7:46 PM >> Buffalo Head and Dali Face comparison

Splattered on the concrete near the dumpster I found two images formed from paint. They look to have been spilled by accident. However I believed them to like very much like a buffalo head and a face from one of Dali's paintings. See for yourself with the handy side-by-side comparisons I've made up for you.

[comparison ratio >> 78.5%]




[comparison ratio >> 82.1%]



Am I right? I know, right. I'm also right about this -- Jimmy John's not only makes great little sandwiches, but they also have super fun little jingles in all kinds of languages. Check out how right I am again on their little jingle page.

8:44 AM >> Bananas and Bros

BANANAS



Recently at work I acguired a bunch of bananas. It was a major banana free for all. Homes were found for a couple of the cases of leftover bananas that had not been claimed on the way to the dumpster to throw them away. None were wasted.

I started right away on using mine up. Firstly, I made 2 batches of Ed's Wild Blueberry and Banana Bread. Batch A contained pecan nuts while batch 2 did not.
[Batch B is pictured above top right. It's the one that looks like bread.]

Secondly, yesterday, I made 2 pies - Ed's Coconut and Banana Cream Pie. Pies were constructed in like manner. However one of the two I have preserved in the freezer for later consumption using my new FoodSaver vacuum sealing appliance/toy.
[The unfrozen batch is picture above top right. It's the one that kinda looks like pizza.]

Thirdly, this morning I had Strawberry Banana Oatmeal. I used bananas of course and Strawberry Nestle Nesquik mixed in with the oatmeal.
[Not pictured. It looks like pink oatmeal with bananas in it, if you must know.]

BROS

I have been developing a list of dead people I'd love to go on a camping trip with. So far the trip will include: Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, Buddy Holly, Meriweather Lewis, Jim Morrison.

NOTE NOTE NOTE >> IF you are a fan of bananas and monkeys. Please check out my friends myspace. Go Munkee Crazyee.

10:13 AM >> 2 new chips



Two new chips are out. I repeat two new and exciting chips.

I ran into the Bugles Churros Style point-of-sale display at a gas station. I actually knocked the display over. No, just kidding. I didn't. But saw it there and grabbed a bag. I love Bugles. And I think the churro sellers in the New York subway system are hilarious and dedicated to their product. Well, there's not much official from General Mills on the subject of the limited time offer Latino inspired snack. Really the only thing I found online were excited people like me blogging about the new snack. They were excellent. That's all I can really say about them.

Now the Lay's Classic Potato Chips now made with 100% pure sunflower oil. Now that's a big deal. I saw an add at a movie theater for this one. Here's an official bit from the Frito-Lay himself all about the switch to the new oil they're using. I haven't tried these yet. Sorry.

And then here are a couple of chips of nostalgic concern that I've always loved for reasons listed below:

1) Funyuns >> because they're circular like onion rings and you can twirl them on your fingers and because they really make your breath smell good.

2) Munchos >> because they're so dang salty that after eating a bag your mouth and lips hurt from all the salt and also because they're airy. I like that in a chip.

11:45 PM >> TurkProj2ko6 > Update F.1

TURK UPDATE >>
Yeah, I'm still working on the bird. Last night I created a super supper of stuft turkey. It spilled over into my breakfast too. And there's still a little more left in the fridge. And more in the freezer. It's neverending. I'm up to 16 meals so far that have included the turkey. Prolly another 10 or therebouts left.

m15.0 (1/8/2007) - Spinach Stuffed Turkey Breast. Left breast of turkey marinated in oil, vinegar, lemon juice, Texas Pete hot sauce, pressed garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, and coriander. Stuffed with chopped spinach sauteed with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, butter, and lemon juice and mixed with some mystery gourmet cheese (I got the cheese from work months ago can't remember it's variety). Baked in the oven for a while in marinade juices. Served with honey, butter, fig, and mystery gourmet cheese bake.

m16.0 (1/9/2007) - 2 egg omellet with leftover spinach stuffing and chopped up turkey from SpinStuffTurkBrst in the omellet. Served with coffee and a small glass of OJ (not as small as grandma's OJ glasses).




BREAKING TURK NEWS >>
A turkey challenger has emerged. He too has roasted his own bird and is going for the title. In his own words - "BTW: I'm bringing the smackdown on your TurkProj2ko6. I've defrosted my own bird and am going after the Tryptophan Title."

Judge for yourself whether the belt goes to Real Buried Treasure or this turkey loving baby with the beard and the meat thermometer.

YEAR OF THE LADY BUG >>
I spent a couple of days in a cabin in North Georgia to ring in the new year, officially dubbed the Year of the Lady Bug. Please feel free to browse my photos of the trip and don't forget to check out the previous post of the Not-so-live-NYE-blog to really get a sense of the madness. As soon as I get the chance I'll put some video ("NYE2K6 - Star Spangled Banner" {critically acclaimed}) up on myspace.

THE SHANDY, THE OFFICIAL DRINK OF 2007 >>
And the official drink of the year is the Shandy. Try one for yourself. Be a convert. I am. It's the Irish brother to the German's Radler.

12:49 AM >> NYE2k6 a-not-so-live-anymore-blog

While, intentions were for a provocative exciting and unprecedented New Year's Eve live blog this is all you get. It's all the happenings of mine and Corporal's New Year's Eve celebration.

Soon to come will be a link to some photos or some kind of collage. Enjoy!

3:42 (BK) Kloth stupidely turns off the pilot light for the fireplace while trying to just turn off the fire since it is a constant 212F in the house. It is going to be a long night if the pilot light is not reset before the drunkeness sets in.

3:59 (DD) 2006 NYE Table off begin. Dunn beats Kloth 21-4 in stupid mini-ping pong.

4:15 (DD) Dunn defeats Kloth 3-0 in Air Hockey. It is so hot up here in the game/sauna loft and we have a window open. I took my v-neck off. I wonder is the sauna is switched on. Brad opened a window feels a little breezy. Girls are playing Outburst or Trivial Pursuit or something - They sound like geeks. Other boys watching Steelers -"Go baby, go baby, go baby!" KC is reading a book about America.

4:15 (BK) I wondered how long it would take Eddy to format the cells in the spreadsheet: 3 entries. He's also flipping out about the heat and forgot to put on deo this morning.

4:27 (DD) Football game over, girls laughing like girls do. Rice Krispy treats have been moved to the living room. Everyone ate Libby chili earlier, except Brad.

4:31 (DD) Lady bugs absolutely everywhere in this place - dead and alive.

4:36 (BK) FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK Dunn takes Table Game 1, 3-nil.

6:13 (DD) Keg dry. Party going to Tennesse to replenish beer supply. I can't belive this. Listening to Bluegrass Junction on XM.

6:53 (DD) Girls playing ping pong. Listening to XM. Things dismal with this crazy empty keg news. Some boys downstairs playing batman on Xbox. Sonya arrive. I had a couple of bowls of veggie chili and a slice of Honey Apple & Pickle Cake.

7:20 (BK) We bought 126 beers in Tennessee. New Year's Eve is no longer in danger of being cancelled.

8:38 (DD) Nice one BK. Been playing a lot of ping pong. And there's beer pong going on downstairs. Confessed my pong (ping) weekness of the high serve. It's still a weekness.

8:39 (BK) There's a banana peel in the bathroom trashcan. This par-tay is gonna be off-the-chain. BTW it was raining like insane when we bought the beer. Also, they laughed at us when we asked if they had a keg.

8:40 (BK) Eddy is trying to sell me XM Radio.

8:45 (DD) Three ping pong balls - bad orange, good orange, white. Oh, Jumanji. I rescued the good orange from under the car outside in the raining using my head lamp and rain coat and now they have to use that one for beer pong. We get the good orange for ping pong upstairs.

8:57 (BK) Finally, I beat Eddy at ping-pong. I guess he is drunk. Also, 3 pizzas an 30 wings just arrived.

9:00 (BK) "Devil Inside"on XM. God I love XM now.

9:05 (BK) Two in a row. Ed's definitely wasted.

9:43 (BK) We could order another 3 pizzas and 30 wings and demolish them in about 10 minutes. That's the theme of this weekend: eating food a lot and fast and a lot. "Flip Cup" is going on now; we are going to be wasted. Awesome.

10:18 (BK) We don't get any of the broadcast stations through this satellite for some reason. So we are watching Feliz 2007 on Univision, and to tell the truth, it's so much better than Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. I mean I've seen more cleavage on this in 5 minutes than I'd see in 10 hours at a cleavage factory.

10:32 (BK) KC just came up here just to fart. Holy crap.

10:34 (KL) Beer Pong Tournament 2007 starting now - 15 Cups! I've got the worst gas tonight.

10:39 (BK) The later it gets, the more I want to jump off the top balcony and land on the couch.

10:41 (DD) I really want to play tricks on the people on the lower level like throwing things down at them secretly.

11:20 (DD) 40 minutes till NY announcement. I wish I was in the CIA. We ordered a whole bunch of pizza and wings from Dominos and kept drinking and play beer pong and flip cup outside.

11:23 (BK) Eddy wants to join the CIA.

12:18 (BK) The new year 2007 is upon us. It has started and ended much like the last new year: alcohol and bloating.

12:19 (BK) There have been at least 247 individul chants this weekend. At the stroke of midnight we got to enjoy:
HAPPY-NEW-YEAR!
and
WE-DON'T-LIVE-IN-THE-1800'S-EVEN-THOUGH-WE'RE-IN-A-LOG-CABIN!!!

12:45 (SL) Steph libby won the first game in 2007 that's what I'm saying!!!

12:52 (BK) It's hot tub time. Oh yeah. Hopefully Ed will finish his sandwich in time, If you know what I mean. I won big time!!