First Bar-B-Q in Kyrg...Shenanigans...Forever!

1buckie · Posted: Mon Mar 05 12 3:51 pm Post subject:

JAllen ~~~>
"Wow, that was some fast moderating of the profanity.
Sorry, mods. Point taken."

It's instantaeous........Some kind of automatic filter, or something......

JAllen ~~~>
"Please understand that in the past weeks, I've had my house and computer broken into, been (for some reason) under surveillance by some undetermined government, my dog let out of my yard, a bout with Jim, Jack and Beefeater, realized I was in part directly responsible for the death of a close friend, and somehow managed to snatch both my sanity, my marriage, and my business from the claws of death."

Now THAT'S the JAllen clarity I'm used to.......
I can understand how it's hard to convey what's going on when you're in the middle of it !!! Very Happy

JAllen ~~~>

"Lately not so interesting? I'm sure you'll forgive a bit of sarcasm, but if you want I can put up some pics of our chili that we recently added to the menu."

The ancient Chinese curse: May you have an interesting life !

Massive kudos to you for taking it on willingly !!!!

~~~~>Ken
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GF · Posted: Mon Mar 05 12 7:47 pm Post subject:

JAllen, if you wanted a interesting life, you sure have it brother. Wink

I very much enjoy following this thread. It's part documentary, part spy novel, part soap opera, and all autobiography. Very Happy

Best of luck to you and your family. I'll make sure to keep checking in, you can't make this kinda stuff up. Cool

JAllen · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 3:38 am Post subject:

JAllen · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 4:36 am Post subject:

Tuesday again and a new weeks starts.

Our chili and sausages are going pretty well, and we're happy about that. Also our dessert business is moving along well.

Vern's been in as usual, but now he's taken up the bass guitar, so there's a lot of booming going on as he's learning the Texas Shuffle.

Been reading "Buried Alive," the bio of Janis Joplin with my first pair of reading glasses.

Daughtry's "Tennessee Line," blasting again on the Hi-Fi as I'm alone in the cold, but warming up main hall.
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Oregon smoker · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 4:38 am Post subject:

JAllen · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 5:01 am Post subject:

On an interesting life..

What's in an interesting life?

Really, we're only here for a short time, why go through it any other way? Well, everyone gets to choose their own path, and many choose the easy one, the well-traveled one, the one lined with thornless roses and smiling faces of the kindred, and silk and sunshine.

I've been asking myself this question for decades as I've undergone the what I consider the ultimate search.

(I just walked through the kitchen and was hit by the well-received oak smoke from the bbq preparing for today's load of raw.)

I have to put "faith" as a necessity. As I write this I think of how too often, faith and belief are confused. Belief is easy and intoxicating as silk and sunshine. Faith is difficult, challenging and both cerebral and emotional. Faith leaves the understanding of the possibility of error. In some ways, faith is a risk.

I like risk because it allows for reward.

maybe I'll come back to this, but right now I have to go make some chili. I plan to add some more dead brisket and some ribs and some other stuff.

Last week, we had a lot of happy customers.
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Geronimo · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 2:59 pm Post subject:

1buckie · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 3:06 pm Post subject:

JAllen, On an interesting life.......

"Belief is easy and intoxicating as silk and sunshine."

Interesting thing about beliefs is they don't have to be true......& they can change.....sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.......

"Faith leaves the understanding of the possibility of error."

This was always the fun thing about the Grateful Dead....
The possibility of massive failure would always exist....
But, you never know, unless you stick your neck way out there....

Simplest form of faith that I know is that ~~~>
"It will all come out in the wash"
Old saying, my grandmother, or somebody, but it really works in re: to "faith"

Enough philosophy, where's some pics of that chili ??
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It's gonna say on my tombstone: Died of thick, heavy sauces ~~~~>K
" The Creepy Guy Down the Street With All The Webers"

JAllen · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 3:20 pm Post subject:

JAllen · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 3:52 pm Post subject:

Okay, as the chili is cooking in the smoker, I'm starting a list.

Interesting Life
1. Faith
2. Try lots of stuff.
3. Learn to bbq like a master.

In progress:
1. be a good parent and spouse
2. try to understand just how wacky the world is
3. understand the world political economy without kicking holes in random walls.

Left to do:
1. gardening, uh...
2. stand-up comedy
3. write something. (Internet don't count; anyone can throw $hit up here.)
4. learn trapeeze
5. carve a totem pole
6. bbq a whole yak.
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1buckie · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 4:11 pm Post subject:

4. learn trapeeze
5. carve a totem pole
6. bbq a whole yak.

Now we're gettin' somewhere !!!
~~~~>Ken
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"Dam Silly Sumbitch"-- Myron Mixon
"I will prevail. No pig will ever get the better of me." ~~> Italian Skewer
It's gonna say on my tombstone: Died of thick, heavy sauces ~~~~>K
" The Creepy Guy Down the Street With All The Webers"

Bestiverhad · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 4:32 pm Post subject:

Bestiverhad · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 4:36 pm Post subject:

Stand up comedy?

Maybe you could do an 'open mike night' at Smokie's once in a while and try your hand at MC first, then it's just work on a longer routine and poof, you're a comic.
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GF · Posted: Tue Mar 06 12 5:08 pm Post subject:

JAllen, your "to do" list looks good except for #2 and 3 in the In progress.

Those goals seem unattainable, as fast as things get freaky, you can't keep up. Shocked

#1 however, is a great idea. Very Happy

Just don't set the bar too high, Rome wasn't built in a day. Wink

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