Spring has sprung.

I know Spring officially started March 20th, but it sure didn't feel like it until last weeks rain caused a growth spurt of weeds in my front yard. I want to also thank Spring for turning my normally blue suv into a truly "green" vehicle via 1 inch of pollen. Well I was actually going to go with a serious post on how to do some simple at home maintenance on your lawn mower, but..... along came YouTube.

I know its not your fault I got distracted so I'm going to hyper link some serious stuff before I get on to the good stuff.

Lawn mower maintenance.
Riding Lawn Mowers Txt
Riding Lawn Mowers Video

Push Mowers Txt.
Push Mowers Video


Weed Eaters
Weed Eater Video


Ok on to the fun stuff. I was looking for videos on how to service mowers when these popped up on my radar.







Ok well there is just a small sampling of what I found while doing research. If you want to see more just let me know and I can get you more links. Well don't forget to help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or nurtured. Happy mowing.

WHY?

Because I can that's why. Pretty slow day, had lunch with Clem and Kristen Coleman at the new Hibachi Grill. Good food, good conversation, good times. Seems we are all fans of random videos on Youtube. So since you all know I like to shake things up a bit I thought I would share one of my favorite youtube videos. WARNING some of you prudes may be to grossed out but the rest of you I think will find it pretty darn funny. With that said here is proof why we need to help control the pet population by having your pet spayed or neutered. After all who wants to swim in that now?

Open your eyes and take a fresh look at things!

Ever feel like your stuck in a rut? I know I have this week, I blame the the weeks worth of gray rainy skies we have had lately. Well since I cant go ride my bike or play outside I was searching the internet for neat stuff and I came across videos shot through Tilt Shift lenses. I have seen stills taken with this super cool lens before but now I found movies. It really puts things in perspective of how big the earth is. Check out these videos smartly titled Bathtub. ENJOY!








Ok well hope you liked it. Remember help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

ZOMBIE OUT BREAK!

THIS JUST IN. THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS REPORTING A MASSIVE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK!




How awesome is this. Today there is scheduled to be a Zombie Flash mob in downtown San Francisco. I found out about it through Twittering Zombies. You can also check'em out at SFZOMBIESWARM.COM Apparently it is a pretty big event that has been going on since 2005. Below is a video from last year as the zombies hunt for brains.  Bonus the video was filmed where there is always a fresh supply of nice juicy Genus sized brains, I am speaking of the THE APPLE STORE OF COURSE.



Well since the zombie outbreak is among us i guess there is no need to worry about the pet population so um... Help control the Zombie population remember you have to destroy the brain.

UPDATES

Found out there is a Zombie walk in Charlotte sometime in Oct., and i also took a quiz to see how i would fair if there was a zombie attack. I would have scored 100% but I chose to save Shannon rather than look out for myself. Take the test let me know what you scored.
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Duty Free

While i am still getting comfortable with twitter (by the way if you twitter then add me) I have decided to share some duty free media from across the sea. I often wish I was able to just travel the world but since that isn't really an option right now I have to get my travel fix via the internet. This is just a small selection of some of the stuff I check out.

1st. Top Gear: from UK
I know this isn't to out there because you can check out episodes on cable but still pretty awesome. Top Gear is a over the top automotive show usually featuring expensive high end vehicles but they also like to have fun with the cheap cars. Check out the video below where they play a game of darts.


2nd. DONT LAUGH from Japan
I cant follow everything that is going on since its in Japanese but basically each week they pull off pranks, gags, and stunts and the object is not to laugh at the other guys. I don't need a translator tell me how funny it is. check it out.


3rd. Paulo Nutini:UK
Ok now on to some music. Now I was just introduced to Paulo Nutini a few weeks ago but this kid has talent. Raised in Scotland hes only 19 and by the look of it this kid is going to go far. Below is his song "Last Request" but also very notable song is "New Shoes" check him out wont be long till he is all over the US.


4. Lily Allen: UK
Lily Allen is London's Pop Princess, now i will warn you i have yet to find a single song that doesn't have explicit lyrics warning but aside from that I kind of like it.


5. The Veronicas: Australia
Now I may catch some flack for this one. I know the sound is a little girly but some of their stuff is catchy, plus I am more about trying to get people to open their eyes and in this case ears and reach out and explore the music coming from down-unda.


Ok that's it. Don't forget help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

Jordon is trying TWITTER!

Twitter twitter twitter. Everyone is talking about twitter. Well after reading about how the church staff are the biggest Twitterers (is that what you call them?) in Florence, I decided to give it a try. This is mostly from the influence of one Mr. Daniel Dulaney aka Mr. Mann, aka MC DOOKIE D. Well I cant figure out how to work twitter but as i was researching on youtube I came across this awesome site. Xtranorma movie maker, their slogan is " If you can type you can make a movie". Now this was more my speed. Isn't it sad that it is easier to figure out how to make a movie than how to use twitter. Well Check out my 1st video hope you like it. Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

DEATH BY CHEESBURGER!

Todays Post is brought to you from the the Heart Attack Grill After having a "healthy" breakfast of biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, bacon, grits with cheese, sausage links, eggs, hasbrowns and a couple of french toast sticks. I was talking to Daniel about how i know I'm going to pay for this later but I should enjoy it while I can. Now before I get some of you lecturing me on my eating habits I usually am not so bad and plus I was up early this morning with the prayer walk at FMU so it cancels each other out. So as I was saying I know it isn't good to eat like this all the time but then we got to talking about a place I saw on the travel channel called Heart Attack Grill just south of Phoenix Az.




Now as the name implies this isn't your normal burger joint. 1st off you have the staff, Imagine Hooters meets Hospital. All the servers wear skimpy little nurse outfits, while the owner walks around with a lab coat and stethoscope. As far as menu, well your choices are pretty simple! There is the bypass, double bypass, triple bypass and quadruple bypass burgers. Next wheeze on up to the all you can eat "Flatline Frys" with calorie busting toppings including chili, cheese whizz, onions, mustard, mayo, ketchup and even hot bacon grease. As if you would need anything to help all that greasy goodness to slide down the beverage options are beer or 100% orginal Coca-Cola in a bottle. Now on to dessert, how about a nice unfiltered lucky strike cigarette? This place is over the top. I could go on and on about how they deep fry the buns to if you are able to eat a quadruple bypass burger that they will escort you to your car in a wheelchair. I have to say It makes me very curious but i dont know if could actually eat there. Let me know what you think check out the pics and video below and remember: Help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

OH YEAH I FORGOT THE BEST PART. OVER 350lbs? YOU EAT FOR FREE!. Beverage not included of course. haha imagine your 1st job having to clean the toilets at that place.

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates life for me!

So i have to admit i really like the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean. It kind of gets me pumped up and excited and also brings back a lot of memories from our honeymoon. In fact while we were in Destin Fl for our honeymoon the whole city was celebrating the "Billy Bowleg Pirate Festival" This was a pretty cool event. Everywhere you looked there was some sort of pirate theme. "Colors"(aka Pirate flags) were on every flag pole, street sign, boat, car and jet ski. Everyone from Shop vendors, to tourists also got into the spirit by being fully decked out in pirate gear. They even had a few authentic pirate ships floating on the open seas. Needless to say it was pretty awesome, esp. since while on our honeymoon we were able to catch a early screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End! Now this wasn't your normal early screening. This was a main Pirate event. The theater had hired about 50+ extras who were dressed as characters from the movie to pass out all kind of "loot" they even had a huge inflatable pirate ship for the kids to play with. We were kicking ourselves for leaving the camera at the condo but you can see Shannon decked out with her loot below (notice her anchor shirt, she doesn't mess around when it comes to being a pirate).



Ok now to the source of this post. I was playing on Youtube and i ran across a video of this 13 year old kid rocking the Pirate theme on a guitar. Now I am pretty creative but im afraid the music genes were saved for my brother. Now instead of being jealous i figure i would give props to these kids and help get them some coverage. Bonus cool factor is THESE ARE ALL KIDS and the are all PIRATES! So just take some time watch the videos. Check out all the different instruments they use to help pump up your inner pirate.










Ok thats it for the day. Let me know what your Pirate name is. Also remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

I wonder do YOU know HIM?

Well folks its a simple question. DO YOU KNOW HIM? I do and man oh HOW I LOVE HIM! Who do you ask? Just watch the video.



As some of you know Shannon has gone to Indy for the week to enjoy some time with her father and her family in that area until she goes to the Great Banquet on Thursday. This is the same event that i attended last Nov. and for the first time met Jesus. How my life has changed. What a blessing. I know some of you guys reading this are still a little shocked how i could now be a Christian. Well the answer is simple once you know Him you cant deny him. For those of you who want to learn more about Him. Ask me. Call me. Txt me and Facebook me, heck better yet call out for him.

In my small group at church we discussed how does the world perceive Christians. Well it got me thinking how did i look at Christian before I became one. I started to stereotype Christians as people who were judgmental, who were condemning, who where hypocrites. I thought the bible was a book about how to live your life with as little fun as possible and if you didn't do this you were going to hell and if you didn't do this God would not love you. I can't help but to laugh a little at that last statement because when i actually sat down with my own bible for the 1st time. This is what i saw.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

-1 Corinthians 13:4

Now does that sound like no fun? Does that sound threating? Does that sound cold? I look at that passage as a guide book to life. God created us to love one another. I want to challenge every one of you to print off this passage or memorize it and actually live by it for one week. I want you guys to focus on just this simple passage and report back to me next week. Let me know how it worked for you. You will be shocked how easy this challenge is amazing to see how quick it spreads. You want to have a great week? Simply Love one another. With that said remember help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

Chicken Blog

So you know how I wanted some Crawfish the other day? Well after talking to some locals I found out that apparently this part of the world isn't much of a fan of those tasty little mud-bugs. So it got me thinking, what do they like? Around these parts if you ask a local what their favorite meal is you get two answers, BBQ and Chicken Bog. Everyone has heard of BBQ so that is not so surprising though for someone who grew up on Memphis style BBQ, it is incredibly hard for me to consider Carolina BBQ as anything more than cat food and pickle juice. I'll have to save that story for another day, getting back to the other SC staple CHICKEN BOG.

Chicken Bog according what I've found online and what i hear from the locals was started right here in the Pee Dee region of SC. Chicken Bog in essence is a fairly simple dish consisting of chicken, onions, rice, butter, salt, and pepper. Now the fun thing about Chicken Bog is everyone has their "own" variations that can include adding sausage, bacon, bell peppers,and carrots. There seems to be only 2 rules to making your "signature" Chicken bog those are, Don't call it Chicken and Rice and don't spice it up to much. I might have a problem with the spices, learning how to cook at Ole Miss we had our share of Cajun influences. Now i have to be honest, I have actually never tasted any local Chicken Bog but Shannon seems to get it at least every couple of weeks at work. So with her as my taste tester I decided to give it a whirl.

Jordon's Chicken Bog
* 1 whole chicken
* 1 Bag of med grain rice
* Lowerys Season salt.
* 2 small onions
* Large pot and lots of water

Basically its really simple all I did was poke a few small holes in the skin of the chicken and rub the meat with some seasoned salt. Then i placed my bird in a hot bath and brought it up to a boil which created a rich broth. I continued to let the chicken cook for about an hour until the meat was at 180*



Once the chicken was cooked I took it out of the water and set it aside to let it cool off for a bit then because i didn't measure how much water I had put in the pot the first time i actually transferred the "broth" into another pot. Then I chopped up my onions and put them in the emptied stock pot with a little butter just to get them going. After the onions cooked for just a bit i started to measure out the "broth". I added 14 cups of broth and using the 2:1 ratio I added 7 cups of rice.



While the rice was coming to a boil, Shannon started getting the chicken ready. After removing any remaining skin and fat, she simply had to lift the bones right out of the meat. After tearing it into bite size pieces we added it to the rice mixture gave it a quick stir and walked away for about 25-30 and bada bing bada boom we had Chicken Bog.



I have to say, I was very hesitant to try this SC "feel good" meal based off my past experiences with SC BBQ but I have to say. Chicken Bog you sure are mighty tasty. Shannon gave it a clean plate stamp of approval, she did say that the version she eats at work is slightly different in its texture but she actually preferred this version. I apparently also got 2 thumbs up from the Dulaney Crew (my awesome neighbors). So all in all its pretty good, I did end up cheating and adding some Zatarans Blackened Seasoning to mine, but if i were out in public and had to eat it plain that would be okay to. Well that's about it for my chicken bog experience hope you guys enjoyed and will try it if you haven't yet. Other than that remember help control the pet population and have you pet spayed or neutered.

Heroes

Hero - Bonnie Tyler

As some of you know last weekend i was feeling very puny from a little virus that was going around, well best medicine for me is to get out and do something. So Sunday Shannon and I went to the Julia and got two tickets to Watchmen for $6 (That's $6 total hence why we go to the Julia). Well though I thought the movie pretty much stunk, it did get me thinking about one thing. Heroes! We crave heroes, now heroes come in many shape, sizes, colors, genders, and powers. Some people prefer their heroes to be of a super race with unbelievable powers like Superman, while others relish the fact that their favorite hero can simply don a rubber suit and transform from rich playboy Bruce Wayne into Batman. The point is we all love Heroes.



Well this got me thinking. Why do we idolize all these heroes then when our chance to be one we simply look the other way? How many times have you looked back at a situation and said to yourself "I should have done something?" I'm not talking about storming into a burning building and trying to pull out 50 orphans with one arm and a flock of nuns with the other. I am talking about the last time you were out to dinner and you saw a man strike a woman. Or a parent blatantly abusing a child? When was the last time you drove down the road and saw a person who was in need of assistance, but thought oh someone else will stop? These acts aren't your WHOP BAM POW actions from the comic books or movies but they are still heroic. Now there are two types of heroes in my book. The Boy Scout heroes, and vigilante heroes.


Personally... I kind of like the vigilante heroes myself. The idea for this post came to me last night after i was reading the local news about how a mother and grandmother were arrested because her 4 year old child got into moms cocaine stash. It just made me sick. $1000 bond and the they were free. Are you kidding me? Where is the justice in that? The question comes to morality. Is it okay to break the law if by you breaking the law you help uphold justice? While you think about that i want you to look at this, and this, and this, and this, and go a head click here.


So I guess now the only question is. Should i pick a animal persona as my cover or just a really awesome name and costume? Please comment and give me some ideas on what you would call yourself if you were a hero also what powers would you want if any at all. That's about it for now remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Take Me HOME!

Home - Marc Broussard

So I was sitting around the house enjoying this amazing 85 degree weather. It feels like spring. Spring always makes me think of Crawfish parties at Ole Miss. There is nothing quite like a nice spring day sitting outside with a table draped with old newspapers and covered with steaming mounds bright red crawfish, yellow corn and spice fighting potatoes. You know this gets me thinking. Since I am a chef maybe i should share with you how to boil crawfish.

Ole Miss Crawfish Boil

Ingredients and Tools

• 1 cooler full of LIVE delta crawfish
• 1 bag of red potatoes
• 12 ears of mini corn on the cob
• 2 cases of Keystone
  
• 1 package of Zatarain's Pro Boil
• 1 30 qt. propane Steamer/ fryer
• 1 stack of Daily Mississippians to form your table cloth.
  

Step 1. Grab yourself a KeyStone pop the top and and enjoy. Then Simply fill the Steamer with water add your Zaterains and bring up to a boil. Step 2. Open your second Keystone and enjoy then add your potatoes and cook for about 15 min. Next as you can guess grab a fresh keystone then add your corn continue to cook for about 10 min. Next add your crawfish make sure you have enough water to cover them all. Put the cover on the crawfish untill they turn bright red. Then its simply just pulling the steamer basket out of the pot and dumping your boil on to said newspaper. The rest is pretty simple. Pick up a crawfish by grabbing the part of the body directly behind the head with your left hand. Then using your right thumb and index finger grab the tail and pull. Then its just a matter of pulling the meat out of the tail, sucking the spice out of the shell and chasing it with your beer. Its pretty simple folks If you still need help heres a video.

Well thats about it guys Just remember help control the pet population, have your pet spayed or neutered.

1st Post.

Well lets see. This is my 1st post to hopefully many more. After looking at my friends blogs I've decided to give in and try to create one myself. I plan on creating a blog to show my journey at Johnson & Wales in Charlotte, but that's not for a few months. Until then just bare with me as I post some strange news, videos, links to stuff i find interesting. Thanks for checking it out. I guess now ill get to trying to figure out how to do stuff on here. Its all new to me. Well Peace out. Oh i should prob come up with some catch line i use at the end of every entry how about.... Keep your eye on the prize! ... um yeah that wont work how about... Please remember to help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.