lessons learned from the grill... and other random things

i know that i haven't written in quite a while... i attribute this to writer's block - that and the fact that i read about a million pages a week. i am having trouble processing it all in my spare time (what little i have)! any way, i am going to try to start writing again to give elizabeth a break, since she has been holding the site up on her own. maybe it will help me straighten out my thoughts. sorry if i am unintelligible.

i just had a few quick things to say, which are entirely unrelated to each other.

1. grilling kebabs (ha! this word is spelled funny!) is difficult. I have three serious burns on my hands to prove this. my suggestions for doing so are: a) be careful when placing and moving the kebabs when you have a upper rack on your grill. this bad boy gets very hot and will burn the crap out of your knuckles. b) don't use metal skewers unless you have to. c) if using metal skewers, don't try to pick them up with your bare hands to move them while they are on the grill. they, too, will burn the crap out of you. i am not sure what i was thinking about while doing this (maybe something about athanasius or the doctrine of the trinity), but i have a perfect skewer imprint burned into my right index finger and handy opposable thumb (you got to love it. it always wants in on the action.). for some strange reason, once you remove the skewers from the grill they are almost immediately cool. go figure.

2. be careful cooking hotdogs. they apparently burn quickly and will easily roll out the hole in the back of the grill when the cover is open and onto the ground. they do wash off nicely for a tasty meal, however.



3. it is hot here! what happened to fall? temps in the high 80s is not fall. i am sick of this weather and very ready to see some leaves changing colors.

4. dr. purves is the coolest man alive. welcome back to the burgh, dr. purves!

I think that it is for now. i will be back again soon.

cheers,
jw <><