The Following

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Michael Harrison

I almost like The Following.

Kevin Bacon does a good job. Really, all the acting is good.

The writers are sooo freaking lazy.

The FBI keep making rookie mistakes. They don’t handcuff people before leading them off to interrogation and end up getting a stick in the eye. They don’t review the pictures they have of all the cult members before going into a locked room full of people. They don’t stay in pairs. Come on. Quit making stupid mistakes.

Or I’ll stop watching.

And I know how much you’d hate that.

Learn an language!

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Michael Harrison

I’ve seen the following ad on Facebook a few times over the last few weeks and clearly since I’m both

Over 40
Male

The language video for me is one that contains imagery of a young happy woman with large mammalian protuberances, standing near a beach.

I wonder if they’ve created a similar video for women. It would probably feature a young happy man with a large mammalian protuberance. Most likely his nose.

Toasted Quinoa

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Michael Harrison

Quinoa. Susan introduced me to it this past year (as a birthday present if I remember correctly) and after cooking it the first time I knew I had to make it a diet staple.

The basic recipes I’d found were good enough but on a recent trip to Fredericksburg, TX we found the best recipe yet.

Where? The Navajo Grill.

Everything we had for dinner was good. Very good. The Quinoa though was wonderful.

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Fireflies in Kentucky

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Michael Harrison

Had a fun time at the McKee farm last weekend with relatives and our hosts Dottie and Frank. As the sun went down the fireflies started to come out. I set up my camera to take some regular pictures and captured this firefly comet going past. Pretty little lights going past near the ‘creek’ and around the barn and garage.