Cooking is Easy!

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My CookwareAs a person who brings people food.  It astounds me the repeat customers.  I mean not just those who eat take-out on the weekends.  The insane people who order from my store 4-7 times a week!  I mean how can they afford to not only order food that is way more expensive.  But also on multiple occasions, pay for a delivery fee and manage to leave a tip?  We’re talking anywhere between $25 to $50 a day!  Many of these people live in shambles.  Yet seem to have an endless supply of money!  I mean I eat out once a week with my friends or family.  Plus, I’m usually the guy who not only picks up the tab, but pays for gas and tip too!  I can afford that, but I can’t afford to eat out multiple times a week.  Well, maybe I can.  But I like having money in the bank more.  Plus if I ate junk food that much, I’d just end up being fat again.  I’m happy to have lost 185 pounds.  I feel great!  (not too bad on the looks department either)

OK so the media says things are expensive and Gen Z says they can’t afford to live and eat.  I think Gen Z needs to get the fuck out of the big cities.  But that’s another post for another day.

But what really gets me is the comments of, “it’s easier than cooking”. 😯

Are you kidding me?  Cooking is so easy!  I’ve spent years in relationships and saved money by cooking at home most days.  Now that I’m doing my healthy lifestyle, I’m damn near a low-carb chef!  I love cooking!  I wish I had more times per week to cook at home!  But working 4-5 double shifts a week makes it hard.  So I cook at work instead.

Plus I’ve been waiting an eternity to really put my stainless steel cookware to use!  (was always stuck with non-stick cookware loving girlfriends – thank God for finally getting rid of them)  Non-stick cookware is toxic!

But it only takes a few minutes to whip together a meatloaf (using almond flour).  Whip up some vegetables or make some mashed cauliflower (alternative to potatoes).  Fry up eggs or a million other things I’ve made.  Clean up is easy too.

So why do so many fear saving money and cook at home?  Are people truly that freaking lazy?  Wait… I already know the answer to that.  It’s why I recently had 2 hernia surgeries.  Because I’m always having to do things my lazy coworkers don’t do.  So yeah that’s got to be the real reason.

So yeah.  You keep ordering out and making me money 😈

Girls, want a man who can not only cook, but cook healthy?  Hint, hint 😁

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A Clean Home is a Happy Home

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Clean HouseNow that I’m finally a single man homeowner.  I finally get to live my life the way I want to.  One of the things I enjoy most is when I come home after a long day at work or a time spent away from home, is that the house is clean.

See, many of my past relationships where unfortunately shared with people who are insanely lazy and do things like:

  • not do the dishes
  • rarely do any house work
  • never do any yard work or help with it
  • leave their clothing wherever they land as they come home
  • leave food open and on counters, couches or end tables
  • leave multiple unfinished drinks laying about
  • never cleaning up after themselves

Thus leaving me to do the majority of the work or finally managing to talk them into doing some housework.

I’m the type of fellow that rarely has to all out clean the house.  I pick up after myself.  I can carry my dirty clothes to the basket a few feet away.  I don’t let dishes pile up.  I’m capable of putting laundry away shortly after the dryer stops.  I clean up anything I spill.  If I see dust I take 5 minutes to dust.  Etc…  These things take mere minutes and it always baffled me why people live in such pig-sty homes.  Sadly because I’m a delivery driver, I see so so so many gross homes.  Me?  I can’t wait for spring so I can get my yard cleaned up (snow hit as I closed on the house so leaves are an issue) and power wash my siding.  Would make for a couple of nice sunny afternoons outside.  Maybe I can meet some people or lonely ladies in the neighborhood 😁

In short, I’m very happy to come home.  Every time.  My house is clean and company ready.  It’s really not much of an effort if you just take a moment or two to clean up after yourself.

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My Top 5 Favorite Drummers

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Top 5 Favorite DrummersI don’t follow trends.  I make my own way and my own rules.  I’m not like many others in this world and choose my friends carefully.  Same goes with my heroes.  Today I’m going to share my top five favorite drummers.

Dave Grohl – Dave is the drummer I wish I could be most of the time.  Though I’m more into pop-punk than I am other genres.  His playing style is ultimately cool.

Meg White – I know that this is an unpopular choice for so many.  But if you watch her play when the White Stripes were at the top of their game, she looked like she was in a state of euphoria.  I’ll be honest, her drumming made the music what it was.  I’d take her place in a heartbeat if I could.  To be in a highly successful band with a unique sound is precisely what I aspire to be.  I don’t want to be the next Dave Grohl or Neil Peart.  I want what makes me special.

Buddy Rich – My opinion.  Greatest Jazz Drummer Ever.  All drummers can learn and be inspired by Buddy.

Travis Barker – While my son would disagree, I find Travis a complete inspiration.  I only wish I had his discipline and vision.  The moment I heard the the intro to After Midnight I was completely hooked on his style.  The more I listened, the more I wanted to hear.

Rick Allen – This is a man I truly admire.  Not only is he part of a band I still consider one of my absolute favorites.  He overcome having losing his arm and still fills stadiums to this day!

All of these drummers I wish I could meet and pick their brains.

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My First Console

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Steam DeckTry as I might have in the past.  When it comes to gaming; I just could never get into using a controller.  I’ve always been a Keyboard and Mouse man.  I’ve predominantly used a Microsoft Windows based computer for the majority of my life.  I’ve since experienced the freedom of using Linux as my 99.9% only daily use Operating System.  Including gaming!!  I couldn’t be happier 😁

Then I got hit with a double hernia surgery.  Stuck sitting in comfortable chairs and not my office chair.  I got a hair-brained idea.  Since I now use Steam to play games on my desktop PC, I figured I could build a console from a mini gaming PC that I had laying around from my server setup.  This way I can sit in my comfy living-room chair and play games on my TV (pictured below).

So I created my own Steam Deck console using a mini gaming PC.  Picked up an Xbox controller.  Hoping that I could game while on my 2 weeks plus recovery from surgery.

Home Made Steam Deck

Home Made Steam Deck

Sadly my homemade steam deck failed.  I tired with both my mini PC’s I had.  The first box booted fine, but when installing large files.  They seemed to become corrupt large.  Likely due to a bad SSD controller.  The drive itself tested fine.

The second box, the blue tooth goes spastic turning on and off rapidly.  Hence the controller wouldn’t stay connected.  I could’ve just used a keyboard and mouse wirelessly, but that would’ve mean being uncomfortable while my body heals.

Also with both of them having problems, it proves the Mini PCs I bought on Amazon are junk.  No wonder they were so cheap.  Ah well, still might have some use.  But only had the CPU integrated graphics anyway.  AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

When I used keyboard and mouse to test the games, they actually played decent.  But only at medium settings.  If I’m gonna only have that, may as well use my desktop.

Looking into the cost of building a decent box is the same as buying the 1TB Steam Deck OLED itself.  So I’ve decided to order one after I return to work.  Just would’ve been cool to pull it off before my recovery.  If it wasn’t for the blue tooth controller, I think I could’ve.

Let’s see if I take to playing my favorite games using a controller in the next couple of months!

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My Tattoo

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TattooI have been stuck at home for the past 6 days.  Which is going to be just over 2 weeks.  Thanks to needing to have 2 hernia repaired.  I had hoped to return to work in 10 days, but it’s gonna push to 17.  Still in a lot of pain and can’t do a lot without causing issues.

The other day I had explained the origin of my tattoo to an old friend.  I only have 1 tattoo.  I’ve often thought of getting a Bugs Bunny holding drumsticks as a second tattoo as well as a third that says “Trust is Earned”.  But so far I just have the one and it’s fading 😕

But I chose my tattoo well.  It’s based on a clan of Vampires from The Masquerade game.  Called the Toreador.  Of which my character in the game was associated.  I played when I was in my 20’s.  I customized it from there.

Black for the cold and dead I feel inside. The pedals of my shattered heart. The thorns to keep people at arms length. The blood is I’m still alive but not completely healed and may never be.

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