Theme Thursday.....BALANCE

BALANCE

Badasses
Awesome
Lethal
Armed
Necessary
Commandos
Exterminators

We need to keep balance between good and evil.
I think a Can-o-Whoopass
is a good way to keep some of that balance.

I salute the balance keepers who rescued
the young lady kidnapped by pirates this week.

May our balance keepers stay safe, and continue on their
quest for balance.

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Theme Thursday.....PRODUCE

Baked Avocado Fries

I saw this picture on Pinterest and being an avocado aficionado, or something like that (choking on laughter here), I felt I just had to share this production with y'all.

And being new to Pinterest I have found that it takes a lot of research to find the original post and hence found the picture post is different than the recipe post.

But the way I see it, I am thankful for all those people who reposted this recipe and picture so that it ended up on Pinterest and into my view sight, which now brings it into yours.

I mean, seriously, is there any other type of produce that is better than an avocado?

pic from diana212m.blogspot.com

Baked Avocado Fries

Recipe Adapted from Sunset Magazine

Canola oil for frying
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp kosher salt
2 large eggs, beaten to blend
1 1/4 cups panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
2 firm-ripe medium avocados, pitted, peeled, and sliced into 1/2-in. wedges

Grated Parmesan for serving (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 200°. In a medium saucepan, heat 1 1/2 in. oil until it registers 375° on a deep-fry thermometer.

2. Meanwhile, mix flour with 1/2 tsp. salt in a shallow plate. Put eggs and panko in separate shallow plates.

3. Sprinkle the avocado slices with the remaining 1/2 tsp salt. Dip each slice in flour, shaking off excess. Dip in egg, then panko to coat. Set on 2 plates in a single layer.

3. Fry a quarter of avocado slices at a time until deep golden, 30 to 60 seconds. Transfer slices to a plate lined with paper towels. Keep warm in oven while cooking remaining avocados. Sprinkle with salt and a little grated Parmesan.

Recipe from Circle B Kitchen

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Theme Thursday.....VIEW

Where is the dance?

The dance floor was polished, but what could be done with a floor that was over eighty years old.
It had a sheen that reminded one of old leather carefully rubbed with oil, so as to make it feel warm not cold.
The scuff marks and scratches stood out, testaments to the dances that had occurred for all these years.
The dancers had moved to the music, their shoes, shuffling, scraping, keeping beat to the music one hears.

The floor had watched dancers come and go over time, some came only once, others spent years of dancing on his boards.
Sometimes he had felt the first stirrings of love between couples, he knew what it was heading towards.
Some stayed together and then they would dance on him less and less.
Over time they would stop by to bring their little ones for lessons, he enjoyed them, he had to confess.




Young girls who started out so shy, afraid to let go of their mother's hand.
They would learn to dance after many weeks of listening to the music from the band.
Their bodies swaying and sashaying all across his floors, from one side to the other side of the room.
He would hope that their love of dance would grow for it was through them that his future did loom.

He enjoyed the many days the boys and girls got their lessons and how he saw their abilities grow.
After months of being used by all of their feet, he got to feel them on the nights they would put on a show.
Parents who had walked and danced all over him once upon a time,
Were now clapping, clicking cameras of their youngsters, and telling others that one is mine.

The weekends had continued to be the time for couples to dance the night away.
For many years he had enjoyed the feel of their feet, gliding and flowing, it felt good he had to say.
Then he noticed that there were not as many little girls and boys coming for the lessons being taught.
The evening had fewer couples showing up even on the weekend, he saw the look of worry on the owners face he now caught.

That last year almost no one showed up to move across and dance around his floor any more.
He wondered where is the dance, where do they go to dance, he wanted to shout and roar?
But there was no sound that his boards could make without the feet moving and walking.
On the day they closed after eighty years of laughter and joy, he wanted to weep, cause he knew that was the end of his talking.

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Theme Thursday.....CHANGE

Change what?

I wonder what I need or want to change.
Do I need to make changes?
Probably so many that to post them would take a year.
Would I change my past?
Maybe but then I might screw things up even more.
Okay, needing changes does not work for me.

So what do I "want" to change.
I want to change our Tax System!!!
I have done a little research about this,
okay maybe a day's worth.
Well I have decided that I would like to change to a
Flat Tax System.

Not necessarily the one you hear others talk about.
The Flat Tax System I would like is one where
everyone pays a flat rate on every dollar earned.
Let's say 12%.
It does not matter how you earn that dollar,
be it through a job, capital gains, savings, lottery,
selling something, gambling, etc.
There are no write offs for anyone.
The best thing about this is that we no longer have to
fill out any tax forms.
The IRS only has to make sure everyone is paying the
same amount for every dollar earned.
Every paycheck they take out 12%.

No more worries about April 15.
Tax man is paid all year round.

Okay, this is what I "want" to change.
Here is my prayer:

Oh dear Lord,
please help everyone to see the light.
The light that ends
the day the tax man cometh.
Amen!!!!

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Theme Thursday.....FUTURE

Interlinks of Life!!!

Looking back in hindsight, I wish I had the Foresight to see things I now know.
Utilizing past mistakes to hopefully prevent making them again does not work.
I've learned Time changes everything, it has wings and flies.
We have little or no Understanding of future events in our world.
It's hard to Realize that we only have control over this exact moment in time.
Everything is relative to the past, the present, and the future.

Relativity speaking I have learned that we have very
little control over our future.
Our future can change in less than the blink of an eye.
The hardest thing we can do is to stop worrying about our future,
and accept how our past affects it,
learn that the present instantly becomes our past,
and that we can never catch the future.

Kinda makes you wonder if the future is real!

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Merry Christmas Wishes!

May
Everyone
Rejoice
Rest
Yearning


Celebrations
Happenings
Remembered
In
Such
Times
Many
Are
Savored

Theme Thursday.....GIFT

GIFT

This is the time of year
when
everyone is thinking of
what
is the best gift I can give.

I know that this is not
something everyone
wants
to think about at this time of year,
but
you can give a gift that is free,
and
it may someday save a life.

What,
you ask is this gift?

It is the gift of becoming an organ donor,
which
is free because you just mark it on your license renewal,
or
some states let you go online
and
change it today.

Please
think about this,
maybe someone you know
will
be saved because someone
became
an organ donor
today.

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As a side note, I had to make the choice to donate my father's organs
when he passed away many years ago. I know how hard it can be for
one's family to have to make that choice. Making it for them is the best
gift you can give to your family members. I will never meet the people I helped,
but just knowing I did this, somehow gives me comfort.