JOBU'S LOCKER

Thursday, November 25, 2010

10 pound turkey on the Big Green Egg Grill
Julia Childs Au Gratin Potatoes
Apple Pecan Stuffing (see recipe below)
Fresh Corn on the Cob. (still available here)
Home Made Apple Brandy Pie

Just see if you can top this babycakes.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Southern Nights

Our friend Karen has had a rough day, Slept untill ten, lollygagged until noon, lunch until one, shopping until five, dinner, bad movie and fresh baked apple pie. Poor girl is just plum wore out. Southern living will take time to adjust to. It is not for the faint of heart.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Our good friend Karen just arrived and will be with us a HOEL week.

She said that the flight was smooth and that she was not groped by the TSA at the airport. She said she was very disappointed.

I am posting this to irritate my brother in law. He is not a believer.

Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 – March 1947), also known as Miracle Mike, was a chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been mostly cut off. Thought by many to be a hoax, the bird was taken by his owner to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to establish its authenticity.

Intestinal Fortitude Anyone?

On August 16, 1960, Joseph W. Kittinger made a high altitude jump from the Excelsior III at 102,800 feet (31,300 m). The project was research into high altitude bailouts. He made a series of three extreme altitude parachute jumps from an open gondola carried aloft by large helium balloons. Towing a small drogue parachute for initial stabilization, he fell for four minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet. Pressurization for his right glove malfunctioned during the ascent, and his right hand swelled up to twice its normal size. He set historical numbers for highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump, longest drogue-fall (four minutes), and fastest speed by a human being through the atmosphere. I believe it is still the record. Oh, and he is still alive at 82 years old. This dude had guts.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Trouble motivating people to give this holiday season?

Well here is what Mikey Jacobs did to motivate people to give to Operation Christmas Child. Promised to shave his head and leave a company logo. Dude, that is messed up! I'll give next year if you promise not to do this again.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

I just like this old house.

Tin roofs are common down here. They last a long time and more importantly, people love the sound it makes when it rains. When you endure heat like this down here, the sound of rain on the roof is the sound of relief. Also notice the corner porch with the witches hat. Too cool.

I just like old barns.

This one has seen some years.

SCORE!

Found some pine tree trimmings along the road in Pine Mtn of all places. Who knew? Can you say "free christmas decorations" anyone?

What is wrong with these people?

Don't they know this is CoCola country? Yeah that's right, down here it's not Coca Cola, it's CoCola.

Butts Mill Farm

Go ahead. Say it three times fast and not laugh. I double dawg dare ya.

One of our favorite lunch spots.

Eddie Mae Gunn's at Pine Mtn. Good fried chicken. That's Phyllis standing behind our new rig.

A curious southern custom.

Two pennies in a bag of water hung over the door to keep out the flies. Well? I didn't see any flies inside.

This Day In History

On July 26, 1984, Ed Gein, a serial killer infamous for skinning human corpses, dies of complications from cancer in a Wisconsin prison at age 77. Gein served as the inspiration for writer Robert Bloch’s character Norman Bates in the 1959 novel Psycho, which in 1960 was turned into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Edward Theodore Gein was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on July 27, 1906, to an alcoholic father and domineering mother, who taught her son that women and sex were evil. Gein was raised, along with an older brother, on an isolated farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. After Gein’s father died in 1940, the future killer’s brother died under mysterious circumstances during a fire in 1944 and his beloved mother passed away from health problems in 1945. Gein remained on the farm by himself. In November 1957, police found the headless, gutted body of a missing store clerk, Bernice Worden, at Gein’s farmhouse. Upon further investigation, authorities discovered a collection of human skulls along with furniture and clothing, including a suit, made from human body parts and skin. Gein told police he had dug up the graves of recently buried women who reminded him of his mother. Investigators found the remains of 10 women in Gein’s home, but he was ultimately linked to just two murders: Bernice Worden and another local woman, Mary Hogan. Gein was declared mentally unfit to stand trial and was sent to a state hospital in Wisconsin. His farm attracted crowds of curiosity seekers before it burned down in 1958, most likely in a blaze set by an arsonist. In 1968, Gein was deemed sane enough to stand trial, but a judge ultimately found him guilty by reason of insanity and he spent the rest of his days in a state facility. In addition to Psycho, films including Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs were said to be loosely based on Gein’s crimes.