Wry Ramblings From A Hot Wing

[Okiegrad]

We are ridiculous lol.  I’m so glad Super Bowl is over and we have your wit and humor back.  You’ve been missed!!!!❤️

[BendtedWreath]

Also, a happy belated birthday, @Jason Rimbaud🥳I lost track of the thread, track of time, and my own mind all at the same time. 

[Lee Wilson]

40 minutes ago, BendtedWreath said:

Also, a happy belated birthday, @Jason Rimbaud🥳I lost track of the thread, track of time, and my own mind all at the same time. 

Saying that to a guy that never seems to know which day is Monday is pretty funny.

[Jason Rimbaud]

3 hours ago, Okiegrad said:

We are ridiculous lol.  I’m so glad Super Bowl is over and we have your wit and humor back.  You’ve been missed!!!!❤️

Thank you!  I really don't want to go through that again. Until next year  

[Jason Rimbaud]

2 hours ago, BendtedWreath said:

Also, a happy belated birthday, @Jason Rimbaud🥳I lost track of the thread, track of time, and my own mind all at the same time. 

Thank you, my birthday was meh, but all birthdays after ten are a dissappointment, so it was par for the course. 

I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away. Some singer said that, I rather like the thought. 

[Jason Rimbaud]

2 hours ago, Lee Wilson said:

Saying that to a guy that never seems to know which day is Monday is pretty funny.

Like you know what day is Monday?  

[Lee Wilson]

18 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Like you know what day is Monday?  

I don’t like Mondays, just like the Boomtown Rats. Although for me, lately, not knowing what day it is, isn’t a stretch. Another musical reference, Chickenfoot - I need a job (3 1/2 Letters).

[ReaderPaul]

19 hours ago, Lee Wilson said:

Wait! Playing in the dirt isn't dirty? Then WTF is?

Well, if it is hydroponic gardening, not so much.

[Jason Rimbaud]

7 minutes ago, ReaderPaul said:

Well, if it is hydroponic gardening, not so much.

What does that mean? I'm not familiar with hydroponic gardening. 

[ReaderPaul]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Thank you, my birthday was meh, but all birthdays after ten are a dissappointment, so it was par for the course. 

I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away. Some singer said that, I rather like the thought. 

Robbie Williams sang that in the song "No Regrets."  However it was said to have been phrased that way by Harry S. Truman in 1952, though I have not tracked down the exact reference.  It was also said that Truman DID NOT originate that, but was quoting someone else.

[ReaderPaul]

1 minute ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

What does that mean? I'm not familiar with hydroponic gardening. 

Hydroponic gardening is growing plants in water, sometimes with minerals and nutrients added in small, precise quantities.  At one time hydroponic gardening was touted as a way of growing more in less space and in controlled environments.

[wildone]

On 2/10/2026 at 5:53 PM, ReaderPaul said:

Hydroponic gardening is growing plants in water, sometimes with minerals and nutrients added in small, precise quantities.  At one time hydroponic gardening was touted as a way of growing more in less space and in controlled environments.

And the way that most illegal grow-ops and now all the legal ones grow marijuana  

but I've seen ones now that grow lettuce in a day for about 5,000 people with mainly water 😮 . People are building warehouses to grow leafy vegetables up here in Canadia instead of having to pay to truck to have everything brought up from the southern States. We are paying like $6-7 for a head of iceburg lettuce 😮 

But some of you probably only care about the first growing technique.  

[Jason Rimbaud]

So I had yesterday off. Not gonna lie, I took two naps. 

That's how you know you're getting old. When three 16 hour days wipes you out. 

Moving on, I found the cutest yellow and pink shoes. I feel so gay now. 

When I awoke from my second nap last night, I decided that number one, I would drink whiskey. Then, as I am accustomed to doing while drinking, I decided I wanted to cook something. 

So I was on Amazon and found Rotel- Green Chilis and Ghost Peppers. I never saw that combo before offered by Rotel. So I added it to my cart along with tomato sauce and red beans, double package of stew meat, Cheddar cheese, red and green peppers, a yellow onion, and Mini Saltines. Looks like I was going to be cooking Chili. 

It took about an hour for Amazon to deliver the ingredients and I started prepping my mise-en-place, (which means everything in its place), my vegetables, my spices, and marinating my stew meat. 

Then I turned on my burner on my gas grille I keep on my deck.  

This started around 9pm. And my chili, takes about three and half hours, was bubbling to perfection around 12:30am. 

By this time, I'm pretty drunk, not hammered, but feeling no pain. And I couldn't wait to eat this delicious chili. About the time I'm spooning out my chili in my bowl, I hear my neighbor's balcony door slide open. 

He sticks his head out and says, "What are you cooking tonight?" 

I hold up the bowl. "Chili, with ghost pepper." 

"I've been smelling it for the last few hours," He calls out as he switches on his balcony light. He walks over to the divider that lives between us. "Everytime I fall asleep I dream of food." 

"Sorry, I started drinking." 

He laughs, because him like all my neighbors, know when I start drinking, that usually means I'm cooking. And the unspoken rule has always been, if I'm cooking, you can join me, but you must bring a bottle of something. 

He holds up a bottle of Yellowstone Whiskey, one of my favorites. As usual I made plenty of chili. 

So we're on the deck, 1 am, drinking whiskey and enjoying my chili. It was a great night until the husband pokes his head out and tells me I have to go to bed like I'm a child. 

So this morning, I wanted to taste the chili to see if it was as good as I thought in my drunkeness. So I brought it to work and gave it to my staff. None of them good could eat it, it was too hot. Pussies. 

Anyway, it's Thursday, and I'm finally feeling like my old self, so I'll be posting Gabriel's Gambit on Saturday as scheduled. 

I looked over my notes at the last three chapters of Frosted Hearts and didn't like what I saw. For the last three weeks, I hadn't done much but focus on Sports Balls Games, so I kind of looked at it with fresh eyes. The bad thing, its going to be a bit for me to work out the ending like I wanted. But I am back to writing again. 

I think this has been the longest break from writing I've taken in years and I missed it but also realized that though I wasn't writing, my brain was still working out the problems. Because I scraped the last two chapters and judging by the outline, this is going to be much better than my original setup. 

Anyway, Its Thursday. 

 

 

Edited February 12 by Jason Rimbaud

[Lee Wilson]

16 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

It was a great night until the husband pokes his head out and tells me I have to go to bed like I'm a child. 

Spouses DO tend to do those things. I couldn’t begin to recount the myriad of things I’d been told to do under the guise of a suggestion.

[Jason Rimbaud]

22 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

Spouses DO tend to do those things. I couldn’t begin to recount the myriad of things I’d been told to do under the guise of a suggestion.

I think you misunderstood. He didn't suggest, he instructed me. Ordered me. He's a big ole meanie head. 

[Okiegrad]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

I think you misunderstood. He didn't suggest, he instructed me. Ordered me. He's a big ole meanie head. 

My wife would have told me immediately just how the cow ate the cabbage if I had “told” her anything lol.   I would love to have been a fly on the wall to see you reacted.  Because you’re always such a restrained and level-headed man lol

[Jason Rimbaud]

5 minutes ago, Okiegrad said:

My wife would have told me immediately just how the cow ate the cabbage 

Yeah, I don't understand this sentence in the slightest. And why does cows eat cabbage? Why is the cow near the cabbage? And why the fuck do you have cows? Don't you have a grocery store to buy cow? I'm so confused. 

8 minutes ago, Okiegrad said:

I would love to have been a fly on the wall to see you reacted.

At 1 am, I reacted much like you expected. I looked up at him and said, "You're not the boss of me." 

8 minutes ago, Okiegrad said:

Because you’re always such a restrained and level-headed man lol

hahahahahahaahah

[BendtedWreath]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Moving on, I found the cutest yellow and pink shoes. I feel so gay now. 

Nice kicks!

 

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

He sticks his head out and says, "What are you cooking tonight?" 

I hold up the bowl. "Chili, with ghost pepper." 

"I've been smelling it for the last few hours," He calls out as he switches on his balcony light. He walks over to the divider that lives between us. "Everytime I fall asleep I dream of food." 

"Sorry, I started drinking." 

He laughs, because him like all my neighbors, know when I start drinking, that usually means I'm cooking. And the unspoken rule has always been, if I'm cooking, you can join me, but you must bring a bottle of something. 

He holds up a bottle of Yellowstone Whiskey, one of my favorites. As usual I made plenty of chili. 

🤣

[Okiegrad]

33 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Yeah, I don't understand this sentence in the slightest. And why does cows eat cabbage? Why is the cow near the cabbage? And why the fuck do you have cows? Don't you have a grocery store to buy cow? I'm so confused. 

I forget that not everyone is from the South hahaha.   I’m assuming that could be quite an interesting sentence to read hahaha

[Krista]

36 minutes ago, Okiegrad said:

I forget that not everyone is from the South hahaha.   I’m assuming that could be quite an interesting sentence to read hahaha

Also south and I've never heard that one.

As for @Jason Rimbaud someone has to keep you behaving. The poor dear husband, bless him and his heart.

Also, that chili sounds like death in a kettle. Good gracious me. 

[Jason Rimbaud]

50 minutes ago, Okiegrad said:

I forget that not everyone is from the South hahaha.   I’m assuming that could be quite an interesting sentence to read hahaha

Not interesting, confusing. And you failed to answer any of my questions I raised.  No more photos for you. 

[Jason Rimbaud]

13 minutes ago, Krista said:

The poor dear husband, bless him and his heart.

You do know the first thing he says to me every morning is to call me the "C" word? Don't go thinking he's Mr. Innocent and put upon by the big bad Jason. You leave his heart alone, I crushed that years ago.  

14 minutes ago, Krista said:

Also, that chili sounds like death in a kettle. Good gracious me.

Because I used a different brand of Tomato Sauce, it wasn't as hot as you might expect, the tomato sauce was super sweet. But there is a kick, it's delicious. One of my best thus far. 

Next time we meet up, my fam and yours like last year we went to Alaska, I'll cook you some amazing chili with just a hint of spice the whole family could enjoy. Plus I'll do my home made crackers with hot honey. 

[wildone]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Because I used a different brand of Tomato Sauce, it wasn't as hot as you might expect, the tomato sauce was super sweet. But there is a kick, it's delicious. One of my best thus far. 

Krista's dietary requirements:

Green Chilis - Hell no
Ghost Peppers - Hell no
Red Peppers - Hell no
Green Peppers - Hell no

Can you make Chili without none of the above  

Or would it just be tomatoey stew meat on mini saltines  

[wildone]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

You do know the first thing he says to me every morning is to call me the "C" word? Don't go thinking he's Mr. Innocent and put upon by the big bad Jason. You leave his heart alone, I crushed that years ago.  

Cutie!

Shame on him.

[Jason Rimbaud]

7 minutes ago, wildone said:

Krista's dietary requirements:

Green Chilis - Hell no
Ghost Peppers - Hell no
Red Peppers - Hell no
Green Peppers - Hell no

Can you make Chili without none of the above  

Or would it just be tomatoey stew meat on mini saltines  

I can and have made chili just like that for the husband. Though instead of beef, I used flavored sausage so instead of spicy, it's sweet. Even mild chili is great! I love chili.  Love making it.