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Empathy with The They

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Just woke up, got mah coffee, readying to start the day. I was reminiscing about one of my first jobs. Basically, my first corporate job. I worked at Major Litigation for ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Oil). One of the many offshoots of the Standard Oil trust. I was thinking about how as I grow older, I can appreciate what the powers that be are doing. Even when it has undesired side effects. This has come up a lot as people, businesses,... Read More

Jerky

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I cooked some sorta beef jerky yesterday. It's my 2nd attempt. Was quite simple to prepare. I took the bag the beef came in, poured in some good soy sauce, added onion salt, cayenne, red pepper, black pepper, garlic salt, liquid smoke, shakey shake. I must have cooked that stuff for 5 hours. I was starving. I'd steal pieces now and then and they were quite tasty. But I've realized I just can't dehydrate meat that thick. It won't ever... Read More

Coffee

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I've thought of doing some cooking videos now that I have a Cliston 3D model. But it would be a pain because my kitchen is so miniscule. But it gets me thinking of stuff to say. Like today I ran out of cane sugar. So I poured a bit of maple syrup in my coffee. I'll use maple syrup as a sugar substitute a lot. But only when I'm not actually cook-cooking. Because you're going to burn away the flavor... Read More

Racism

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I'm just getting over food poisoning. During a pandemic, the universe felt it wasn't enough for me to deal with all the usual stuff. I had to pass a kidney stone, mess up my knee, have my muscles tighten so much I thought I ruptured a disk, and then get violently, relentlessly sick, from a spinach bowl. And that was all within two weeks. If you ever wonder where Hard Luck Hank gets his luck, you know. Not that I'm... Read More