Tentacle is down and my link to the world outside of Phoenix is gone.

Oi.

So the movers showed up on Wed, March 30 to pick it all up. The movers were very nice, but the foreman running the job was a sheister…or at least had aspirations to being a good one.

They get my stuff more than half way loaded and have me start signing paperwork. They won’t cover any damages beyond $.60 per pound per item. So if they break my 20 pound table, they will give me $12. Feh, I said to them and asked about insurance. They don’t offer it. This was making me grumpy.

The paying arrangement was 10% down for booking the job, 40% on loading, and 50% on delivery. They wouldn’t do a credit card on delivery, only on pickup. I thought, that is wierd. But when they informed me that they won’t cover damages, and wanted all the money up front, I said no and got into this big thing with the owner of the company. They finally let me do the credit card on delivery as well.

When the movers were all done, I asked the foreman how the tipping process went…do I give it all then or half then and second half on delivery? He said that I could give it all to him then. When the movers finished unloading at the delivery location, the subject of the tip came up. I told them that the foreman has it all and how much I gave him. They were incredibly pissed. The foreman ripped them off. They even had me write and sign an note saying how much I gave for a tip and who I gave it to.

I gave them $40 to go buy lunch and said I was sorry. They were a day late anyway. They were supposed to deliver on Saturday, but didn’t call and let me know they had made it to Phoenix until Saturday night at 9:30pm. I told them to go get a hotel and come in the morning. Feh.

Anyway, they got all the stuff in the house. We’ve got about half of it unpacked at the moment and are making good progress each day.

I guess I don’t really use this all that much. Seems like I only post every few months.

Hmmmm…..

So…I’m getting ready to move to Phoenix chasing a job and my wife is pregnant. Could the timing be any worse? Probably, but not much.

So this is how a friend told me to do it…

marinade some meat in soy and picapeppa sauce for a few days.

Then create a glaze/marinade out of the following:

wine
ketchup or tomatoe paste and vinegar
molassis
honey dijon mustard
sliced up onion and garlic
lots of crushed pepper and some salt
and whatever spices suite your fancy

The base is wine/ketchup/molassis. You can do 1/3 each if you like it sweet. Less molassis if you want to make it less sweet. I am trying tomatoe paste and vinegar and less molassis today to see what that does.

Let the meat marinade in the glaze/marinade for a few more days

Grill till rare and chow down.

I spent the last 4 days being sicker than a dog.

This all started on Wednesday with a swollen and sore elbow. This ballooned up to the size of a tennis ball and the intensly dizzy head thing started and lasted for two days. After that came the head cold which converted into a chest cold.

And now I’m dizzy again.

It is very hard to think.

Plus, my whole family has been sick too. This has been a very hard week 🙁