So the 2007 Iron Man Blogging Competition has finally begun. I’m in the Tri-Cities right now, doing more work on the digital X-ray systems. I was dumb and left the power brick for my laptop back in Pullman, so I’m using my dad’s computer ATM.

My mom made some amazing steaks last night. I was telling her about Alton Brown’s methods for preparing fillet mignon, so she tried them on the two-inch thick beauties she got at Yoke’s. Basically, you dredge the meat in cracked (not ground) peppercorns, pan-sear them on high heat, then top with butter and finish them in the oven. She made a really great sauce from the stuff left in the pan. I was skeptical of the huge amounts of pepper, but it turned out very well. Something (the oils or mustard, maybe) must have cut the peppery taste down quite a bit during cooking; I could barely stand the heat (well, the peppery-ness, anyway — black pepper doesn’t contain capsaicin) of the sauce when it was just started, but at the end I barely noticed it.

While I was in Kennewick yesterday (looking for a SATA cable), I picked up the For Your Consideration DVD. I was looking forward to it because I really liked most of Christopher Guest’s other movies, but it was kind of disappointing. It just sort of goes along… then ends. I’m not sure how to describe it. It wasn’t bad per se, it just felt like the whole thing was a buildup to some event or conflict that never came.

I meant to write about the IMBC “Topic of the Day,” but I have to go mount LCD arms pretty soon. I’ll try and sum up the good and bad of Pullman in a few words: Pros: Great public transportation system, decent weather, low crime. Cons: Lots of hills, local cable doesn’t carry FOX, only three fast food joints, most roads in and out of the city are only two lanes (leading to major congestion on weekends and holidays). It’s not a bad place to live, but I had more fun in Federal Way. If only Pullman had a Game-A-Lot.

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