I’m in Baton Rouge at the moment at my parent’s house. They have put me to work already. Funny.

update:

My dad and I sat down to watch a movie around 10 this morning. Before we even got through the previews, Granny let us know that the dryer quit working. My dad and I removed the dryer from it’s cubby hole and proceeded to tear it apart. After discovering the start button wasn’t working I broke out a volt meter and began to test. I soon discovered some loose contacts. We repaired them and the dryer returned to service. As soon as we finished with that, Mom reminded my dad about the light in the pantry. The cover was stuck and they couldn’t remove it to change out the bulbs. I grabbed the ladder and we proceeded to disassemble the light fixture. After a few minutes of struggling we finally got the cover of the fixture removed. The fixture was very loose because of all the stress we put on it. I ended up having to re-install the whole thing. After we finished with the light fixture, my dad and I decided to go ahead and fix the A/C drain. Man it was hot up there. I fed a pipe snake down the drain pipe as far as I could get it. I took me a few minutes to finesse it down the pipe but I was finally able to free up the drain. Believe it or not, it was harder to pull the snake out than it was to put it in. Once the snake was removed, I poured a half cup of bleach down the drain to sterilize it and then we called it a day.

Now back to the show…

Once again, the time to celebrate Meat and Martini is upon us. Bring a meat based dish of your choice on March 21, 2009 and share in the festivities. In exchange for your meat, we will ply you with your choice of a plethora of martini drinks.

The Rules:
1) This is a red meat based party. Meat does not need to be the central element in your dish, but it should be prominent. Example: bacon-wrapped shrimp. The bacon makes shrimp a perfectly acceptable Meat dish. Wrapping the shrimp in bacon, battering all that, and wrapping it all in a piece of rare roast beef? Absolute genius.
2) No vegetarian dishes allowed unless you, the invitee, is vegetarian.
3) No exotic meats – anything you can get (without a pre-order) from the Central Market meat department is allowed. This means, for example, lion and alligator are verboten. However, lamb and buffalo are fine. Exception: Anything you killed yourself. If you went to Africa and killed yourself some lion, you can bring a lion dish to Meat and Martini.
4) Pork, bacon and other pig products are temporarily granted “red meat” status.
5) NO CHICKEN. The only acceptable flying meat is duck. Why? ‘Cause it’s red.

The Suggestions:
1) Start fiber loading at least 48 hours before Meat and Martini. Trust me, you’ll be happier come Sunday if you do.
2) Find a designated driver or call a cab. Martinis + driving = badness.
3) Be very careful when parking and look for street signs. People have been towed.
4) If you can’t get a designated driver, let us know. We’ll be happy to find you a cab, or a pillow, blanket and someplace to crash. We might even throw in some day-after Gatorade and Advil.
5) Don’t bring extra booze. Seriously, we’ll have enough for a Kennedy reunion.