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A Squirrel with a Bindle

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I suppose those evicted rally squirrels from Busch Stadium have to go somewhere.

Making The Reuben

Yes, I bought an iPhone 4S. And today I needed to eat lunch. So with that in mind, let’s consider the following situation:

  1. I am an Automattician.
  2. I have a new phone with a completely amazing camera.
  3. I decided to make lunch.

What is the natural outcome?

FOOD PORN.

The subject of today’s post is the Reuben sandwich. Consider the Reuben. It is an uncommon concoction of bread, cold cuts, kraut, and salad dressing.

It is also uncommonly good. You know the situation: you look at the menu and you see the Reuben. Your eyes then go over the remainder of the menu, but always come back to the Reuben.

Maybe you order it, however reluctantly. But in the end, no one ever says, “I wish I hadn’t ordered the Reuben.”

So let’s make one.

First, get the griddle nice and warm: 350° F. Then we throw the first steps on there:

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Coat the griddle with butter, then place the bread slices on there. Soak up the butter with the bread and start it toasting. Use rye bread. Marble rye is best, but don’t get the soft stuff; it’s for babies and it has extra sugar added to it.

The next key is to get the kraut and the corned beef going. Use a 1/2 inch layer of kraut and put it on the buttered griddle surface. Then, lay the corned beef on top so you steam the corned beef over the kraut.

Cook everything until the bottom of the bread is nice and toasty. Now, we flip everything over.

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(Yes; we are going to toast both sides of the bread.)

So now we get the corned beef heated up an extra bit, and begin assembling the final product. Put a tablespoon or so of the thousand island dressing on one slice of the bread, and the Swiss cheese on the other slice.

Do this until the corned beef is heated through and the Swiss has started to melt. It should only take a couple of minutes.

SANDWICHES ASSEMBLE

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Quickly slap everything together for a final toasting and mingling. I like to put the kraut on top of the dressing slice and then cover with the beef and the cheese-melted slice.

Finish off the toasting of the sandwich to your personal specifications.

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BOOM.

Serve and enjoy while it’s hot.

Two Days Later

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They’re still doing vouchers in line. I’ve been told that the wait is an hour worst-case.

Guess Where I Am.

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I felt I had to honor the sacrifice of my 3GS.

Six Strikes and Your Elected Officials

Techdirt:

From the moment the so-called “voluntary” six strikes agreement between the RIAA/MPAA and various ISPs came out, it was obvious that the Obama administration, in the form of VP Joe Biden’s office and IP Czar Victoria Espinel, were involved. We had even discussed that. Now some more details have come out, as Christopher Soghoian received a response to his Freedom of Information Act request, seeking emails from government officials concerning the deal — and, of course, it shows that Biden’s office and Espinel were heavily, heavily involved… and almost exclusively on the side of the RIAA and MPAA. Both of those organizations were regularly in touch with the administration, including planning about how the deal was going to be announced. Amusingly, Biden’s office apparently freaked out when Greg Sandoval at CNET broke the story a few weeks before the deal was official.

I’m pretty sure this is not the change that people voted for.

It seems that no matten what side of the aisle our politicians are on, they all have corporate interests at a higher priority than the good of the people or of personal liberty.

It’s hard not to be cynical about this stuff anymore.