A whale of a tail

Get it?
This was the only cool looking sculpture/art thing in Perrysburg at their art fair. In case you are wondering, people in Ohio have the worst taste. I should have taken pictures of all the ugly crap and made fun of it but I really liked the tail and I should focus on the positives, right? It's for sale for $12,000. There was a awful horse sculpture made of hunks of steel and it looked like a high school project, also for sale for $12,000. I should make some shitty art and sell it for far too much money. If I make 5 awful looking horse sculptures, I could make $60,000 with a torch and a couple hours. Actually I'll have to take a picture of another piece because I was embarrassed to even look at it, let alone make it. It is a generic piece of granite with a bunch of hardware in it. I was instantly reminded of the famous "Blue Rock with Chandelier in Wood Box" Circa 1992. Now that was art.

Epicurious

Nothing says Ohio like Malaysian freshwater prawns. Some crazy Xmas tree farmer who doesn't have enough to do dug these ponds and raised shrimp for the first time this year. I made a Thai soup with a recipe from Caitlyn who spent two years there. It was pretty good except I couldn't find lemongrass, even at our fake Whole Foods. Or Kaffir lime leaves, which I knew I had no chance finding. So I just poured some Sprite in and figured I got the lemon and lime favors covered (not recommended btw). Here are some pics before I beheaded the poor things. How come I can just rip their heads off their bodies and I don't really worry about it? I don't think I could just pop the head off a rabbit with such disregard. Oh, I also made bread from a recipe from NYTimes food guy Mark Bittman. It is so easy and so good. Go to the web and find it and make it, you'll be a happier person if you do. It takes about a day but 3 minutes of actual work.