PyroKitty's Lair

I want a rock to wind a piece of string around. :D

This post was inspired (ok, totally copied, I admit it) by the lovely picspam that ritaskleinewelt did about another great actor, Charles Chaplin. Follow the > link <to give him the appreciation he deserves.

Uf, it have been really difficult to select the pics for this picspam. All the pictures are gorgeous and deserved to be posted but, only one or two had to be posted for each point so, let's see which ones I ended using.

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Beer is my friend. :D

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Chicken Awesome.

First off, let's have some credit where credit's due. I ran into this recipe when I went over to my friend Ben's house. Ben is engaged in similar bacheloresque cooking endeavors, and one of these happens to be a dish I've termed "Chicken Awesome."

It's a very simple, easy recipe; you seriously have to be brain-dead to screw this up. But with a little attention and some rice or pasta, some good bread and a bottle of white wine, Chicken Awesome cleans up very well.

Ingredients:

2 cans condensed Cream of Celery soup
3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast (or equivalent)
1 white onion
5 cloves garlic
3-5 stalks of fresh celery

Seriously, that's it. Simple, easy.

Prep. (10 minutes)
- Dice: celery & onion; mince garlic and set aside. On a separate cutting board, cut chicken into bite-sized chunks.

Cook. (15-20 minutes)

- Coat the bottom of a large pan with olive oil, a couple millimeters deep. Saute the celery, onion and garlic.
- In a medium to large pot, empty and heat the cream of celery soup, being sure to add water as per the can. You might consider adding 10-20% less water than recommended for a slightly creamier mixture. Stir frequently to avoid burning.
- Once everything is hot (just starting to bubble), add raw chicken. cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Check done-ness by slicing a piece of chicken in half and checking color. Season to taste.

Serve hot, perhaps over rice or pasta and maybe bread if you feel like you're not getting enough carbs. Pairs well with a Heineken.

Every so often a select group of people decide to troll nwfdailynews.com. I feel perhaps I've discovered a diamond in the rough here. :D

I QUOTE:

"purplelady....think of me as Thomas Paign, resisting the evils of female tyranny and slavery. twits like you have gouged and depleated the hard won resources of men for a century. the biggest mistake we made was giving you the vote. you havent enough reasoning power to use the internet for anything more then obscuring your agenda. some of us see through the feminine diatribes and egomania. You know why cave men drug you twits around by the hair....because if they drug you around by the feet you would fill up with dirt. You copulate with coke bottles and suck anything rarer then a frozen hotdog. you crap in each others mouths.....god, you are a vile subhuman species. You're sick with your own sense of importance. You feed on mans weaknesses and corrupt everything you touch. American women deserve contempt, to be spit on and driven out of decent homes."

I give it a 7/10, mostly due to the sheer contempt, egoism and insults.

And I kicked the user off the site.

It being the first of December, I should probably step up my hunt for a cool gift for my Secret Santa. Le sigh. Why don't any of you people have lists?! *ignores the fact she hasn't yet put one up this year either*

I should get started on that, I suppose.

I've made a Jinx wishlist and have made inroads into one at ThinkGeek. I have an Amazon list. (But organizing freak that I am, books that have perked my interest have their own list.)

Other things, hmm.

- Doctor Who, season 4. Oh my god, season four and the marvelous creation that is Donna Noble. (Davies apparently picked up on the fact we were getting annoyed with the ladies being all doe-eyed for the Doctor and bought us off with the "you're too skinny for me, Martian" Lady Donna. I'm depressed about her fate, but I still want to actually own it and coo over it and pets it, the precious.)

- Big Book of Absolute Sandman Vol. 2. Because I am a huge fangirl and can't stop myself from picking up everything concerning that series. (With the exception of Dream Hunters. Hmm. Weird.)

- I like big puzzles with pretty landscapes on them. (Theresa, you are a sadist for buying me that double-sided one. I don't care that I love butterflies, double-sided drives me *insane*.)

- Small nicknacks of the pewter kind. I like dragons. And ducks. (And have two unicorns, but I don't actually *want* a pony, I just say it because it's funny.)

- Console-wise, I'd like to get Dragon Age Origins or Persona 4.

- D&D 3.5 Monster Manual. (I'm playing a druid, I should probably have reference for the stats for shapeshifting. Maybe then I'd actually shapeshift.)

Mostly I hate them. But occasionally they pull stuff like this. These comments are in response to a story about a local bank's Board of Directors being handed a cease and desist order from the FDIC that basically said "Quit being retarded useless bankers who endanger their customer's money!"

I give to you, NWF Daily News Theater:

nativeborn wrote:
I knew as soon as they took down the time/temp sign that it was going to heck in a handbasket.
11/30/2009 10:02 AM CST

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bankerperson wrote:
NativeBorn

The time and temp sign was not owned by First City Bank & was damaged in the storm.
11/30/2009 10:51 AM CST

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nativeborn wrote:
It was the First City Bank time and temp sign...on the property of First City Bank...next to First City Bank...with the words First City Bank on it. The time and temp sigh and it's image was on all of First City Bank's advertising as well as matchbook covers.

If the time and temp sign wasn't First City Bank's, then they sure fooled alot of people into believing that it was the First City Bank's time and temp sign.

If First City Bank didn't own it, who the heck did?
11/30/2009 11:09 AM CST

Above the fold photo on 1A makes me a happy person. :)

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