I'll start today's blog by patting myself on the back. Yesterday, my wife, who by the way I consider to be an excellent cook, taught me how to make French toast. This is quite the accomplishment for a guy whose cooking skills range from using the toaster to boiling water. Seriously, that's about it. If need be, I can fry an egg. However, I can't flip over the egg without destroying it; this leaves the top of the egg mostly uncooked. So, while I do not break the yolk, thusly maximizing its dunking capabilities, I must first scrape off the runny clear stuff to get to the yolk. This sight of this usually makes my wife do one of those Ugh! reflexes in which it looks like a frog is trying to escape from her stomach. All of this means that if I want eggs my way, I must be home alone, otherwise she will insist on making my eggs for me.
Anyway, back to the French toast. It's actually much easier that I had anticipated. Simply crack open a couple of eggs into a dish that is large and deep enough to hold a piece of bread. Add an equal amount of milk then whisk until you get a yellow runny-like substance. Fire up the griddle and grab some bread. Dunk each side of the bread into your egg/milk substance and then place it on the griddle. Be sure to enjoy the satisfying sizzling sound as the bread slaps the griddle. Now from here on out just carefully check the underside of the bread periodically to see if it is done and not burnt. At this time if you would like to add cinnamon for some extra flavor go right ahead and sprinkle it on the bread. My wife demonstrated an excellent sprinkling technique to me, but when it came to my turn to sprinkle, I accidentally dumped the cinnamon, to which my wife said, "You're eating that one." When the underside is done, flip the bread over and enjoy the sizzle sound again. Now make sure you don't burn the other side of the bread and ta-da, French toast! Slap some butter and syrup (Or in my case granulated sugar. I refer to this as the crunchy sugar; powdered sugar is simply not as fun.) on that baby and man that's good eatin'!
Did anyone submit any new user icons? I resized the Flying Hellfish logo from my banner down to an 80x80 picture on Photobucket and e-mailed TV.com the link. I hope I did it right and hopefully they'll accept it. If so, I'll say goodbye to the haw-hawed face of Nelson Muntz.
After going 12-4 two weeks ago, I thought my picks were back on track. Not so. Last week's record was a dismal 8-8. A number of unforeseen upsets, including my Colts losing to the Titans on a last second 60 yard field goal, doomed my picks.
Overall Record: 119-73 Winning Pct. 620
(To see how I match up against the expert prognosticators at ESPN, click here. I thought I was having a down year until I checked out their overall records.)
Here are Week 14's Picks (Winners in Bold)
Browns @ Steelers
Falcons @ Buccaneers
Eagles @ Redskins
Giants @ Panthers
Colts @ Jaguars
Patriots @ Dolphins
Vikings @ Lions
Ravens @ Chiefs
Titans @ Texans
Raiders @ Bengals
Seahawks @ Cardinals
Packers @ 49ers
Broncos @ Chargers
Bills @ Jets
Saints @ Cowboys
Bears @ Rams
Upset of the Week: The Saints are 7.5 point road dogs this week against the Cowboys. I know last week I called for the Giants to upset Dallas, but thanks to Martin Gramatica, who decided to remember how to kick field goals, making a clutch kick at the end to beat the Giants last week, I was wrong. I still say the wheels have got to fall off of Dallas' bus, maybe this is the week. (6-4 in this category.)
Mortal Lock of the Week: I'll go with the Bengals over the punchless Raiders this week. The Raiders now have the 3rd ranked defense in the NFL, but part of that ranking is aided by the Texans ineptness with the forward pass. Last week Houston passed for -5 yards in the entire game against the Raiders. Yet, they still won. (For the box score of this game click, here.) Sorry, Oakland. (7-4 in this category.)
Colts Update: The Colts rest at 10-2 atop the AFC and barely have the #1 seed over the 10-2 Chargers, thanks only to a better conference record. After turning the ball over only 6 times in their first 8 games, the Colts have struggling in the turnover department, giving the ball away 9 times in their last 4 games. Once again, a win will clinch the AFC South division, a feat accomplished in each of the last 3 years.
Tigers Update: The Tigers have all but locked up my favorite Tiger, Brandon Inge, until 2010. An official announcement is expected to come next week that confirms the 4-year contract extension worth $24 million a year. Inge has been a Tiger for his entire career and wants to retire as a Tiger when he's all done. Inge was intially brought up from the minor leagues as a catcher in 2001, but with the signing of Pudge Rodriguez in 2004 and coupled with the fact that Brandon is extremely versatile and athletic, his transition to 3rd base has been fairly smooth. Back when I was in high school, a good buddy of mine and I used to go to countless West Michigan Whitecaps (Single A Minor League Affiliate for the Tigers.) games during the summer. I remember watching Inge catch for the Whitecaps, and thinking he'll be up in the bigs someday.
Well, that's it for me. Take it easy.
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