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Saturday, March 19, 2005

What kind of face do you make when you rebuff your critics? Here, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig demonstrates his “rebuff the critics” game face. It helps to snarl a little so they know you are serious. Bud can also be as gentle as a lamb, however. Check out this quote he made for the very serious investigative reporters at USAToday: Because of all the furor about steroids I've spent the last seven years of my life trying to do something about it," Selig said during a telephone interview with USA TODAY after he met with reporters in Mesa, Ariz., prior to the spring-training game between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs. Selig added: "I've told our people all along when I'm done being commissioner I don't want a widow or somebody being able to say to me, 'You knew, Commissioner, and didn't do anything about it.' With those words and that face, the critics of Bud Selig were completely rebuffed. Even if you never get a chance to rebuff your critics, you should save this picture to teach your grandchildren how to do it. And when they ask you what the hell is baseball, you can smile and tell them, “It was a game for grownup men who liked to act like boys. It was created by Abner Doubleday in 1839 and was destroyed by this man in the early 21st century…”   6:26:55 PM    comment []

Here's Bud expressing his uncontainable delight at the opportunity to meet with his many fans for photo-ops and autographs. What sort of depraved individual could turn to drugs under the employ of this man, one for whom every nuance of his countenance reveals a deep-seated Joie de Vivre, eager to burst out at the mere suggestion of an excuse?               3:55:13 PM    comment []

That’s a 7-pound beef shoulder in the background there. It wants to be pastrami. Even though it is not a brisket. It’s not even a round, which could make a passable pastrami, but it insisted and when it eyed the spray pump needle I was in no mood to argue.   The spray pump needle is not a commonly used kitchen tool. I only use it for two occasion – spray-pumping hams and other large hunks of meat for brine curing and as a prop to wield when dealing with tech support, say like at Radio Userland. The rest of the time it sits unused but ready. It’s a good idea to boil it before you use it to inject meats.   The brine is a modification of a Len Poli recipe: 2 ½ quarts water, 5 tablespoons kosher salt, 2 tablespoons curing salt, ¼ cup crushed garlic, and two tablespoons sugar. I cut back a little on the salts, used brown sugar, doubling it and the garlic.   The initial preparation of pastrami is very similar to that for corned beef, but in the end (visual reference, the spray pump) it is smoked instead of boiled.   11:25:40 AM    comment []

I’ve been unfair to post those pictures of Bud Selig captured during a rare dour moment when he appeared before the US Congress. Here he is in happier times, a smile on his face and a lilt in his heart.               10:58:00 AM    comment []

Okay. No question mark replacements when I input directly into Userland. Also, I can copy from the public page amd manually replace the question marks, then paste that text into a Userland edit field and the fixes stay fixed. Naturally, this is not what I am going to do with 2 1/2 years of blog material. A global search and replace cannot work because multiple characters have been replaced with question marks. This damage was not caused by any action on my part, Userland just went ahead and did it on its own sometime Thursday night. They don't seem to have a real tech support address, just a forum where previous complaints about this problem have gone unanswered. Maybe there's no one there to open up a can of whoopass on?   9:42:21 AM    comment []

-""-,'; I've posted a note on the Userland support forum about the sudden conversion of all quotes and other punctuation marks into question marks. It has affected over two years of the blog and editing the original text (which is still intact) does not help at all. Messages posted remote are still intact and this one is being posted inputting directly into Userland interface - not using Word as I usually do. I hope Userland gets this fixed (I am not the only person affected) because I'd sure as hell hate to have to open up a can of whoopass on 'em.   9:32:08 AM    comment []

Some of the best cured meats and sausages available anywhere at Mom Wilson's. If you're ever traveling on route 23 just north of Delaware, OH, stop in and buy a pound of bacon. It's the best. While you?re there, you'll get a chance to taste a variety of sausages, pickles, and cheeses. If you get out spending less than $40, you're doing better than I ever have. I wish they'd open a shop in North Carolina.             8:43:33 AM    comment []

This is a test. Describe Bud Selig in two words or less.             7:04:00 AM    comment []