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Jim White
@jimwhitegnv.bsky.social
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Lapsed blogger from Emptywheel, obsessed with barbecue and all things cooking, avid baseball fan, retired scientist, proud grandpa and political complainer. Not a football presenter!
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Black Friday Special: Free* Rats!

*Free offer open to red shouldered hawks only.

(Limit 4, first come, first served.)
A section of horse fence with a dead rat atop each of the four fence posts seen. A horse trailer is in the background. (I really need to remove that dead Shumard oak and put in a replacement tree.)
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Speaking of “divisive”, green been casserole is the most divisive cultural issue in our household. Growing up in Oklahoma, we always followed the recipe and topped with fried onions. Lisa grew up in Kansas with it topped with crushed Lays potato chips. Still no resolution
A green bean casserole topped with fried onions on the left and crushed potato chips on the right. There is no no-man’s land!
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Well, at least I had no mishaps with tonight’s barbecue.
A grill with chicken shawarma skewers cooking over the fire on one side and a butterflied leg of lamb cooking on the side away from the fire.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Hey, it was BELOW room temp*!

*If you are doing hot yoga…
Two slices have been cut off on of the sourdough loaves in the previous post. The remainder of the loaf is angled toward the camera, revealing a crumb with many bubbles of various sizes.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I’m pretty sure that having to wait until these cool to room temperature violates the Geneva Conventions.
Two long narrow loaves of sourdough bread fresh from the oven sit side by side on cooling racks.
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Any day that starts with an unexpected toad can’t be all bad. I was refilling the dog waterer and this guy was in the base when I pulled the big bottle off.
A very fat toad chills and contemplates life after being dumped out of the dogs’ water. It is comfortably nestled in leaves.
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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It’s their bed, we are just allowed to borrow it at night.
A king size bed with a tropical bedspread and a pillow on each side. A Snowshoe Siamese sleeps curled up by one pillow while a large black cat sleeps at the other
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I always botch the kerning.

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Birthday cake for our grandson who is turning 7. It’s a single layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Old fashioned sugar decorations spell “Happy Birthday” and there are colorful dots of various sizes. The spacing of the letters, with “Birthday” under “Happy”, is way off, so that it’s not symmetrical.
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I finally gave in and acquired a sourdough starter. I'm still doing a few more feedings before I bake the first bread, but it came from King Arthur with a recipe for pizza crust that uses the discard.

Wow! I love how easy the dough was to work with and how well it crisped up.

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Two pizzas side by side on cooling racks. The sourdough crust is topped with sauce made from San Marzano tomatoes, hot Napoli salame, fresh mozzarella, yellow sweet peppers and jalapenos. They were topped with fresh basil after coming out of the oven.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Was looking at tomorrow’s college basketball schedule and ran across this gem. I not sure whether it’s disturbing or just amusing.
A screencap of the basketball schedule showing “Biblical Stud” facing Prairie View.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It's time to ask the #entomology and #insectid folks for help identifying this insect that is proliferating on my datil pepper plants. They look like stink bugs but I can't line them up with any pictures online to know if they're pests or predators. On leaves and peppers. Many present, only adults.
Head-on view of an insect with a shield-shaped body that features red splotches on a black background. There are raised white dots down the center of the shield and around the perifery. A view from more overhead of the previously described insect.
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Tired: shitposting

Wired: ratposting
A view from inside a horse stall. There is a drowned juvenile rat on top of two adjacent fence posts. The rats drowned in a horse water bucket while trying to drink. They will provide a meal for our resident family of red-shouldered hawks.
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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You might say that I've been devilishly persistent in playing this silly game.
A notification banner from Spider Solitaire saying I've reached Level 3825 and am now a Diamond Grandmaster 666.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Two of my favorites from today’s #NoKings protest in Gainesville.
A round sign, mimicking a medallion. Around the edges it reads “Nobel Piece of Shit Prize”. In the center is Trump’s face, puckering his lips and with crossed eyes. A sign reading “Sometimes you gotta flush twice” next to a toilet with a red tie dangling from the seat and a blond wig on top of the tank.
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The frog has arrived! This is not a drill!

#NoKings
#Gainesville
An inflatable frog with a no kings sign on its belly. Special bonus shark included.
October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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There’s probably a frog here somewhere in Gainesville, but for now we can enjoy this pig.

#NoKings
A delightful inflatable pig at a No Kings rally.
October 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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I am inordinately proud of this spatchcocked chicken. It was marinated in a shawarma marinade. I love the crosshatched skin from the grill surface.

Oh yeah, it was juicy and tasty, too.

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A spatchcocked chicken on a grill. It has just been turned over after starting to cook skin side down. There are two wireless probes and one wired probe in the chicken. There is also a wired probe on the grill surface. Yes, I am a hopeless nerd. The chicken has been fully cooked and rests on a cutting board. The skin is deliciously crispy, with just a touch of char from the marinade. The meat on the drumsticks has drawn up considerably while cooking.
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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And yellowcake!
A slice of yellow cake. Three layers with chocolate icing.
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I'm not sure what to call this, but it made for a #GoodLunch

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Two flour tortillas turned into frico layered with egg scrambled with jalapenos and topped with salsa.
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Weeds must be properly trampled before pulling!
A medium-sized Florida brown dog sits on weeds in a blueberry bed, up in the face of the camera, smiling and letting his tongue hang out. He has been described as having an 8 inch tongue in a 6 inch head.
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Dragging an arena is like raking a giant zen garden.
A small horse arena, freshly dragged. The sandy soil is smooth and (mostly) free of grass. The arena is surrounded by large trees and blue sky with fluffy white clouds can be seen in the distance.
August 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Just look at this turkey!
A young person lounges on a chair in an airport waiting area, their feet on a chair nearby. The person is wearing short pants, and the black sneakers are complemented by socks that are a green monster face with a bright pink tongue. The outfit is topped off with a “hat” that appears to be a large roasted turkey inverted on the child’s head. The turkey is roughly the size of the person’s trunk.
July 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Actually, we’re in Heidelberg for a few more days. It’s lovely here.
A view down a very pleasant pedestrian walkway between rows of historic buildings housing restaurants and shops at street level and living space on the upper floors. People are happily dining and strolling.
July 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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We had our family holiday gathering today, featuring St. Louis cut ribs. These turned out well.
A large serving plate stacked high with ribs that have been smoked and cut into individual pieces. The ribs have a nice, dark bark, a pronounced smoke ring and have some juices running from the cuts.
July 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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We picked a passel of popper peppers.

The poppers were a tasty addition to a cheeseburger and corn.

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A passel of jalapeno peppers on a white cutting board. The peppers have been cored. The special tool for coring lies alongside them, exhausted by all its work. Cooked poppers sit in a smoker. The peppers were stuffed with a cream cheese, shredded Mexican cheese and cilantro mixture and then wrapped in bacon before smoking in a cute stainless popper holder. Three poppers on a paper plate, along with a grilled ear of corn and a large cheeseburger topped with pepper jack, lettuce and tomato.
June 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM