavior did he exhibit that would give any credence to this defense or make a jury want to give any mercy?! He sure as hell didn't give his wife any! And why was he going to give a gun to his son in law? Why did he put it in his pocket instead getting it and giving it to the son in law when he arrived? My guess is that he knew she was coming over that day and had planned it out prior to her arrival.
"According to a domestic violence petition filed on Aug. 7, Dorene Seidl said her husband told her, 'I'm just going to kill myself and get it over with. Do you want to go with me?' In the petition she also said he had put a gun to her head previously."
Premeditated like a mother f@cker!!!
Shy and Strong...I appreciate your insight and realize you were not defending him but...when the thought of how he could KILL first went into his head...that wasn't OCD, that was a man contemplating killing his wife. What his supposed OCD brain did with it after that is pointless. He had already demonstrated that he had intentions of killing her. He was not at the mercy of a mental illness, he was pissed because his wife was leaving his abusive ass so he killed her...like he already had planned to. |
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J.T.
fri mar 19 2010
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I wasn't joking, just didn't go in depth to explain myself. My collective knowledge may be the same as that of someone who went to school for 8 years. I just may know more about equally important subjects in different fields. Maybe i've studied the human psychi for X amount of years, I just didnt go to college, I read the books myself. So to say that "this is the go to guy" about anything just because of their standing in a certain field is not always the right decision. We should always first make a judgement based on our own personal beliefs, and then seek an outside opinion if it seems needed. Hence, "let's just use common sense on this one" |
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Talk2MeWoman
fri mar 19 2010
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That Jerry shot his wife is not in dispute.
His having a reason to have done so is also obvious to me. He wanted to keep his money and his stuff. If he kills the wife he gets to keep it all. Now he hired a good lawyer and eventhough that lawyer told him to take the plea deal, he didn't. Now his lawyer gets the money and proceeds of the sale of his stuff.
That lady prosecutor is someone you do not want to go up against if you commit a crime. The closing arguments were spectacular. |
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G~
fri mar 19 2010
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I have situational anxiety with OCD tendencies. They do not cause you to commit murder. Those thoughts do not cross your mind. He's making people with OCD look bad |
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Ultimaratio1
fri mar 19 2010
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Given his age, a life sentence will be life. He'll die in jail. |
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G~
fri mar 19 2010
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well hell just shoot him now |
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Strawberry Burns
fri mar 19 2010
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I have had to deal with C-PTSD/Depression/Anxiety Disorder and probably a few things in between from the time I was 3yrs old.(3 is not a typo)
I'm mild in nature and non violent. For people like him to try to literally try to get away with murder and declare something like OCD made him do it is not just insulting to people with OCD but for all the rest of us who struggle with mental/emotional problems who bust our ass to be productive and peaceful members of society.
What a punk bitch douchebag this waste of plasma is!!! |
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J.S. Holland
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