Monthly Archives: April 2021
Big Bubba and Dino Ribs . . .
After another great meal at Texas Huddle Grille (insert obligatory photo of PB&J Bacon Ghost Pepper Cheese Burger Here)
we made a stop by the office to pick up a couple of Amazon orders that had come in. Then it on over to our old Kroger’s to see if they stocked Dorothy Lynch Salad Dressing so we could stop ordering it from Amazon. Well, they do stock it, but not the Fat Free version, so it’s still Amazon, I guess.
And while we were in that area, we checked out the location of a new burger place a friend told us about, Pop Top Burgers, and it looks like a place we’re going to have to check out.
This is their Big Bubba Burger.
It’s got a Beef Patty, Bacon, American Cheese, Grilled Philly Steak Meat, Grilled Onions, Swiss Cheese, Shredded Lettuce, Tomatoes, Pickles, Special Sauce And Topped With A Thick Onion Ring.
It looks really good.
I mean, it’s not a PB&J Bacon Ghost Pepper Cheese Burger, but then again what is?
But the place looks to be worth a try.
Coming home we made a quick HEB stop for a couple of things, plus I wanted to check out their meat selection for our first Sous Vide cookout next weekend.
Jan wants a filet of some sort, and I found a package of two 5oz Bacon-Wrapped Filets already vacuumed packed for her.
And for me I found a package of 3 Ribeyes, also vacuumed packed, so I’ll have to separate and reseal them, but no problem with that.
For this first try, I not picking the more expensive cut-in-the-store versions, but the somewhat cheaper pre-packaged ones in case I screw things up.
While I was looking over the meat case, I came across this package of ribs.
T-Rex or Brontosaurus?
Does Fred Flintstone know about these?
Coming on home, we made the obligatory Cowboy Coffee stop for patio-sitting a little later.
Had your ‘Experimental’ vaccine yet?
Though I mentioned it in the blog in the past, I don’t think most people realize that none of the CoVid vaccines are “FDA Approved.”
All the current vaccines are allowed to be used under what is called by the FDA an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
From the FDA website:
On December 11, 2020, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. On December 18, 2020, the FDA issued an EUA for the use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine. And on February 27, 2021 the FDA issued an EUA for the use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine.
And despite what you may have read about this company or that airline, or a certain school requiring a CoVid vaccination to participate, this is illegal under Federal law.
Some schools recognize this, and are saying they will required vaccinations as soon as they are FDA Approved.
Some have said that they hope one of the vaccines will receive FDA Approval by this fall, but other experts are doubtful, saying that Level 3 trials normally take a minimum of two years before a drug can be approved. and the oldest one has only been in use for a little over 4 months.
And no one has said what happens if, as mentioned in the above article, the Pfizer vaccine is approved so the University of California starts requiring vaccinations to attend classes, but you have the Moderna version, and not the Pfizer one.
Do you have to start over or what?
Just a final note.
Regular readers know that I will not be getting any of the vaccines, FDA Approved, or not. And you know why I’m not.
Jan says that she’s not getting it either, though I would have no problem if that’s what she wanted. But after more than 30 years in the medical field, that’s her decision. Though she said she may reconsider once the vaccines are FDA Approved.
And neither of us have any problem with anyone else getting or not getting vaccinated. It’s your decision.
Thought For The Day:
From 25 Funniest Tweets About Marriage:
I told my son he needed to clean his room and he said “Maybe later, I have a headache.”
I told him that was no excuse, and heard my husband snort-laugh from three rooms away.
PB&J and Ghost Pepper Cheese . . .
Looks like I going to have to rethink slightly the Hibiscus watering system I set up as a test for when we’re going to be gone for two weeks in June.
The concept is working fine. Alexa turns the water on at 9:00am every morning and then off at 9:01, sending a notification to my phone. But looking at the rate of water usage, I’m not sure that the kitty litter bucket will hold enough water to last for the approximately two weeks we’ll be gone. Especially since it’s possible/probable that I’ll have to increase the watering amount as the weather gets warmer.
So my new idea is install a water hose timer in a garden hose running from the outside faucet to the bucket.
This will let me add water to the bucket on a regular basis, I.e., let it run for 5 minutes ever other day. As long as it keeps the bucket filled, it doesn’t matter if it runs over a bit. The timer is only about $20 on Amazon, so it won’t hurt the wallet too much.
Tomorrow we plan on having lunch at Texas Huddle Grille once again. Jan wants another of their Mushroom Cheddar Bacon Cheeseburger, and I’m really jonsin’ for one of their PB&J Bacon Cheeseburgers spiced up with their Ghost Pepper Cheese.
Then probably the usual run-around type of errands for the afternoon, and maybe ending up with Cowboy Coffee for Sugar-Free Hazelnut Lattes with Almond Milk and Sugar-Free Whipped Cream.
Yum!
On the virus front, it seems to be bordering on the absurd.
During the upcoming Oscar broadcast, the celebrities’ will not have to wear masks during the live broadcast. But when the show cuts away to commercial, everyone will have to put their masks on. Then they can take them back off a couple of minutes later.
That’s right, according to Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that Oscar attendees in the state that has some of the most severe and onerous pandemic lockdowns in the nation will not have to wear masks during the telecast of the ceremony — well, at least as long as the cameras are rolling.
But when it’s time for a commercial break, it’ll be necessary to mask up.
And Michigan has now decided that starting April 26, children two years and older are now required to wear masks.
It may be near impossible to keep a toddler wearing a properly fitted mask, said Dr. Peter Gulick, infectious disease expert at Michigan State University.
And a number of daycare providers said that they have a hard enough time keeping clothes on a two year old, much less a mask.
And personally, I always wonder, if orders like these are so important, why don’t they start immediately, or at least by tomorrow.
But next week?
Thought For The Day:
“Once they can control what you say, they start to gain the ability to control what you think, and soon they have it.”
“Those who control language control minds.” Ayn Rand.
