MattPie

Looks like the weather is going to hold for my motorcycle camping trip this weekend. Riding up to Ole Bull State Park in PA. Not too far from Buffalo (or the listed home of Grand Master PA).

The more expensive the hotel, the less they include. :) I know I saw this in the UK at either the Reading Rennaissance or the Marriot-chain near Portsmouth. In the us, I think the Holiday Inn in Baltimore Inner Harbor charged for wireless, although looking at the hotel web site it now lists that as "Initial Charge: $0.00 USD", so that may have changed.

I'm not crazy worried about it, but with the amount of stuff that comes into the US in shipping containers, cars, boats etc., do you really think it'd be that hard to smuggle a nuclear device in? We can't stop people, drugs, or fake purses, how would we resonably stop this? http://en.wikipedia....nuclear_device) As for missle defense, that's also a pretty difficult problem. Modern missle systems are effectively in 'space' at the peak of their flight, and come down at many times the speed of sound. Hit-to-kill is just barely starting to work, and even then you just send up some decoys. Not to mention blowing up a warhead on the way down is going to spread stuff all over the place. If you remember, the US used Aegis to blow up a defunct satellite a couple years ago on some pretext. That was really saying "we can shoot down your satellites or missles while they're in space, don't F with us." That kinda covers a rogue small attack, but there's no way they're going to shoot down a full out nation-state attack. It's a hard problem. The "law of technology" would seem to say that eventually everyone will be able to launch missles that far (just like everyone can build a tank or airplane now if they want to, but that was once really difficult). You really need to approach it by stopping the launch before it happens (via intel) or MAD.

Personal reason: I'm sick of this team. :) Depends on which way the coin tosses go.

WW2 also reduced the post-war labor pool although not by that much. The ~500,000 US dead was well less than 1% of the population. But most of those were men that would be looking for a job right at that time (18-25). Less supply, better wages, which drives the multiplier again.

Yeah, we all wish the PP was better, but top half of the league more seasons than not since the lockout isn't anything to scoff at. I'd also mention that pre-lockout, you had three years of dregs and then 4 years of lower talent teams with the best goaltender in a generation. I'm not shocked the PP sucked those years.

I'm 6'2" 235 and *am* resistant to the cold. :)

Come to think of it, use honey dijon mustard to glue the panko to salmon. I think I need to make that again soon, or it could easily be adapted to chicken.

If it's the same thing I made once upon a time, you make a nice mustard sauce, spread it on a chicken breast, and bake. I rememeber it being pretty good, but I haven't thought about it in years.

I'm curious, you see this as bad thing? A certain amount of introspection is a good thing, both for people and a nation. If all your friends are questioning your actions and shying away from you, you might want to look in the mirror to try to see what they're seeing. I'm not saying you succumb to peer pressure, but just think a bit.

Anyone have youtube links for this stuff?

They're just being greedy. :)

Give them a shot, they're only 43% more difficult than regular mashed potatoes. The article I found them in was a "deathmatch" of post-pub food (think Jim's Steakout) up against pierogi. Later, they tried using the patatas as filling for the pierogi, which might be my next trick. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/24/pierogi_patatas/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/14/paprika_potato_pierogi/ The other articles in the deathmatch series bring up some really interesting and relatively unknown dishes from the other side of the pond. I'm rather interested in the Haggis Pakora, too. http://www.theregister.co.uk/Tag/deathmatch

I followed up the paella Saturday by making some Patatas Revolconas (mashed potatoes with smoked paprika and garlic) and Spicy Pork Meatballs Sunday. I have enough leftovers for the week now. This was the first time for the patatas. I went with half dulce paprika (sweet smoked) and half picante (spicy smoked). Probably a little too much spicy unless you really dig that.

Paella Night 3: Valencia Drift is tomorrow. And it's almost time to pick up friends from the train station and see my fiancée a bit later.

So is Ehrhoff playing for the billboards or the other team? It's not a technical problem, that's for sure. Heh, "zwei on eine!"

Bah, garbage time! ;)

It's a great beer for vacation drinking, since it's good but lower in alcohol that most good beers.

Paella Night 3: Valencia Drift. (previous: 2 Fast 2 Furiously Delicious). What's odd is I don't really like the movies. I bought a paella pan a couple years ago and it turns out I really enjoy making it. Plus, it's an excuse to have a few beers and grill for a few hours. And it's delicious. Chicken, shrimp, scallops, and maybe mussels.

It's been around for quite awhile (created 2003, according to whois). And yes, it's awesome.

Yes, Buffalonians. The geek in me loves that the people from Candor, NY (near Binghamton) are Candorians.

Put him in touch with Soupy.

It's fundamental.

Which door are you nailing them to?