what's up?

Currently playing the Resident Evil 4 Remake and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Most recent completions:

The Ascent

God of War: Ragnorak

BioShock Infinite

My favorite book is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

I gravitate more to speculative fiction and prefer short stories and novellas

I've never been a heavy reader, but I always have books and comic books in queue with my GoodReads account

I make an annual playlist and release it on December 1st. Here are the most recent playlists:

This was a "greatest hits" of all my playlists from 2010 to 2019. I considered it two albums with two names. Floating Back too Maximum Infinity / Blazin' Orbit yet Netherworldy Reprise 

This was my 2020 Playlist titled Shifty Pairs

This was my 2021 Playlist titled Starfire

This was my 2022 Playlist titled 2 Aught Too To

This was my 2023 Playlist titled Festooning Floodgates

This is my summer 2024 Playlist titled Sweet Atomic Glaze

Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Pepper, Salt, and Parsley. I only have Parsley for High Noon Meatballs (recipe below) but parsley can look fancy on an entree.

Companies spend thousands of dollars on getting their portions right. I don't try to make some secret potion: 

Hamburger Seasoning - I first thought this was cheating, but this really amplifies the burger meat

Italian Seasoning - a classic

Lemon Pepper Seasoning - Seafood and chicken, but it gets around

Montreal Steak Seasoning - I get the reduced salt version. Goes great on steaks and in burger meat

Old Bay - I used to keep paprika, then discovered that is the main ingredient in Old Bay. I use Old Bay as a paprika substitute. This also is used on seafood and chicken

Rib Rub -  Any BBQ rub where the first ingredient is sugar. Goes good on pizza or anything needing a lil sweetening

I still venture outside these, but I practice spice restraint

I used to make a tomato pasta sauce, but people just ate the meatballs, so I use any generic sauce. This is great for a potluck:

2 pounds of 80/20 Ground Beef 

2 pounds of Johnsonville Mild Ground Pork 

0.5 cup of grated Parmesan (you decide the flavor) 

2 tablespoons of Italian Seasoning 

1 tablespoon of Parsley 

0.5 tablespoon of Garlic Powder 

0.5 tablespoon of Onion Powder 

1 Egg 

1 cup of Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs

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1. Mix the Parmesan, Italian Seasoning, Parsley, Garlic Powder, and Onion Powder

2. Mix in the Beef and Pork

3. Mix in the egg

4. Mix in the breadcrumbs

5. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Put about a quarter inch of water in a tray

6. Roll meat into smaller size; an ice cream scooper can help. Place meatball in the tray of water, and put in oven

7. After 15-20 minutes, take tray out and flip meatballs with tongs. Continue to cook until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees