Yuck.

I’m not drinking any less…
I’m just drinking crappier beer.

Haven’t made a foodie post in a while, so here’s a great summerish pasta dish I made for C which turned out AWESOME…

Farfalle with Broccoli
Adapted from foodnetwork.com.

Ingredients

• 1 pound farfalle pasta
• 2 heads broccoli, trimmed to florets (about 4 cups)
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 5 strips cooked turkey bacon, diced
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan

Directions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook, stirring occasionally. After 5 minutes, add the broccoli florets to the pasta and stir and cook for another 4 minutes. Drain pasta and broccoli, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add the garlic, anchovies, and red pepper flakes and cook for 5 minutes. Add the broccoli, pasta, salt and pepper and toss. Add some of the reserved pasta water, if necessary, to make a light sauce. Transfer to a serving platter and sprinkle with Parmesan.

CIO Magazine becomes the latest publication to pile onto Detroit:

It’s easy to pick on poor Detroit, but it would hardly be any IT staffer’s destination of choice right now. What’s left of the tech jobs at automobile industry companies that haven’t already been outsourced (see: GM) is quite low as those companies and their suppliers try to survive bankruptcy and the global recession. Detroit also has the distinction of being named to the top 10 of Forbes’ “Fastest Dying U.S. Cities” list.

Way to kick us when we’re down. Thankfully I have a job right now, but who knows these days…

Today is our 2nd anniversary. I can’t believe how time flies, yet I feel like we’ve been together forever (in a good way). I am so thankful for Christa, and so thankful that she is my wife.

/.obnoxiously sentimental mode off.\

Hello cruel world, welcome to the Detroit party. Forget all your troubles, lay down your cares, everything is waiting for you … downtown.
Credit: Metro Times

Dear Ice Cream Truck circling the neighborhood nearby like a shark on a boating accident,

It’s 1:30 in the afternoon you idiot, the kids are in school.

Am I the only one that wonders what one would eat at an internet breakfast and why exactly it’s $79?

Introducing another semi-regular post subject: What The Kids Are Listening To…

Note to self:

When returning from a walk with your wife and dog, it’s probably not a good idea to tell her it was nice to take her for a walk.