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This week 06-02-15 Come on get out of bed!!!! I've got a bike that I've had since 1979. I used to ride it everyday. I had it here at church thinking if it was here, I would ride it more often. It's been here 3 years and I haven't ridden it once. I thought if I took it home I could ride it on those mornings that I woke up at 4am. It would be better than lying in bed wide awake, and I would get some exercise. For this to work I had to make it as easy as possible so I wouldn't be able t... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, May 30, 2015

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This week 05-26-15 ALPO with mustard anyone? I cook a lot, but I don't cook things because they're good, I cook them because of where they come from. I want to know what it tastes like to have dinner at a great restaurant in New York or San Francisco. My cookbooks are all from great chefs at their restaurants. No food network people, no "great chefs at home" cookbooks (I don't care what they do at home).  I want to know what it tastes like on Friday night, all dressed up, best t... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, May 23, 2015

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This week 05-19-15 It's how big??? I thought I would be scientific this week and tell you about some physics. The biggest physics experiment ever, CERN's Large Hadron Collider was first turned on September 10th 2008. It cost $6 Billion, has thousands of giant magnets and it is cooled by tons of liquid helium to 1.9 Kelvin (just above absolute zero - Absolute zero is where molecules quit moving, it's really cold, 459+ below zero … my fridge won't get that low) .. It will guide 2 ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, May 16, 2015

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This week 05-12-15 Service Included If you read my emails much you'll know I'm a restaurant fanatic. I found a book written by a girl that was a head waiter at Per Se, Thomas Keller's super Hoity Toity restaurant in New York. The book is called "Service Included" She applied for the job before the restaurant opened and she tells the story about all of the things she had to learn, to be able to do the job. They took French lessons so they could pronounce the menu, they took wine less... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, May 9, 2015