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A Small Victory

johnmc — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:39:54 +0000

The other day, I roasted a chicken for myself. I tried a coffee rub to season it, which was moderately successful. Had I paid attention to which way up I had the bird, it may have been better. Naturally, I plated some up for my 8 yr. old. As 8 yr. olds can be, he’s an incredibly picky eater and was having none of it. Thus began the typical parent/child stand off.

As the battle continued, I had an idea. I asked if he would like some chicken nuggets. Of course, the answer was a resounding yes. I took the offending chicken, which was in the form of bite size chunks of breast meat, and chopped it up fine. To this I added an egg and mixed it all together. I rolled spoonfuls of the resultant mixture in breadcrumbs and fried them off in a little bacon grease.

My creation was deemed delicious and was wolfed down. Net result, not only did he eat the chicken I had given him earlier, but he got the added benefit of an egg as a bonus. Furthermore, I learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes, presentation is key.

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johnmc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:37:00 +0000

The Best Jobs In America http://post.ly/Rqhx #
Giving Tweetie for the Mac a shot. #
just got some pr0n spam with the subject "How's Tricks?". Did they find the big book of Irish greetings somewhere? #fb #
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johnmc — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:37:00 +0000

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Yup, Definitely Shrinking

johnmc — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:25:24 +0000

I’ve been losing weight for a while now, as I’ve posted about a couple of times. Today was another landmark. For the last few years, I’ve been wearing the same size/style of jeans – Old Navy Loose 36×30. I typically wore these pretty low, beneath my belly. I’ve noticed over the last while that I could pull my jeans up higher and that I needed to cinch my belt tighter and tighter. I was also told that my butt was disappearing in the jeans and that the style was not flattering. That brings us to today.

We headed over to Old Navy in Roseville and I tried on a couple of different styles of jeans. The first style I grabbed was a boot cut, followed by a straight fit, both in a 34″ waist. As a backup, I grabbed the same style as always, but one size down, as with the others. First I tried on the straight fit, which fit pretty well. Next up was the boot cut, which fit even better. I emerged from the fitting room and asked my wife how they looked. She approved and so I was sold. The fact that they were on sale for $19 didn’t hurt either.

So there we have it, a new pair of jeans in a smaller size and a much more flattering style. This is the first of many indications that I’m shrinking around the middle. I’ll be sure to update with any other indicators, mostly because I enjoy bragging about it.

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