PawPaw's House

Rivrdog asks in comments: Can o'beans? Waitaminute. This is one of the famous Backwoods Chefs and you don't make scratch beans? ...

What are the happiest cities in the US?  According to Brian Williams, the top five are all in Louisiana. Post by NBC Nightly News wi...

The Weather Weenies are calling for rain today, and that's okay with me.  The patio is finished, the smoker is under the roof, and if it...

Shepherd's Pie is a comfort food, and God knows where it comes from.  Some say it's Irish, some say it's English, some say...  w...

Lots of stuff going on, none of it connected, destined to fill up my day. PawPaw needs a haircut.  I'll get that done this afternoon. ...

I noticed Saturday afternoon that the Court in Washington DC had struck down their gun ban, but I figured I'd nave to wait until Monda...

Checking the mail on Saturday afternoon, the dog didn't find anything of interest and decided to head back toward the air conditioning. ...

This is huge, and it comes right from Alan Gura's blog , about a decision handed down today (yeah, on a Saturday) by the senior district...

Plumbing on a Saturday morning is one of the joys of home ownership.  Toilet flange, wax ring, you don't want to know the rest.  Hammer-...

The speed limit on most roadways is set too low.  That's a given, and any traffic cop can tell you that when he (or she) is not in unifo...

After the two-week project of mid-July, I spent yesterday recuperating and this morning cleaning up the work area.  Putting away tools, clea...

In what seems to be a justifiable self-defense shooting, a doctor in Pennsylvania shot a patient who was undergoing an episode. A psychi...

Phase V of summer project 2014 is done.  4 cubic yards of dirt out, 4 cubic yards of sand in, 220 pavers laid, cut in, and finished.  It...

After excavating the hole yesterday, today we filled it with sand.  Sand is an absolutely critical part of a paver job, and I learned this f...

It's muggy out there today, with the temps in the high 80s and bumidity in the low 70s, it feels like it's in the high 90s.  Muggy, ...

I am reminded that 45 years ago today, Apollo XI landed on the moon . Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface, and Mi...

Overcast these last couple of days, and the dog is harassing the cat. Yeah, he's out of focus, but he was moving.  I had the camera ...

Twelve hours at 250F.  Dalmatian rub.  Pecan-shells for smoke. I'll let them cool for a bit, then slice them.  We've got to be...

It's finally Friday and Milady should be home in another hour or so.  Tomorrow we celebrate her mother's birthday, 94, I believe, an...

My post yesterday on sand filters generated some questions, better answered here than in the comments.  So, let's see if I can address t...