TSA SNAFU

This is getting a lot of press in St. Louis as it happened here. How much coverage is this getting in the rest of the world?


Consumerist - Traveler Detained For Carrying "Too Much" Cash Sues TSA - Tsa

Steve Bierfeldt sues TSA over detainment for carrying cashBack in March, Steve Bierfeldt was pulled aside while going through the security line at Lambert-St. Louis (Missouri) International Airport, taken to a room, and questioned for half an hour about the box of cash he was trying to check through. Bierfeldt, who works for a Ron Paul organization, recorded the conversation. Now with the help of the ACLU he's suing the TSA.

Adios very soon.

While not as large a Iggy's lunker, this was my son's first Largemouth Bass. 

Its almost vacation time.

Excitement is building both for me and the kids. I thinks the wife's excitement is tempered by the thought of 15 hours in the car (each way) while 28 weeks pregnant. Fishing, swimming, boating, swimming and maybe a little casino time. I can't forget duck racing, turtle racing and fireworks. Ice cream, cake, pie cookies and possibly come of that beer called Surley.

Driving to work last Thursday....

I am sitting at a stoplight.  A maroon Chevy Blazer comes around the corner. The driver loses it and bam flips over. Didn't hit anything, didn't even squeal the tires that I heard.

I pulled into the parking lot and a couple of other guys came over and we extricated the lady from the SUV (Suddenly Upside down Vehicle). She was shaken, but not visibly hurt, no severe bleeding or anything.

The cool thing was she flipped it right off the road and into a parking lot.  Traffic continued to flow with a minimum of lookylous.

CK Cleaners

I drive by the CK Cleaners everyday.  Everyday I think I should stop and take a pick for BWOP. I did just that last week. How does one become the 39th best O8/S8 player in the world?

So back in 1989...

I was alone in a hallway at my high school and this girl chucked a McDonald's Cheeseburger at me from about 50 feet away. It landed short, because, although she did play the tuba, she did not have the strength to get it all the way to me. The cheeseburger hit the ground and skidded towards me, but remained wrapped in its yellow waxed paper.

I don't know why I was alone in the hallway of my school.
I do know why she threw the cheeseburger at me.
I wonder what sort of cheeseburger ninja wrapped that thing.
It just dawned on me that her and her friend that showed up 5 seconds later were stoned to the bejessus.

Almost exactly 20 years later and that episode pops into my head and I figure out she was stoned.

Sometimes your brain is a weird fucking thing.

Watch both videos. The Roots Cook.

THE GHOST OF ELECTRICITY: Jimmy Fallon and Mos Def get all 'Tricky' on the Roots

Lifehacker=handhacker

Not the best tutorial I have ever seen on this topic. First, you want a FILLET knife. The hatchet that guy is using works, but if you are cleaning fish repetitively, get the right tool for the job. If you like cool knives, get one like mine here. Also pick up this bad boy while you're at it.

The fillet knife needs to be flexible, not rigid and strong. Sharp and flexible. A good flexible blade lets you feel the bones easily. A thinner blade lets you use a little finesse.

The overall technique is good, but I see a couple of critical errors.

0:24 - you don't need to gut your fish. If its live, fillet it without gutting. If its dead it prolly should have been gutten already. If you want to use the remainder for stock, gut later. If you bought it at the market its probably gutted and clean. You do not want to rupture the intestines which you can do gutting. Don't do it filleting either. The bile is gross and makes the meat spoiled, IMO.

1:27 Uhm, yeah, do that only if your health insurance is paid. That guy is going to cut his thumb off. You make the cut that he makes at 0:32 and holding onto the head with your left hand turn the knife to the tail. I like to make the cut that he makes at 0:32, separate the majority of the fillet from the back/spine and come back and cut from the incision made at 0:32 toward the tail with my left hand holding the head. Seriously, that is a serious cut he's making at 1:27 towards his hand and he is going fuck up some day and slice himself. Also, if you do it my way with a proper fillet knife, you leave the ribs on the carcass.

In summary, wrong knife, good overall technique, but be careful not to cut your thumb off. Maybe I'll shoot a video when I'm at the lake this summer, cause this is some low rent instruction. But there are several videos with good technique on youtube.

Also, if you have a fillet knife, a good one, you can easily skin the fillet if you desire. We like to batter and fry or batter and bake fillets, making skin removal a requirement.



Lifehacker - How to Filet a Fish Like a Pro - How To

We asked a chef to show us how to filet a fish, and we filmed it for good measure.