You know me… I like to flout tradition whenever possible. And so, like last year, MysteryMan and I opted out of a china-and-crystal thanksgiving and instead packed up the deep-fryer, some folding chairs, and my mother, and headed up to the Lion’s game on Thursday.
Of course, I wasn’t completely willing to give up the tradition [...]

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In the last week it seems like I finally got enough balls in the air– so to speak– that I’ve managed to strike a balance between work-mysteryman-house-and-brooms. And I really only had to give up one thing to make it all come together…
Sleep.
My entire life is like one big case of the Saturday phenomenon. You know, [...]

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I bet with all the Red Pepper deliciousness on this page you thought I forgot I owned power tools, but fear notpeople, despite the rapidly decreasing number of usable hours in any given day (does anyone else want to kick daylight-savings-time’s ass still?) I’ve still been spending a fair amount of time covered in sawdust. [...]

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MysteryMan is the entire reason I eat peppers the way I do (which is in everything) so this recipe is thanks to him.
What I used:

4 Large Red Peppers
1-1/4 lbs Ground Beef
1 small onion
1 medium tomato
1 cup rice cooked (makes 2 cups cooked)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup Tostitos cheese/salsa queso
1 Tbsp soy sauce
2 large beef bouillon [...]

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I swear to god, no human in existence has had a better run of quirky motor vehicles than yours truly.
My favorite feature of my first vehicle… a used 1995 Ford Explorer (also known as the Deer-be-gone)… was that when I pushed the rear windshield wiper fluid button, a steam of liquid shot ten feet out of the back [...]

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