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You didn't drink enough. I had a cool cloudy day with some sprinkles. I pissed enough for both of us.

Feeling kinda crappy at the moment... wondering if a puppy dog made it home.

Wife and I went for our walk this morning, around the neighborhood. Walked through the park by the house and as we were leaving the neighborhood a white german shepherd was wandering around, sniffing stuff, as dogs do. He had a collar on... no tags.

I looked around and saw nobody. Called out... no answer. Dog came running over to me. Very friendly, seemed to be about a year old. Followed us for almost half our walk (4 miles). Brought a water bottle with me and gave that dog about 3/4's of it, little by little. He'd run around and sniff stuff and then run back to me. I'd give him more water... he'd do it again. I'm really hoping he made it back home. After about 2 miles he just ran off.

Some lady was walking a dog and was like... "Your dog needs to be leashed". I responded... well, if it was my dog he would be leashed, but it isn't. I don't know whose it is but he's following us...

Spent an action filled day of floating in the pool, drinking beer and smoking. Finally hitting my stride on this vacation thing.

Welcome back to Monday fellas.

Boy's off to his first day of school.

Inspector Clouseau : I thought you said your dog wouldn't bite!
Homeowner: That is not my dog.

Morning gents

go get em ram.

Morning swim and at the office now.

Zoom classes for both kids... so far so good, but we're only 19 minutes in...

1.5 hour walk finished. It's already 81 degrees... AC is already humming.

Ya, my son started today. Daughter starts next week. I agree going to be short lived.

Yes.

Crab legs were on sale, $7/lb. I bought 3.5lbs

I've eaten crab legs once, enjoyed them. Figured this could be my afternoon project. Grill some crab n make crab cakes. Too late to be dinner i think. Ive made salmon cakes, but found it best to rest the cakes in the fridge a few hours they stick together better.

I think they're cooked then frozen. There isn't info on the bag, but looking online that seems to be the way they're done. So not long on the grill once they've thawed.

My wife is a middle school teacher in one of the worst areas in the state, with the zip code the school is in having the most cases per capita. The school department is offering a "Virtual Academy", however the requirements for students is that they MUST agree to stay in the virtual academy for the entire semester, and their seat back in the school they are in is not guaranteed to be available when they return to in-person learning. The other issue is that any teachers with "pre-existing health conditions" (which my wife has) that might make them more susceptible to COVD-19 have to provide a doctor's note indicating what their medical issue is, which I think "may" be a violation of privacy. I think, as long as a doctor certifies a person has a "pre-existing health condition", there should be no need to divulge that person's specific medical issues.

The other issue is that there is no information for teachers from the school department or the teachers' union, even after the question has been asked MANY times, as to what this means for the teacher. Is their spot at the school also not guaranteed to be available when the schools are safe and the teacher can return to in-person learning? It's also been made known that there are only so many teaching positions available depending on the amount of students that sign up for the virtual academy. What does this mean for the teachers with health conditions that might not have a spot in the virtual academy made available to them? Are they expected to go in for in-person learning and risk their lives? There are so many questions that remain to be answered, and not much time left before the opening of schools (Rhode Island decided to push back the opening of schools until September 14th).

I'm afraid for my wife to go back to in-person learning. She didn't receive the form to apply for in-person learning because she is out on OJI and Workers' Comp after being assaulted by a student late last year. She is also suffering from severe PTSD, for which she is seeing a specialist. If she HAS to go back to in-person learning, and she gets sick because of a student, and God forbid dies from it because of her health condition that makes her drastically more susceptible to catching COVID-19, I'm going to be suing the crap out of the school department for negligence and unnecessary death.

Yeah... My wife has PTSD, too.

She's been married to me for 31 years.

Rodney Dangerfield.

Hah! My wife and I had been together for almost 10 years before I ran out of excuses and we got married. So all together, we've known each other for close to 48 years (...talk about brutal - for her!...)..

Crab took forever to strip from the shells. Granted I dont have the tools, I used a pair of suturing scissors to open the parts too soft to crack and used side cutters on the really tough shell on the claws.

Smokiness is mild, can tell they were on the grill but its mostly sweet crab flavor. Ive overpowered shrimp and fish before, was worried about this dish especially considering the cost.

Dug up an onion and picked a pepper from the garden and diced em. 2 cups of panko bread crumbs, 2 eggs, half cup of mayo, a little creole seasoning, some "seafood seasoning" from grocery store, splashed it all with lemon juice, couple splashes of Crystal hot sauce, and mixed it up. Went light on seasoning to try to enjoy the crab more than the cake. Ive made em with salmon and spice it up, only used about 1/4 what I'd use for that.

Rolled into palm sized balls in a casserole dish and stuck it in the fridge. Gonna try to eat em for dinner tonight even though I'm pushing the time.

Very spicy jambalaya with hatch chilies in the cornbread. I'ma sweating.

Probably just an infected gash.

Black eyed peas, red and green pepper, onion, garlic, chicken stock, bay leaf, cajun seasoning, worchestershire, tobasco, kielbasa.

Cooked up sweet and spicy, three bowls in it's a hit.

Morning, folks.

Rather foggy early this morning. Just about finished cleaning up the back yard yesterday. Today it's front yard day. The big cracked branch has not come down on it's own and the big old tree is being held up by nearby maples. One of my neighbors offered to cut it down, but I turned that down - too many chances of splinters and flying wood. Chain saw will be busy and a fire in the back yard may take care of the smaller stuff.

Wow, just wow!
Welcome back.
How many days without a day off?

Bravo Cheno bravo, sure those whom now have power appreciate your efforts.



Go forth peeps........

Broke the crap outta my vice pinky toe yesterday... not even in a fun way... i was wrangling the puppies and sent my bare foot into a stucco wall... i didn't think it was broken but during the night it turned black and blue and found a new direction in which to point...