The name game...

Well, apparently the girls are playing some sort of lame game where they come up with things that go with the letters in their middle names.

So I'm gonna play...

J- Jovial: that's me in a nutshell. In a good mood at least 75% of the time and always looking to have a good time, whether I have to create it or just enhance it.

O- Oh-so-awe-inspiring: I think that says it all.

H- High-Maintenance: I know, I know. Strange for a man but not unheard of. That is why my wife is such a gift from God. To have the grace to deal with me on a day to day basis for the rest of her life...

N- Naughty: I can be ill-behaved at times. Muhahahahaha!

Tag, somebody else has to join the game now. So there.

Homemade Mac 'N' Cheese...

Jess and I just put the finishing touches on our very first, homemade Mac 'N' Cheese. We usually rely on Velveeta for the Mac stuff...

So after watching a special on The Phantom Gourmet about comfort foods, featuring Mac 'N' Cheese, I decided it was time for a shot at making the homemade stuff.

So, I turned to Alton Brown of "Good Eats" to get a good Baked Macaroni and Cheese recipe.

Prep was really easy and straight forward and it is in the oven as I type. And dang, it looks good...

Update: Alright, here are the awesome pics of our most excellent creation! Alton Brown, here's to you!!!

Look at this golden brown goodness...

2008 Lunar Eclipse

So, we went out last night to attempt to get a couple of pictures of the Lunar Eclipse with the new camera (Canon Rebel XTI). We didn't have a clue what we were doing, but I think the pics came out pretty good considering.

We went up to the golf course to limit the amount of light pollution (ack, living in the city...) that we had to fight with. And it was a wonderfully cool, clear night so the viewing was spectacular.

Of course, you would think after living in Maine all our lives we would be prepared for the temperatures and conditions of such. No, we weren't.

Jess wore her Crocs and a light fleece, so she was freezing. She got snow in here Crocs, which added to her freezing. At least she had a scarf in the car and I had a pair of uber-mittens in there.

I was a little more prepared, but dang, it was still really cold. But the cold makes viewing the celestial delights even better.

We'll be ready for the next eclipse in 2010...

Knight Rider

Knight Rider is back, but is it better? Getting an update with a new car and new actors, the cheese grating is still high with this one and the only thing that saved the 2 hour "movie" premiere was the brand-spankin'-new Ford Shelby GT500 KR Mustang. Highlight of the whole show.

Now, let us hearken back a couple of decades to the original show. Still, despite or in spite of the Hoff, the acting was nothing to write home about, but how cool was it that the car talked and did all those really cool things that K.I.T.T. did.

Well, nothing changes in 2008. The car was cooler than ever though, being able to camouflage itself as any Ford Mustang Product, heal itself with nan0-technology, and go insanely fast. Val Kilmer was also a highlight as K.I.T.T., giving the car a great personality touch.

As for the rest of it, I don't have any desire to IMDB all the names that are in this. Just know that some of the leads get an upgrade from soap stars to NBC stars.

Now, time for the real rant here, and that is about NBC. What is up with all the commercials? Are you guys so desperate to sell air time that you stretch a show that might be an hour and fifteen minutes at best into a two hour extravaganza by having 45 minutes of commercials? Five minutes of show, seven minutes of ads.

And NBC did this during American Gladiators as well. How irritating...

As for Knight Rider, I give it a three out of ten.

Hopefully it will get better. But the car is really cool...

Rock on Loser! I mean Rock of Love...

While I was working out this afternoon getting abused by the treadmill, I was watching this horrible show called "Rock of Love 2", starring Bret Michaels of the 80's hairband, Poison.

Remember them? "Every Rose Has Its Thorns". Yeah, that's what I thought. So anyway, this show is essentially about 20 girls trying to hook up a washed up rock star and win his love. And the girls sometimes have to do some demeaning things to do it.

I know this is a random rant, but this show drives me nuts. I try to look away, but it is just like a train wreck. You keep looking back to see how bad the carnage is...