This is Where it Started.

People seem wonder how things got so out of control. Why is everyone so mean and short sighted all of a sudden? Maybe you just spent $100 (Really?) so your girl could get roses at her work("in your face co-workers')  place for Valentines Day ("Someone loves me spinster bitches. I got mine. Woohoo!" Girly fist pump!) Maybe you just came from a parent teacher meeting where a solemn pack of education experts (looking for easy solutions) just told you that your rambunctious 10 year old needs to be loaded up with adderall so he can learn like the other drugged up zombies in his class. Maybe you got laid off, crunched the numbers, and realized that there are worse things than being dead. Maybe you actually tried those recipes I gave you last week and you are going to need to scrape down the kitchen, just as soon as the smoke alarm stops going off (you could try muffling it with a chocolate covered pillow case.) Maybe... well it does seem like there is something wrong, even corrupt about our society. You know why? Because working hard and playing fair is for chumps, and it started right here.



The moment in popular culture when "The ends justify the means" went mainstream. If you are under 35 you don't even know how corrupt this is. The Duke would have never done this. Gary Cooper, not a chance! You young'uns don't even know how shocking this was at the time. It was a genuine surprise. Hell this film didn't come out until 1981. Maybe the 70's, disco, cocaine, and Nixon/Ford/Carter were enough to turn America's soul sour but suddenly the easy way was the smart way.

It's like Obama and Bonher. Got to do that federal budget or the whole country shuts down in March. What to cut? What to cut?...hmmmm.

If you are a democrat and push comes to shove you can certainly count on kicking your base in the teeth,  after all where are they going to go?

If you are a republican and push comes to shove you can certainly count on kicking your base in the teeth, after all where are they going to go?

What a pair. Speaking of pears we never cooked our pears from Monday.

                                             (Luigi Chiesa)








You will need the pears (as many as you want, there is no rule) butter, Mmmm butter!, fresh thyme, blue cheese (melty blue like gorgonzola is better that crumbly blue like stilton), and some balsamic vinegar.

1. Heat your cast iron skillet to medium high. Add a couple of tablespoons full of butter. Mmmm butter!
2. Cut the pears in half, core.
3. Place cut side down in the pan until they brown nicely(that means don't touch them for a least 3 minutes let the heat and the pan do the work.
4. Place in a buttered, Mmmm butter, casserole cut side up. Cover with foil. Add the Fresh Thyme (go ahead, full sprigs, it'll work)
5. Bake in a 350 oven for 40 minutes. Take them out, drizzle with the balsamic, cover with the cheese, put back in the oven, no foil.
6. When the cheese is all melty goodness serve.
7. Just add steak and asparagus.