Horses

I don’t know a whole heck of a lot about horses, except that they make for some pretty cute pictures. I got the chance the other day to take my daughter out to see a few horses, and she really enjoyed it a lot.

She is far too young to really do much with horses, and I am not the right person to be teaching her anyway, but it gave me more than a little satisfaction to be able to indulge her. She has a fascination with pink ponies (thanks cartoons), but was equally satisfied with her opportunity to see the real thing up close and personal.

What Games Do You Play?

So my son is into Bakugan. I've never played it. I understand the game and the concept, but for whatever reason it just doesn't interest me. Which is kind of odd because I do play quite a few games.

I like Magic The Gathering, and have a passing interest in Pokemon. I also enjoy a variety of video games including Guitar Hero, the Fallout Series as well as Warcraft and Starcraft. So I'm into games. Not everyone is. I understand that.

What makes a person like one game and not another? Maybe I'm just getting older now and things that I would have enjoyed even a few years ago are being swallowed up in the ongoing rush of life and continual pursuit of comfort.

What about you? What games do you play?

Getting The Most Out Of Your Blog

So I suppose that if you want to get the most out of your blog, then you need to know what the "most" really is.

For a lot of people out there getting the most from their blog would mean making the most money or getting the most visitors (so that they can make the most money). It could also be getting the most readers or getting the most comments.

For a very few, getting the most out of their blog is nothing more and nothing less than getting the most enjoyment. There is not necessarily any monetary return on their investment. Rather they are looking to enjoy the time that the spend online and to get a return of happiness.

Me? You ask me what getting the most out of my blog means? Well, I think that getting the most out of this blog is just keeping it up and posting stuff that has meaning on some level to me. How am I doing? Well, lets just say I could be doing better and I could be doing a lot worse.

Flavor Injector

Have you ever used a flavor injector? You know, one of those little things used to inject flavor into roasts, pork chops, and other yummy meat products?

Personally, I just love to use my flavor injector. Even when there is no realy need for it I like to get it out and inject some of my favorite spices into whatever I happen to be cooking. My personal preference is a mix of steak seasonings, olive oil and just a touch of balsamic or malt vinegar. I use different pre-made steak seasoning mixes. There are a lot of good ones to choose from and I am a bit too lazy to go through the trouble of learning how to make a good mix all by myself.

It also goes good with chicken and other poultry (though personally I don't know a lot of people out there eating swan 3x a week). Though I do love me some duck when I can get it.

Until nexts time, have fun playing with your flavor injector.

Bungee Cords

It sure seems like I can never get my hands on enough bungee cords. You know, the little stretchy cords with hooks on either end. Take a look at the picture already.

It seems that anytime you have to move anything there just isn't a good way to hold it down or keep in place or keep it from coming apart. These little buggers sure do come in handy.

Case in point: We recently decided to go and visit family in another state. Naturally, being the cheapskates that we are we accepted their invitation to sleep downstairs (which, by the way is much nicer than staying in any hotel). But we needed to bring bedding and so forth because the kids all have their special stuff that they want when they sleep. Enter the bungee. It quickly comes to the rescue holding together everything that either has no straps, or for which the straps broke 2 minutes after purchase.

Thanks bungee!

Woot Woot PR2

Okay, so it may not really be anything to write home about (but since I'm already home I guess that point is moot), but merry old Pinch of Thought has reached PR 2.

Fact is I'm pretty happy about that. I haven't been running this particular blog all that long and I have done ZERO and I do mean zero SEO on it (not that you can do all that much with the blogger platform anyway). Still hitting page rank 2 in only a couple of months without trying brings a smile to my face.

I have other blogs that I've been working my tail off on and haven't had any kind of results. So I guess I should stop trying to do things right and just keep doing things wrong.

Bridal Shoes

So my niece got married not too long ago and we went to her open house about a week back. Frankly it was one of the most boring affairs that I've been to in quite a while, but it was good to see my sister again. We haven't been all that close for a lot of years and it was very nice to get together.

Anyway during all the preparation there was much talk about bridal gear. Weddings, of course, entail a whole lot of different things, among which are, of course bridal shoes. My niece, unfortunately, did not purchase anything terribly fancy but over at Zappos they have a very nice selection of different shoes and things which I wish she had found. (Or anywhere else for that matter). There are plenty of places to purchase bridal gear out there I'm kind of surprised they didn't do much looking online.

It looks like I am finally entering that stage where all my nieces and nephews are going to be graduating school (or starting school as it were) and hitting the marriage path. It makes me feel old. But since we only tend to see each other at weddings and funerals at least we'll be seeing more of each other (yes it is a good thing.)