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Let the water ovening continue. NY strip for me and sirloin strip for Debbie. After sear with asparagus and raspberry sauce. A bit more than medium rare but very juicy and delicious. A great first try at steak.

I agree regarding Massa. If Bottas had enough to pass him, do it. If he didn't have enough skill to get around Massa, he sure as heck wasn't going to get around Button. A good race for Lewis and all the proof I need that Ferrari should not be in the hands of the Italians. Think they can coax Ross Brawn back out of retirement??

Happy Birthday Doug!!

Happy Birthday to my former bunk bed mate.

A simple beef stew that includes a bottle of Founders Imperial Stout.

Did our first run with the Anova tonight. Boneless pork chops with two sprigs of rosemary for two hours at 137, then seared in a hot cast iron pan. Juicy and delicious. We are convinced. Oh, and Debbie made some kick ass roasted Brussels sprouts. Yum!

Nice Mike. Our Anova arrives today so we should be getting up and running soon.

Yours would be the only bill I'd gladly consider paying.

Don't know if everyone heard but Riccardo was disqualified for a fuel flow meter violation. Red Bull has appealed. I thought the race was fun. I also think that if Bottas had not hit the wall Rosberg would had a challenger at the end. I'm dying to see what Massa can do in that car.

Strangely, Debbie says that those types of natural remedies will dehydrate me, and therefore my eyes. Thank goodness she is not a natural health professional like you, Gene.

Now have reading glasses. Taking a shitload of drops for the next few weeks. Sight improving gradually. So far so good.

Grahame, the smell was actually like burning hair. Operation was simple and distance vision is getting better every hour. Near vision is shit but I knew it would be. Signing off till I get some reading glasses.

My guess is exactly like bacon frying.

Going at 1PM to have lasers shot into my eyes.

Happy Birthday to the DOTU! Hope you have a great day with family and friends. Cheers!

Debbie also wants the sealer just for general freezing of various items. So it will do double duty for us.

Yeah, I try not to suck as much as possible. I'll go with a sealer.

Ok, this looks like a bandwagon worth jumping on. Will probably order the Anova and a food sealer tonight.

I just ordered a Music Hall MMF 2.2 with an Ortofon 2M Blue. It requires a different counterweight to support the Ortofon, and I added a Music Hall cork mat. $684 out the door from NeedleDoctor. I did a fair amount of research before going this route. My Emotiva USP-1 preamp has the phono stage. I should have it this week and then can post impressions. My previous TT was a Dual with the Ortofon 2M Red.

We'll hit Whole Foods before the next batch as they have a better kale selection.

Al, is there a particular type of kale you've used? Debbie is less fond of the "curly" style we've used so far but it's all that's been available unless we roam far afield.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM IGGY: My dear friend Scott Asheton passed away last night. Scott was a great artist, I have never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning than Scott Asheton. He was like my brother. He and Ron have left a huge legacy to the world. The Asheton's have always been and continue to be a second family to me. My thoughts are with his sister Kathy, his wife Liz and his daughter Leanna, who was the light of his life. Iggy Pop

FFF's take on corned beef and cabbage.

I've tried contacts a few times, but they never worked for me. If I was like Bryan and Raffy I doubt I'd be doing this. I'll let you know what happens post surgery Colin.

Colin, since I've not seen you wearing glasses I assume you are a contact wearer. If so, you'll need to stop using your contacts 2-3 weeks prior to surgery to let your eyes reshape. I don't have to do that since I wear glasses exclusively. I'll let you know more after Thursday.