My First Go at Dry Ribs

I've always wanted to sink my teeth into some Tennessee dry ribs, but they're hard to find here in KC.  Ribs here are smoked low and slow and usually are soaked in sweet sauce.  It's a style that I absolutely love, but still was curious about the tang from the apple vinegar and the more firm "stick to the bone" ribs popular in Memphis.

Thanks to my good friend Greg Metz for putting up his recipe for dry ribs fixed right on the grille.  It takes about an hour and you really have to baby the grill, flipping and juicing the thing every 5 minutes or so.  Turned out really good and you can grab his recipe for your own backyard grilling enjoyment over at his blog. 

Zach Galifianakis as Ernest Hemingway

An LA Times photographer captured a pretty cool shot of Zach last week when he picked up a resemblance to Booze fueled ultra-man legend, writer Erny Hemingway.

I put together a side by side pic together.  What do you think?

How dangerous is a Zombie?

I love this diagram.  Not sure how, but 1/3 of all my cocktail party conversations involve fast vs slow Zombies.  

Nerd Geek Dork

Over at OK Cupid they have a nerd, geek, dork test that classifies you on a diagram between the 3 terms.  It was fun to go through and worth the 5 minutes it took to complete.  Check out my results below.

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Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test...

Modern, Cool Nerd

74 % Nerd, 74% Geek, 22% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.

Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

Congratulations!


Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Professional Wrestling

Love & Sexuality

America/Politics

Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

Take The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test at OkCupid

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