One year on...

As of 2:30 pm today, I have been a resident of Hibbing, MN for one year. The wind chill aside, I like it and think I'll stay.

Lil' Porgy's BBQ, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!

1. I worked there and will still eat there.
2. I joined the Lil' Porgy's group on Facebook.
3. I have begged, pleaded, paid and blackmailed people into sending me sauce whenever I lived far away.
4. I have deliberately scheduled time away from family and friends to eat there.
5. I own a store t-shirt.
6. As pictured here, I have been seen cuddling a bottle of sauce as if it were a crying child ("There, there, daddy's spicy little fellow. You know you are delicious.").

And since BBQ is one of the signs of an advanced and civilized society, why do we still eat bolagna?

If you are what you eat, then I am ham.

During the visit to my folk's, I ate plenty of ham. I like ham, but really!

12/23: Arrived in CU, where Dad was slicing the Xmas ham. Miri and I had ham sandwiches for dinner.
12/24: Dad put ham in the breakfast omelets.
12/25: The ham was officially served for dinner.
12/26: Visited my buddy Carl, who served us leftover ham from dinner with his folks.
12/27: Stopped by to see my old friends, David and Sharon, who gave us Virginia ham sandwiches for lunch.
12/28: Somewhere between Rice Lake and Superior, WI, Miri and I consumed the ham sammies that Mom packed for us.

Tonight, I shall eat Chinese buffet, where there is NO HAM!

You know you are in northern Minnesota when...

...it is 25 degrees warmer than it was six hours ago, and it is still below zero!

I'll Be Home for Christmas

For the first time since 2003, I'll be home in Chamapign on Christmas. I'm very excited to see my family, especially since so many of them will be meeting Miriam for the first time. So please wish us luck on the long trip and a Merry Christmas to you all.

Here is the King to sum it all up for me!

My new second most favorite song

You gotta seach my blog to find my favorite...

Two captions

Since I created both of these captions for this really funny photo, I submit both:

"Attempting to get sympathy from the judge, OJ breaks into his rendition of 'The Robot.'"
or
"To remind the judge of his status as a football hero, OJ strikes a pose like the Heisman Trophy."

Either way, it is great to see him in prison garb!