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  • Job Interviews

    …the correct response to “greatest weakness” is: Public Speaking Mainly because it is 1) Unprovable, 2) Relatable, 3) partially “Correctable” through practice (which you can bring up) and 4) if anyone calls you out about you seeming to be good at it, you just say “I work really hard at overcoming the insane amounts of…

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  • Recipe: Easy Slow Cooker Tikka Masala

    https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/240337/easy-slow-cooker-chicken-tikka-masala/

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  • Recipe: Pide

    Pide, a Turkish stuffed boat-shaped flatbread

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  • Recipe: Fesenjan

    Fesenjan, a Persian pomegranate and walnut stew

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  • Recipe: Khinkali

    Khinkali, Georgian Dumplings Meat Filling, “mountain style” (Lamb instead of Pork): 1 lb. Ground Beef 1 lb. Ground Lamb 1/2 cup White Onion, diced Potato Filling, Kart

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  • Recipe: Chicken Tortilla Soup

    1 lb Chicken 1 Can Black Beans (~15 oz.) 1 Can Fire-Roasted Tomatoes (~15 oz.) 1 Can Corn (~15 oz.) 1 Can Diced Greed Chiles (~4 oz.) 1 Can Green Enchalada Sauce 1 Packet Taco Seasoning 1 White Onion, Chopped 5 Garlic Cloves, Crushed

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  • Recipe: Slow Cooker Barbacoa Chicken

    Just the recipe – no pointless story to slog though. Click and cook.   2 lb Chicken Breast 1 can Chiles in Adobo Sauce (~7 oz.)   4 Whole Garlic Cloves 1 White Onion, quartered 1/2 teaspoon Cumin Powder 1 teaspoon Oregano 1/2 cup Chicken Broth Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper   Season the…

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  • Recipe: Pozole Verde

    1.5 lb Chicken Breast 2 White Onions 3 Jalapenos 1 lb Tomotillos 2 Pablano or Anaheim Chiles 5 Cloves of Garlic 1 Tblsp Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil 1.5 Cups Cabbage Mexican Oregano Fresh Ground Black Pepper Salt

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  • Travel

    Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime. — Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad/Roughing Itt

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  • Retro Radio

    This project crosses over into my 1959 Ford F100 pickup project. The previous owner cut a slot in the steel dash to fit a standard, single din stereo (what was once a fairly decent stereo in 1989, but missing buttons and essential features when the truck came into my hands). Unfortunately, the slot was cut…

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