New toy

December 5, 2007 · Posted in Photography · 1 Comment 

I got a new toy, probably bad timing on my part but it is needed.




I have a crap load of photos of my girls, unfortunately they are all on cd’s or my hard drive. My wife would like to enjoy them too. So I got the printer in the hopes of making her happy and making my event photography a little more profitable.

Oh and it snowed here last night. Not as much as I hoped but I guess it’s better than nothing.

Yes Linda, I changed it back to the old template. I am surprised at how quickly I got tired of looking at the lamp one.

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Have you ever been mellow

December 4, 2007 · Posted in Life · 5 Comments 

I have been silent this weekend, I apologize, a little.

See, we had our company Christmas party on Saturday and the jury is still out on whether it was worth it or not. I spend enough time with those people throughout the week, why do I have to hang with them on my weekend?

My biggest problem with the whole thing was they decided to have it in a piano bar. I have nothing against pianos, just bars. I have never really liked bars, even when I was drinking a lot I didn’t do it in bars. I have always felt that the whole atmosphere in most bars is a little too rowdy for my taste.

The piano players were quite good though and kept us entertained. I do enjoy piano music and they knew pretty much anything that I threw at them for requests. Everyone else was requesting stupid stuff that really doesn’t go well on a piano but they played them anyway. They were happy that at least I was trying.

I have some photos but for the sake of my job I won’t post them, unless they tick me off again, then all bets are off!

So how was your weekend?

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Fry Day #8 McDonald’s

November 30, 2007 · Posted in Fry Day · 2 Comments 

It was inevitable, I had to do them and here they are:

Info:
McDonald’s
Franklin, IN
Time of day: 1:07pm

All ratings except hot are a 1-10 scale. Hot is how long they remain warm.

Taste: 6
Appearance: 6
Saltiness: 3
Crispiness: 2
Hot: 12 minutes
Quantity: (Stated 114g) (Actual 110g)
Price:$1.30
Value: $0.0118181 per gram

While Burger King was a pleasant surprise, McDonald’s was no surprise at all, and not very pleasant either.

I could taste the potato, I will give it that much. They weren’t very greasy either, another credit. But, there was an underlying taste also. Either they don’t maintain separate fryers for their fries or they need to change the oil in that fryer.

Did I mention that they were like biting into a sponge? That is what the texture reminded me of, bleh.

I have no idea how they manage it every time but I was 10th in line at the drive thru and still managed to get old fries. 10th in line, that is almost a guarantee for hot fries at other places, but not at McD’s. Seems like every time I go there I lose a little more respect for their organization. They are on a media blitz trying to make their image shine yet they let stores like this continue to tarnish their less than sterling reputation.

Final word: For a place that is so popular and famous for their fries, I do not understand how they get away with serving fries like this!

Photo:


Mcdonalds fries
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Fry Day #7 Ore-Ida Easy Fries

November 16, 2007 · Posted in Fry Day · 4 Comments 

Today we do the stay at home edition of Fry Day.

Info:
Ore-Ida
Time of day: 1:22pm

All ratings except hot are a 1-10 scale. Hot is how long they remain warm.

Taste: 9
Appearance: 7
Saltiness: 10
Crispiness: 9
Hot: 10 minutes
Quantity: (Stated 134g) (Actual 95g)
Price:$1.00
Value: $0.010526 per gram

Easy Fries are a microwaveable fry. I have preconceived notions about microwave food and usually those notions are right. They were only about half so this time.

Value wise these seem to fall about in the middle. Although I must state that I got them on sale at my local Kro*** store. Yes I blotted out half their name. If you have one near you then you know who it is, I am not in the business of handing out free advertisement, unless I have something to say about you! I should also state that they evidently count the weight of the box in their stated weight as that was the only way I could even get close to the 134g that they stated.

The taste was very good right out of the box. There was no need to add any salt as they have taken care of that for you. Honestly I would prefer to do it myself when I am making them at home. I like to have some control. I realize though that these are targeted at kids so it was probably a good idea to just throw the salt in. I could taste the potato for the most part although there was also a hint of oily taste, yes they do add oil. I guess they probably wouldn’t cook very well without it.

I love crinkle cut fries, they usually stay hot longer than thin cut, usually. 10 minutes was all I got out of these before they were cool to the touch.

When they cool they tend to take on that familiar microwaved toughness. They were nice right up until that point. You got to eat them fast or be prepared for a few tough ones!

Obligatory photos:


I should have shot this before I cooked them, the box looks really pathetic now.
ore ida box
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ore ida fries
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Darn it all

November 1, 2007 · Posted in Blog · 1 Comment 

I really liked that theme for my blog but it had one major flaw. It was conflicting with my plug in that I use for the photos. It just wouldn’t work, they did not play nicely. So here we are back to this look and me trying to remember where everything was on the sidebar before!

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