06/08/07 10:07 - ID#39586

touring and cooking

Time to do tourist stuff. My wife's parents are visiting, so tomorrow we visit Ft. Niagara (father in law is all about history stuff) and the falls. I cook for them tomorrow, too.

We cooked out today. If anyone is good at grilling, we can use the help. We couldn't get the stuff burning, and then it didn't stay hot enough to cook the chicken. And then the storm came. The oven rescued us.

Looking forward to the art festival. (And to Monday, which is unusual)

Two last comments: I am totally addicted to estrip--what a great idea!

And yes, the creation science museum is a TOTAL waste. Even if it represented the faith OR science well (it fails on both counts), most of the exhibits also seem to be boring, static posters! I know that they didn't blow all the money on research--you can get all of the stuff they shared from fundamentalist websites!

and now I am rambling, but if anybody wants to know the Biblical argument against creationism, just let me know.

tinypliny writes at 01:28:32 06/11/07 - Comment #19471: Looking forward to your future Niagara falls tourist/off/on-the-beaten-track kind of post. I have never been to the falls, but now that I am moving to Buffalo, I am hoping I will finally get to go and be drenched.

Thanks for the welcome. :)

drew writes at 11:19:20 06/09/07 - Comment #19436: yeah. We've heard all those grilling tips. Gonna buy a chimney thing. I hate to fall into stereotypes, but it really does make one feel less manly when fire won't work for you.

Art Festival comes tomorrow. After church. (If any of you are awake at 10am, the sermon is actually pretty good, if I can say so myself).

metalpeter writes at 02:32:31 06/09/07 - Comment #19429: I just bought some dragon stuff there. There is some amazing art there. There is this place where I bought the dragon stuff with very real looking fairies. I havn't seen everything yet so I'm going back. There are at least 3 or 4 places so far with Buffalo pictures. There is some really cool looking stuff that I can't afforid. Oh yeah and the eye candy can be very distracting so sorry if I step on anyone.

jim writes at 02:20:49 06/09/07 - Comment #19427: Link :::link:::

jim writes at 02:20:24 06/09/07 - Comment #19426: $15 for a charcoal chimney, and it lights up as fast as gas.

fellyconnelly writes at 10:49:27 06/09/07 - Comment #19420: i, too, have difficult times keeping charcoal grills alight.... even with paul's method.

mrmike writes at 08:57:57 06/09/07 - Comment #19414: The art festival is okay, just don't go expecting to see great art. The scene itself is more interesting. In terms of the relatives, that's part of the vicissitudes of living here. When we moved here, I saw plenty of cousins because visiting my folks & seeing the falls was cheap vacation time.

paul writes at 10:32:06 06/08/07 - Comment #19411: I think the secret to grilling is arranging the coals in a pyramid, soaking them in lighter fluid, and then throw the match in followed by dousing it with lighter fluid a bit to make sure all the coals light. Evenetually, the start to turn gray and you can spread them out.

Wind kind of ruins it though. So does rain :(

My dad swears by the self lighting kind.

james writes at 10:13:50 06/08/07 - Comment #19407: The art festival is wonderful. It is impossible to not have a good time unless you are a dog. A literal dog that is. It is just too hot to have any fur on.

Your ramblings on what a waste that museum was way more succinct than mine.