Alton Brown has a blog!

[eyesroll]

http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/rants.html

And it's not just all about food...check this out...

Friday, January 30, 2004
Georgia state school Superintendent Kathy Cox has decided that the word “evolution” is “…a buzzword that causes a lot of negative reaction” and should be replaced in all Georgia school curriculum with the phrase “biological changes over time”.

I agree. I hate buzzwords, don’t you? That’s why I think we should go one further and replace the phrase “slack-jawed backwater ignoramus” with the phrase “Kathy Cox”.

Just a suggestion.

[GOPisEvil]

1. I love Alton's website!

He seems like a really good guy. I'm a huge fan of his.

[supernova]

2. Thank you!

I adore Alton! I also enjoyed his note to Martha. LOL! :D

[GOPisEvil]

3. I didn't hear about his health scare, though!

:o

Glad he's alright. :scared:

[supernova]

4. That was news to me too!

:scared:

Heh. I admire anybody with the guts to put a hospital photo on the web. :P

Hey Alton! Lay off the espressos! :D

[GOPisEvil]

5. I have begun to plan my life around Wednesday, 8:00pm.

It's the weekly airing of "Good Eats". If I'm not too tired, I stay up and watch the 10:30pm nightly shows.

I'm a geek, I know. :-)

[supernova]

6. LOL!

I get my sister to tape it for me. :D

If I had Food Network, I'd just become a shriveled up recluse, never leaving the house.

[GOPisEvil]

7. God help me if I ever get TiVO.

:D

[supernova]

8. TiVO, TiVO, TiVO

*zombie voice*

I secretly covet Allen's multiple TiVOs. Some people get all the luck!

A wierd Oxymoron I've noticed about Food Network: For all the talk about food. What it looks like, what a good recipe is, how the cook it, how to use spices, how to choose wine, etc.

I don't feel a desire to eat more when watching it. It's like watchin it is just as good as having eaten it. Strange. :shrug:

[GOPisEvil]

9. I might make the move to Digital cable...

...with that comes DVR, which is the same thing as TiVO.

The only thing stopping me is that I have two TVs, which means two converter boxes to rent. I'd only have one DVR though. There's only one of me. :D

[supernova]

10. Same for me with sat TV

I can get a better sat deal out here in the boonies. Maybe cable is priced differently where you are.

I find I'm less patient with commercials anymore. They're so numerous they detract from the story anymore. That's why I watch a lot of movies.

[GOPisEvil]

11. Well, I rent, so I can't really go satellite.

Digital cable with no extras is $51.35, and each converter is $7.99 and the DVR is $9.95. Add that to the $45 I pay in cable modem and we're talking serious funds!

Right now I have Standard cable at $46 a month and RoadRunner at $45 a month. The bill comes out to just under $100.

[supernova]

12. Shoot! Go for it!

That's definitely a big savings. :thumbsup:

[GOPisEvil]

13. Eh...it's only an extra $30 a month right?

That's nothing. ;-)

[cheezus]

14. is NOT the same thing

All TiVos are DVRs, but not all DVRs are TiVos. Most cable/sat dvrs are really just a vcr with a hard drive instead of a tape. TiVo/Replay do so much more!

[GOPisEvil]

17. Well, it's similar anyway.

[lazarus]

23. actually

Our DVR is more than just a glorified VCR. It does some things better than a TiVo, some things less.

For instance, it has dual tuner capacity built in, so I can actually record two things, and watch a recorded show, all at the same time.

I've got picture in picture capacity, too, which I've never had with digital cable before.

I can also watch all the channels on the digital spectrum, something a lot of TiVos can't handle.

Yeah, TiVo has a lot of features I wish I had, but the DVR programming is maturing, and will hopefully be catching up fairly soon.

One nice thing is, it's only ten bucks a month, and I didn't have to buy it. So when a new model comes out, I just head down to the cable office and trade it in. Or if this one breaks down, same thing. I'm not stuck with a $300 dollar investment and a monthly fee.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

16. I liked that too

Martha reminds me of Hillary. Strong and doesn't give any of the creeps the satisfaction of seeing them cry or whine.

[lpbk2713]

15. I really like Alton and "Good Eats"

There's not much else on the Food Channel that I watch anywhere near as often. He makes the show interesting.

[supernova]

18. I like Tyler Florence on Food 911

He can come to my house.... anytime! :9

[GOPisEvil]

19. The only cookin' won't be in the kitchen, eh?

;-)

[supernova]

22. Yeah. Tyler looks so clean cut and innocent

but Man. The way he uses spices! The way he chops green onions!

I practially melted into puddle when he made foie gras with brandy sauce! :9 :D

[fryguy]

20. Hail Cesare

I use his recipe (or a variation of it) for Cesare Salad at least once a week. Best and easiest salad I've ever had.

[minkyboodle]

21. cool

Good Eats is the best.
Scott

[Ramsey]

24. That rocks!

Thanks for posting that. I love Alton's show, it's all about technique but in a fun and snazzy way. I laugh and learn a lot too. Nice to see Alton is on the good team :-).

[ashling]

25. After my doctor told me that I could

basically not eat anything unles it tastes like cardboard or styrafoam (sp?) I started living vicariously through the food channel.
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Unfortunately, as I am a soldier in George Bush's army of unemployed, I have had to have my cable cut off, so no food channel.
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I have a crush on Sarah Moulton.:loveya: