“I have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future and can be just a man, that we may meet and you will come to me and claim me yours and know that I am your husband.

It is a dream I have.”

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The quote is not from the wedding scene but almost the end of the movie, but it was the most romantic part.

I would tell every homeless, wino, junkie and other creatures to go make a daily picnic in the nearest Starbucks. Hey, free bathroom!

We are seeing more plastics being developed with new characteristics.  And for under $40, it makes for a cheap substitute to carry your gun till you get your fancy BBQ holster.

It has been raining straight for a week and I am simply not inspired today.

Enjoy this video. I am sure more than one enterprising soul will figure out how easy is to make your own mortar.

Apparently the first stories that came out saying Asshole Dimitrios Pagourtzis used a shotgun and a revolver were wrong. Maybe a Taser or perhaps pepper spray? Baton? Bad breath?

Screw it, I am going to bed.

“You are only making him famous, a Rock star!”

I have said it before: Nature abhors vacuum and people need to find somebody to blame. We keep playing the “Don’t mention the Killer” game and Gun Control wastes no time in blaming the NRA and Gun Owners.

If you dig a hole and leave it empty, somebody will come and fill it with something you may not like.

Stop playing this dumb game.

So the bottom of my smoker and the “chip” tray finally succumbed to the combination of tropical humidity and internal heat.  The bottom was not too much of a deal, I just got some pieced of sheet metal thicker than the original used with the smoker. cut a hole for the burner and that was it. The chip tray came with legs that separated it from the smoker, so I just cut a piece of angle iron and made a frame big enough to give the space between the burner and my substitute chip tray.

What left me amazed was the prices for chip trays. The replacement for the original, stamped metal and enamel was about $25. There were some smoker boxes that were either too small in cast iron, made of sheet metal and about the same $25 price. The solution? Genius from the wife. She found a 8 inch cast iron pan in WalMart for $7 and change.

It works like a charm.

And yes, I use chunks. They have been soaking in water since about 10 am. I like my meats with a very defined hickory smoke plus the chunks also give heat.

Here is the view up close and working. BTW, I killed the electric spark thing so I have to use a long lighter. Not really an issue.

So, here is to hope somebody is going through the same ordeal and land here for a solution.

And yes, I am smoking ribs as we speak.

UPDATE:  Burp!