Author: Rev. Joe Dirt

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Aunt Jackie’s Chicken Salad

I do not believe I am divulging an old, secret family recipe, but a treat that is mmm, mmm good.

2 or more chicken breasts – cooked until fork tender
2 hard boiled eggs -grated
1 or 2 celery ribs – chopped into small pieces
2 tbsp sweet pickle relish
Chopped sweet pickles to taste
Chopped pecans to taste
Chopped grapes to taste
Mayo or salad dressing

Chop chicken breast – add a small amount of salt
Add all ingredients, stir together
Add as much dressing as need to make moist
If desired add a “dab” of pickle juice for that “magic” touch
Mix well

Enjoy on bread as a sandwich or on lettuce for that low-cal meal.

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Odds of Winning the Lottery

Okay, I admit it. I buy a lottery ticket when the prize gets absurdly big.  Of course, the minimum prize of $20 million would be as life changing (shattering?) as the world record $1.6 billion purse for tonight’s drawing.

Last night as I was in line to buy our ticket for the drawing for this extraordinary sum of money, the guy in front of me bought $40 of lottery tickets.  I also witnessed someone buying $24 worth a few days ago.  Last time the top prize got nearly this big I saw a gentleman buy $100 worth of dreams.

The odds of picking all six numbers correctly Continue reading “Odds of Winning the Lottery”

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #8,610

yeah I know you did not ask!

The story of my life in an eggshell…

I was frying up a couple eggs for breakfast this morning.  As I very carefully cracked the first egg and allowed it to slip gently into the hot, non-stick skillet that had just a touch of olive oil in the bottom, I realized the egg had a double yolk. Wow, fantastic, two egg yolks, I thought, then both of them broke.

My grief was palpable.

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A Profligate, A Wastrel, A Dissipater


At times Señora is such a spendthrift.  She is attempting to convince me that I have maximized the utility of this particular pair of Sperry boat shoes.

Puts me in mind of a picture that was most likely put in the trash years ago.  I had a t-shirt commemorating Arkansas Razorback basketball that I wore for years when I jogged – in Arkansas.  It got to the point that there was no cotton left in the t-shirt. Just the base polyester weave, making it entirely see-through.  A picture was taken of me as I very reluctantly placed it ever so gently in the kitchen trash can.  I was thinking it still had a few more jogging miles in it.

Truth is I have a couple of other pairs of boat shoes that I purchased as I thought perhaps these were a little tacky to wear most places, nearly as bad as wearing a pair of house shoes to the supermarket.   Don’t tell Señora, but I did put them in the trash can today.  For some reason it had become almost impossible to keep rocks and dirt out of them.

And so they went.

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Word of the Day – Doyenne

  • Noun:  Doyenne – feminine form of the French word doyen
    1. The senior member of a body or group
    2. a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor
    3. the oldest example of a category
  • Synonyms:
    1. old hand
    2. old-timer
    3. stager
    4. vet
    5. veteran
    6. warhorse
  • Usage:
    1. “While playing a game with Drew Barrymore on her daytime talk show, the lifestyle doyenne was asked to wave flags to a series of dating questions – green for yes, red for no and yellow for being on the fence. Asked if she would date a man with as many tattoos as Davidson, Stewart waved the green flag.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading the CNN article: Martha Stewart responds to those wanting her to date Pete Davidson

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US 129 Tail of the Dragon

Señora and I recently returned from a week’s long road trip. First we  went  to Kentucky to visit my Aunt Betty, then to Asheville to visit the Biltmore and to spend the following day cruising around the Great Smokey Mountains.  On the way back, we stopped in Lebanon, TN just outside Nashville to visit my Aunt Jackie.  Both ladies have some physical health issues, but both are still very mentally sharp.  I hope I get those Rush genes rather than the Carr genes.  Five of the eight Carr sisters ended up with dementia.

I knew we would be tired after a day in the mountains, so I wanted to find a hotel just west of them rather than drive an extra two or three hours to Nashville.  I started looking in Knoxville. Because there was Continue reading “US 129 Tail of the Dragon”

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I may be in a heap of trouble…

The following article popped up in my Google news feed: Nose Picking Could Increase Risk for Alzheimer’s and Dementia

The Carr side of my family is famous for faces endowed with distinctive sniffers.  I am no exception. My son used to refer to my proboscis as a B-52 Booger Bomber, for all I know he may still do so.

A well functioning airplane maintenance program includes keeping the aircraft clean, outside AND in. Being the son of aerospace technical representative, I have internalized his maxims about maintaining your tools and machines.  My rather cavernous airship definitely requires regular internal attention.  Respecting my father’s wise words I am more than prone to provide regular cleaning services… discreetly, I hope. And now I learn I may be pushing myself towards the dementia ward. YIKES.

And so it goes.

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Quote of the Day – Leonardo da Vinci

“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.” ~~ Leonardo da Vinci

My for what’s it worth ruminations: I feel like most of the time I am solidly in class 2. I have had rare epiphanies that boosted me to class 1… briefly. While I have more than a few blind spots, hopefully I am not too firmly anchored in class 3 by those.  But I am reminded of a philosophy  that more than a few folks have espoused to me, “it is better to go through life with blinders on.” Perhaps.

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #9,794

yeah I know you did not ask!

Beware – “adult” themed.

I wonder if this will become a new put down –”You’re no Pete Davidson.”

Or perhaps a woman being asked about her date last night.  She sighs and says, “Well… he definitely was no Pete Davidson.”

On the high probability that you have not been following the stupid news aka celebrity news, just type “Pete Davidson 10” into your favorite browser. The main reason I know anything about this is that Stephen Colbert make a joke about it.  Not understanding his reference, but suspecting, I did a Google search.

This puts me in mind of an article I posted years ago, Penis Sizes Of World Religious Figures,  which linked to the satirical article by Jim Goad of the same name, Penis Sizes Of World Religious Figures . At the bottom of that article was another link (I sweating from clicking all these links), 50 Women Talk About Having Sex With An Extremely Large (Or Extremely Small) Penis. All I can say is, “While I am the yin to your yang Pete, I am sorry, we all have crosses to bear.”

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #9,183

yeah I know you did not ask!

I have a recurring nightmare. I am somewhere in the afterlife, in a large room surrounded by all my old girlfriends and wives.  Every single one of them is wanting a “debriefing”, a rehashing of our relationship. There is a cacophonous chorus of “we need to talk.” I can find no possible exit, the floor refuses to swallow me up, they all start in on me simultaneously.

Of course this is somewhat reminiscence  of an episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun. The many ex-girlfriends of the French Stewart’s character, Harry Solomon, show up at the extraterrestrial’s apartment at the same time, much to his embarrassment and chagrin.