I miss Tim Tebow.

It was all so simple then.

Tim Tebow was just a big goofy linebacker looking quarterback that seemed to have Jesus on his side. Either you believed it was true, believed it was true but didn't think Jesus helped rig football games, or knew it was nonsense. Even the serious stomping at the hands of the Patriots probably didn't change one mind on the subject. It was a non-story sports story with a shelf life and no harm no foul. Even if you were part of the nonsense crew you probably had to admit that Tebow seemed to be a fine young man that you would want to date your daughter. Ah early January, the good old days.

I speak truth to power!

Last week Tim Tomas snubbed the White House and President Obama when the Bruins were invited to visit as part of their Stanley Cup victory tour. Cue the usual mindless uproar. " He wouldn't have done that to Bush" "Can you imagine if a liberal had done that to a conservative president?" "At least respect the office". Blah, blah, blah. Who cares what Tim Tomas does? Tim Tomas, liberals, conservatives, jews, Nascar fans, Hell's Angels, scientologists, left handed fry cooks, effete eastern eggheads, CEOs, strippers, one legged place kickers, hell, everybody has the right to do all the snubbing they want. This is America baby. Land of the free where rugged individualists take no guff from anyone, where speaking truth to power is embedded in our genes, where doing only what we want when we want is a constitutional birth right not to be trifled with, I heard it on talk radio.

Which is our problem in a nutshell. There are 20 people on a hockey team. There were twenty players plus other personal invited to the White House. You want to make a political point by snubbing the President fire away. I'll back you with my last breath and I don't care if you are a liberal, a conservative or a nazi ( although nazi's being invited to the White House would give me pause). On the other hand if you want to make a political point, or even just make everybodies day about you because "Hey, look at me I'm blowing off the president," you are taking a big dump on your teammates special day and I think you're a selfish, over privileged jackass. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and do stuff you don't want to do because other people want you to. Our divorce rate would be 100% if there was no sucking. The divorce rate would plummet to 0% if there was plenty of sucking. So think about some one other than yourself and suck it up once and awhile.

Other selfish, over privileged jackass' would include Larry Bird, Manny Rameriaz, James Harrison, Michael Jordan, Dan Hampton, Mark Chumora ( blew off Clinton because Clinton was immoral, was later arrested for sleeping with the underaged friend of his daughter), but it doesn't stop there,  snubbing is a fine American tradition. William Lowell, Ex-President Herbert Hoover, William Faulkner, Angelina Jolie, Susan Boyle, Jesse Helms, John Bonher ( 3 different times) are all snubbers found with a quick google search. Doing it is your right, so is farting in public, but I'm thinking maybe things would be a little better if we refrained from both.

Look's like cheating to me.

Meanwhile the NFL gave us the usual "we didn't lose we got screwed" crap that I hear year after year. For a bunch of macho, 300lb, roid-raging he-men these guys seem to have an awful hard time admitting that they just lost. Take away the blow-outs where whining that you should have won just makes you look really stupid and I dare anyone to listen to an NFL post game interview where someone doesn't bitch about the officiating or the other team. Well, I guess the Pat's have cheated themselves to yet another Super Bowl so screw it, let's forget about our nation of crybabies, snubbers, and self indulgent big-shots and party like it's Armageddon. Mmm Armageddon!

01/26/11: Before I do the recipe I would like to mention that when I started to write about blowing off the White house 2 days ago, the media, the talking heads, and the public were in standard discourse mode.

Funny thing though, almost everyone except the really partisan donkeys pretty much came around to my point of view. So deep breaths people, take your time, don't break your neck jumping to a conclusion ( that includes the fat boy writting this) just because the media speedballs a story. Sometimes I think I'm the only right thinking person in this world. Apparently not. Shame on me.

Now the best cure for shame would be some football and some sliders.

.or just some sliders.

Slider 1: Beef
              You will need 12 diner rolls, an onion, 1 lb. of ground beef, butter, Mmm butter! flour, milk, cheese+ slices of more cheese (any kind of cheese will be fine, but maybe a nice smoked gouda would be better).

1. Split the dinner rolls then line them up on a jelly roll pan that has been lined with foil.
2. Brown the beef (salt and pepper here please) in a cast iron skillet. Once all the pink is gone remove to a bowl.
3. Dice the onion small, then run your knife threw it a couple of times to really shred it small.
4. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter, Mmm butter! in the skillet. When it foams add the onion.
5. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes then add the flour. Cook stirring constantly for 3 or 4 more minutes.
6. Add 1 cup of milk and stir, It should be thick.
7. Pour the béchamel into the bowl of meat. Mix well.
8. Add at least 8 ounces of shredded cheese ( you did shred the cheese right?) Mix well.
9. Slap a glob of the meat mixture on each roll bottom.
10. Add a slice of cheese on top.
11. Cover with the roll tops.
12. Then cover the whole thing with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes.

Slider 2: Mushroom

              You will need 12 diner rolls, an onion, 2 lb. of mushrooms, fresh thyme, butter, Mmm butter! flour, milk, cheese+ slices of more cheese (any kind of cheese will be fine, but maybe a nice swiss would be better).

1. Split the dinner rolls then line them up on a jelly roll pan that has been lined with foil.
2. Saute the mushrooms in butter (salt and pepper here please) in a cast iron skillet. Once all the pink is gone remove to a bowl.
3. Dice the onion small, then run your knife threw it a couple of times to really shred it small.
4. Chop a tablespoon of fresh thyme.
5. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter, Mmm butter! in the skillet. When it foams add the onion+thyme.
6. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes then add the flour. Cook stirring constantly for 3 or 4 more minutes.
7. Add 1 cup of milk and stir, It should be thick.
8. Pour the béchamel into the bowl of meat. Mix well.
9. Add at least 8 ounces of shredded cheese ( you did shred the cheese right?) Mix well.
10. Slap a glob of the mushroom mixture on each roll bottom.
11. Add a slice of cheese on top.
12. Cover with the roll tops.
13. Then cover the whole thing with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes.

Slider 3: Chicken

You will need 12 diner rolls, an onion, two chiles(any kind will do, you know your heat tolerance), 1 lb. of boneless chicken, butter, Mmm butter! flour, cheese+ slices of more cheese (any kind of cheese will be fine, but maybe a nice pepper jack would be better).

1. Split the dinner rolls then line them up on a jelly roll pan that has been lined with foil.
2. Poach the chicken in a sauce pan. Once all the pink is gone shred and remove to a bowl.
3. Dice the onion small, then run your knife threw it a couple of times to really shred it small.
4. Dice the chiles the same way.
5. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter, Mmm butter! in the skillet. When it foams add the onion+chiles.
6. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes then add the flour. Cook stirring constantly for 3 or 4 more minutes.
7. Add 1 cup of the poaching liquid and stir, It should be thick.
8. Pour the voule into the bowl of meat. Mix well.
9. Add at least 8 ounces of shredded cheese ( you did shred the cheese right?) Mix well.
10. Slap a glob of the meat mixture on each roll bottom.
11. Add a slice of cheese on top.
12. Cover with the roll tops.
13. Then cover the whole thing with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes.

These things are going to steam in the oven a little bit so they are going to be damp like a White Castle slider. If that is not your thing cut the time under the foil in half and give the sliders 10 minutes in the oven uncovered. Go Pats!