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10月27日 french and bunnies and horses and little girlsscene: Ryan (7), Morgan (5), wife unit Anne (75+)
Morgan to Ryan: My friend Matthiew from France eats bunnies
Ryan starts crying, thinks its mean. Anne: Ryan, they only eat the ugly ones.
Ryan: There are no ugly buny rabbits Anne: Well they eat the old ones. Ryan: That would be like eating grandma. That's mean. Ryan crys some more.
Morgan then explains to Ryan the French also eat horses. Ryan crys more, now no longer wants to go to paris. 8月17日 Haverty’s “big deck” partyAugust 14 2009 Michael Haverty decided to finally have another “big deck” party. Good time with a boat ride out from my house to haverty’s house. Ride back was more fun at 1230AM. Only hit one sandbar, and chompie turned out to be a good spotter for marker poles.
8月11日 2009.0811 – fishing with geeks – duthie / laudatiFishing with geeks - took New Jersey DE Peter Laudati and G. "sugar" Andrew Duthie down to Pinellas Point for afternoon fishing. 400p departure, windy, slack tide at 600p. Not much luck, few trout, few sharks. fishing Gulp 3” pogies, pinfish, and powerbait clear w flecks 4” powermullet. Peter and G. got a nice boatride though with lots of osprey, dolphins, cormorants, and pelicans. Dinner at http://www.leeroyselmons.com .    8月9日 trout on 8/7/2009 with the Eugene Chuvyrov clanEugene Chuvyrov’s mom and dad were in country from Russia for his wedding. Came over to Tampa from !Jax! for some fishing. Too damn hot during day so we hit a nice late start (430p) out of backyard. Cool temperature, storm clouds down around Manatee County. Tide starting out at about 400p also. Glass run down to Pinellas Point. Hit outside marker bar, South drop. 3 doz live pinfish in cooler, caught one nice 16” inch trout on pinfish. Using some of the new Gulp 3 inch / 8 cm pogy stinky baits ( GSPG3-SMLT ). Stinky cause I think they are packed in menhaden oil. Tons of small white bait all over flats, so thought these would really match the hatch. Could NOT keep the lures on the hook. At $4 for eight its a fairly expensive bait, but effective. Caught several trout, toadfish, hotshot on gulps. Rain chased us back in after about 2 hours of fishing with two 16” trout in cooler. Normally I don’t keep fish but first was deep hooked, and might as well keep one more to make a meal. Spotted leopard rays were in residence once again putting on a leaping show. As usual saw 30-40 porpoise on run down.
pinellas point fishing 8/4/09 with RichardHLeft house at 300p sharp. Heat = BRUTAL. Outbound just starting. Ran to midchannel on PP flats. Working power mullet, didn’t get anything. Gent with me (RichardH) using fly rod with lime green clouser minnow. Picked up several nice trout, got cut off by mackerel. Spotted leopard rays were leaping. Headed back about 600P, still was too damn hot. Note to self for future, night fishing in August!
7月27日 Bahamas Vacation 2009 July
4月23日 Saltwater CowboyMy brother's buddy leonard died the other day. They posted his chum recipe in his obituary. http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/article994478.ece . That's awesome. Note to wife: if I die I want my funeral like leonard's.
Special recipe
At Sunday's ceremony, Vinny Rosati handed out a card with a chum recipe Knopp used: 5 gallon bucket, one-fourth bucket of salt water, 1 loaf of wheat bread, 6 cans of cat food, 1 can of jack mackerel, 2 hands of white sand, 1 can of dog food, 3 cans of tuna fish, 6 cups of menhaden oil. Mix all ingredients until well blended. 2月16日 Everglades ChallengeThis goes in the fishing category. Kinda. The watertribe of Tampa has an annual Tampa to Key Largo race. New goal - complete the race - then circumnavigate florida - http://www.watertribe.com . Interesting stuff. 1月21日 Florida Circumnavigation Saltwater Paddling TrailVia Terry Tomalin's blog I picked up a new life goal. The Florida Circumnavigation Saltware Paddling Trail, a kayak trail that circumnavigates the state. 1600 miles of kayaking joy. At 20 miles per day? Wow. Still a long time to do it. 1月12日 Soccer pics for 2009Ryan's been grinding out soccer for 2009. No wins yet (she's very aware of this, scarily enough, I dont even keep score at the games). Her latest soccer pics are here.
Sooo cute....
12月19日 tater farmingI was supposed to host a user group last night at the msft office. Somehow the cancellation got caught in my spam filter. I worked till 715p or so, then headed off to Derby Lane purge my soul from the club52 experience. Went +81, ironically, the same amount I went down the night before.
Best part of the night was the old guy fight. Long grey hair maniac professor gets into it it with other old guy. OG#1: kiss my f**king a**. OG#2: I'll beat your ass. Let's take it to the parking lot. Supervisor: You're both outta here. Great fun to watch.
Quote of the night, when a guy made a big pot playing totally crappy cards. Persistent pattern for this guy. From the guy he beat - "The dumber the farmer the bigger the taters". 12月18日 poker quote - small stackPlayed poker at club52 in Melbourne the other night. Not a good session ( +4/-81 ). Not one of my favorite poker rooms. First, they charge you a buck to get in. Then they charge for coffee n sodas. Derby Lane, The Silks, and Tampa Greyhound dont do that. Raw deal. Then the NL is this fcked up 2/2/1 blind structure. That's messed up. Logically that makes it a 4/1 game. Also the button play isn't the button. You need to play the SB like its the button. Was up $100 but went down quick. Guy named 'steve' would flop any 2 card (j-6 offsuite was my favorite destroyer of his) to the tune of a $17 raise by me with AK. Note to self: just put maniacs all in from now on so it plays out.
Anyway, favorite part of night was small stack who pushed all in to pull a pot. He showed his cards and said "When u got no chips u got to protect ur image." Good life lesson in that statement. 12月1日 strange satisfactionHadn't shot a gun in a while. So to beat (or join) the obama rush I got a glock m22 .40 with the 16 round clip. Heavy gun, but I'm a big boy.
First day I didn't have a target so I taped up a cc slip on the bill jackson range and shot at it from 10 yd. Did pretty good. Shot about 50 rounds.
Then took nra basic pistol class. One of the long ones. Had to prove you could handle gun to get cert. So, since 1989 I've shot, mmmm, never. 50 rounds feeling out the pistol. Then finally put up a target and do this. Especially happy when I looked around me and realized hardly of the any five folks surrounding me in the first range round had even hit the red. I'd forgotten how I like shooting. Not very PC I'm afraid. But my pattern did give me a happy inner glow, more confidence in the weapon, and some 'strange satisfaction'. 19 of 25 in the 10pt red. 10月30日 fine ad on soccerfrom the czech rugby association. enjoy... http://adsoftheworld.com/media/tv/czech_rugby_association_footballs_for_girls 10月2日 grill fixed, things to rememberThe guy from http://www.allaboutgrills.com came out and fixed my Napoleon II today. Gas flow just wasnt' there. Apparently there was a stuck ?high capacity valve? in the regulator. $128 spent, and well worth it. Stuff he did:
Decouple gas line. Wack head of regulator on concrete a few times. Put back on gas tank. Turn on gas _very_ slowly.
Used a small drill bit to clear gas holes in pipes. I'd been using an old toothbruse but apparently that didn't work so well.
Grill is working great now. Some lessons learned on repairing gas sutff. Me heap big chicken when it comes to gas lines. 10月1日 tuscan pork, gin and cucumber, and bacon brittleWent to All About Grills ( http://www.allaboutgrills.com/pages/NewestSite/CookingClass.html ) for the Tuscany grilling class with Chef Mark Heimann of the Vinoy. Brined Duck with ?wine infused? dried figs, beluga lentils n goat cheese, tuscany pork, and pizza on the grill. Signed up for a few more grilling classes. Good stuff.
Stopped by to check out MJs ( http://mjsjazzlounge.com ) on the way home. Actually had a gin and cucumber drink that was eerily good, as well as some pan seared scallops with bacon brittle (yes bacon brittle) as a side. Great looking insides, with a nice outdoor area too.
Good review of MJs here ( http://www.tampabay.com/features/food/restaurants/article831994.ece ).
Two good repeats here.... 9月26日 da cuban recommends Tabanero Cigar BarRuben da cuban recommends Tabanero Cigar Bar - 4000 area of Kennedy - http://www.tabanerocigars.com - looks like a good spot for some football games. 8月25日 RIP JoePYet another reason to 'carpe diem' . JoeP, ex-neighbor of mine, passed away two days ago. RIP JoeP, and save me a beer. http://sylvanabbey.createatribute.com/registryMain.php?i_memorialid=1219584518 8月12日 Roberts BBQ in South TampaRoberts Meat Market, Sandwich Shop, BBQ Smokehouse, and Catering
3435 S. Westshore, Tampa, FL 33611 - 813.832.3584 - Closed Mondays (ouch)
Great food and salads all around, pickup some ribs to go. Just had their sirloin steak sandwich and blue crab deviled crab. Smoked amberjack looked good too. Good stuff.
Map to Robert's 7月13日 beer, the perfect health foodWhy all you non-beer drinkers aren't at the top of the rung - http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/article694104.ece - I always knew my ability to knock down a 12 pack was good for something. |
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