Primarily about Penn State football, this is a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Hiya to all my slappies! Your favorite turkey survived Thanksgiving and might well make it into the new year! Only a few more hours and it will be 2015!
This year has passed very quickly. It seems like it was just yesterday when I was bitching about how football season couldn’t come soon enough. Now, it’s all over but for the big boys fighting it out to see who’ll be #1 the first year of the playoffs. [Read more…]
I first posted this a couple of years ago and received rave reviews. This is a traditional German New Years dish that is said to bring good fortune when enjoyed during the celebration of the turn of the calendar. Part of my ancestry is German, and I suspect that this was passed down from that side of the family for several generations.
Although there are hundreds of spare ribs and sauerkraut recipes, this one is so easy and tasty that you’ll want to make it often. It doesn’t have to be New Year’s. In fact, Artificially Sweetened has declared that it should be part of her regular rotation. That’s because it’s so easy that its production is almost effortless. All you need are a few food ingredients (aside from the obvious ones) and a crock pot, or slow-cooker, if you prefer.
[Read more…]So, just when you were finding new hope for the 2015 season for Penn State, we find that Donovan Smith, universally regarded as the best of the Five Traffic Cones (aka the 2014 Penn State offensive line), will forego his final season at the University.
I think it’s a good idea. The offensive line continues to be a rebuilding project, and it shouldn’t improve significantly in 2015. If Smith were to hang around, his NFL value would probably be reduced by association with the work in progress.
The official PSU Athletic Department media release follows. [Read more…]
