Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: 5-3-25 Sat/Log

Saturday, May 3, 2025

5-3-25 Sat/Log

W: 310.6 BS: NA

Much cookery today as we are taking a meal to a friends home for her birthday.

~~Dishes~~
~~Laundry~~
~~Vacuum~~
~~Cookery~~
~~Drivery~~
~~Be nice to people~~
~~Drink semi-heavily~~

Lawdog strips that Texas bill down and examines the reality.... which is not what people think it is. At least, the people who listen to the liars and politicians.... but I repeat myself.

We are shlepping dinner to a friends home today as it's her birthday. Mom shouldna have to cook on her birthday!

I asked what would make her heart tingle, and she said "Something smoked. Maybe something pulled". As she has had my pulled pork several time, this was clearly a clue-by-four.

Here we have a six pound boneless pork shoulder roast that I grilled for three hours over smokey charcoal yesterday. Chilled overnight, it's now in the oven, wrapped, at 350 till it hits 200 degrees internal. That should keep it in the magic 160-200 degree collagen melting zone for a few hours.

I'll let it cool a bit then, pull it, and taste it before saucing. If the smoke ain't there enough I know a few drops of liquid smoke in the sauce will bring that bang.

Along with will be baked potatoes, potato gratin, coleslaw, potato rolls, spicy pickles, brownies, and tiramisu. I hear fresh sourdough and roast carrots are coming from elsewhere.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"