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Dexter has always been a builder.  Last night, he moved the pigloo across his cage and deposited it squarely on top of the ramp entrance from the top level of his cage.  You can see the blankets that he’s dragged along with him down the ramp.  I’m leaving it alone as I think it may be hilarious to see what he does when he goes back upstairs and finds himself back in the pigloo.

Dexter has been remodeling again

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Here comes trouble

I’ve been asked occasionally where my “scpetrel” handle comes from — no, it’s not “South Carolina Pet Relationships,” although that’s a good guess.  No, it’s really not.  Sorry. My alma mater’s mascot is a stormy petrel, which is a seafaring bird akin to an albatross.  It was the favorite bird of James Edward Oglethorpe, who founded the state of Georgia and gave his name to the university.  I wrote a features piece for the college paper back in the day about the origins of said mascot, including some original source citations about the poor petrels (which are oily birds) being set on fire in a storm so that the sailors could follow them to land.  I am not making this up, I swear.  Anyway, how’s this for a word of the day?  I like the second definition.
stormy petrel definition

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I spotted this in the break room at work and couldn’t help but take a photo.  Food poisoning, anyone?

Gross

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Yum.

From Chopper:

This is a pretty simple recipe for turkey burgers involving a lot of spice and cheese crackers as binder. Trust me, it works well. I’ve been using Cheez-it brand reduced fat white cheddar crackers, mainly because I thought the white color would work better, and topping them off with a slice of good provolone cheese for the last minute of the grilling time. Also, we’ve been getting ground turkey from Costco in 1.5 pound packages, so the new measurements for 1.5 pounds of turkey are given in parentheses. For anyone who doesn’t know, Mrs. Edna is one of the spice mixers in the market in Charleston. Also, the original recipe dumped everything into the bowl at the same time to mix, but I get better results doing it in two stages.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 (1.5) pound ground turkey
  • 1 (1.5) tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 (1.5) tablespoon red pepper flakes or Mrs. Edna’s Cajun Lemon seasoning
  • 1 (1.5) teaspoon dried minced onion (or a nice dried onion mix, if you’re so inclined)
  • 1 (plus one egg white) egg
  • 1/2 (3/4) cup crushed cheese flavored crackers
  • Worcestershire sauce

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat a grill for high heat.
  2. Ground the cheese crackers and, using your hands, mix them with the ground turkey. Pour the spices into the bowl and mix well before adding the egg, dousing to taste with Worcestershire and finishing the mixing process.
  3. Form into four (six) fat patties. Glad Press-and-Seal wrap works perfectly for individually sealing the burgers for refrigerator storage.
  4. Place patties on the grill, and cook for about 5 minutes per side, until well done.

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He’s now a minty fresh hedgehog after a close inspection (read: violent chomping and annointing) with a crème de menthe Altoid. Hee.

Dexter vs. The Altoid

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