A Taste Of Fire
So over the weekend my nephew-in-law (is that a real thing), or better put, a good buddy stayed with us, we shall call him C-Man. While with us he had the pleasure of experiencing 24 hours of me; all the wonderful wit, the incredible intelligence, stimulating conversation and the love of spicy food. Needless to say, after 24 hours he was begging to go home, but not before I exposed him to a few of my favorite fiery foods.
Deano’s Cheddar Jalapeno Chips
First on the menu was Deano’s Jalapeno Cheddar Chips. Not the spiciest food on the block, but a great little kick for all of your snacking needs. These chips can be used for more than just munching. I’ve put them on Green-bean Casserole and even sprinkled them on Couscous.
Impressed with the flavor, but not the heat, C-Man ate a few but wanted something with a touch more heat.
Defcon 2
Next thing he tried, and nearly dumped on everything I eat these days is the Multi International Award Winning Sauce Defcon 2. By far one of the best tasting sauces I’ve ever tried. So good in-fact, I had a buddy of mine, Scott Roberts (read is blog) pick me up a few bottles from the Weekend of Fire. According to Scott, there is a Defcon 3 which is a milder sauce and a Defcon 1 which, you guessed it, is hotter. He even said that there is a Defcon 0, but it was an extract, not really a food.
C-Man tried the Defcon 2 Sauce, and enjoyed it, but it still didn’t feed his crave for heat. I had to try again, but I was running out of things in my home.
Buffalo Wild Wings
The hottest thing I could think of that I could get quickly and easily was Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Sauce. This sauce has a bit of a kick, and it only grows as you eat. It’s still a chain restaurant, so it can’t have that much heat, but it’s the best chain restaurant heat out there.
C-Man had never tried the Blazin sauce, but was ready for the challenge. I ordered a bunch of boneless wings coated in the Blazin sauce and tossed one his way. Wife told him he didn’t have to eat it, but with enough pressure and belittlement, he broke and ate it. I’d say my favorite part of him eating the wing was the look of panic when he realized his drink was nearly gone. I laugh as I write this remembering him take my 3 year old’s chocolate milk, sweating the rest of the meal, red faced and trying his hardest to ‘play it cool’. But he ate it, didn’t complain, and I was proud. We took him for ice-cream afterwords to cool him down.
Bhut Jolokia Brownies
Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to expose C-Man to the greatest brownie ever made, but soon, very soon, my shipment will show up at my house and he will get his chance. I recently ordered 4 Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) Brownies from Heartbreaking Dawns and after trying a piece, again from Scott, I’m counting the days until they show up. Hot as hell, they nearly brought Wife to tears. If you have a few extra dollars and like spicy food, my advice is to order a brownie or two and see if you can handle it.
I love spicy food, but I love to expose others to it even more. I could never call myself a true chili-head because, when it comes down to it, I really know nothing about it. But I will say, for me, the spicier the better. So if you ever get the privilege of staying with me for any period of time be prepared to eat hot.
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The Story Behind The Facebook Divorce
The other day Wife was watching TV while I was mindlessly surfing around on the interwebs when a thought popped into my head, ‘Why don’t we change our Facebook statuses to not married?’. Wife and I laughed about this for a while talking about how funny it would be to have it post on everyone’s page, ‘John and Wife are no longer married’. All laughing aside, we decided to do it, just to see what would happen. I’m not really sure if this would really be considered a Social Media Experiment or not, but it definitely is a fun way for me to pass time, and isn’t that the point of Social Media?
We decided to start off small, I changed my status to ‘It’s Complicated’. I guess, technically, we still have a relationship together so we are still ‘Facebook Official’. Man I love that term. Anyway, within 24 hours I had received a few different text messages asking if everything was OK. Chuckling to myself, I carried on with life, my REAL life.
The next day, Wife decided to change her status. Now Wife was in a complicated relationship with John. Now things started to get interesting. I stopped receiving messages but she got flooded. People making sure she was OK, and a few of the smarter ones even thought it was me messing with people.
A few days later, I changed our statuses to Single. Let the fun begin. The calls came in, the whisperings behind our backs began, and now our poor friends were even starting to get bothered by this. I had to inform a few of my buddies of what was going on, so they could play along better and Wife did the same.
As to not take it too far, I decided to make a public service announcement. It was a bit too long to post on a normal Facebook wall post, so I had to create a ‘Note’, I also made a Facebook Divorce Announcement on JohnNemec.com.
As the messages rolled in, I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats. But the only thing that almost worries me is I may have just lost some Facebook credibility. Like the boy who cried wolf, no one will believe my relationship status ever again. But I guess it really doesn’t matter anyway. Not that I’m going to spill my dirty laundry on Facebook to begin with. Whatever, it’s just a website people.
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Facebook Divorce Announcement
For the past week people have been sending me Facebook Messages, Wall Posts and text messages asking me why I changed my status from Married to It’s Complicated and then again to Single. The following is my official announcement, since it’s a bit too long for the 420-character limit given by Facebook.
I’m sure many of you don’t care, but to the few of you that do, Katie and I have agreed to no longer be ‘Facebook Official’. This stems from the fact that Katie has not been nearly as active on Facebook to foster a healthy Facebook marriage. I have also been accused of using the ‘Who Loves Me’ app as well as the ‘How Sexy Are You’ app.
After countless hours with a Facebook Marriage Councilor we could come to no conclusions. So, regret to announce our Facebook divorce. This may not seem like a big deal to you, but I am now losing half of my photo album and am being forced to give up 45% of my monthly Google AdSense profits. I will be allowed to visit my photo album every other weekend and on 3 major holidays (to be determined at a later date).
Thank you to everyone for all of your love and support in this trying time in both of our Facebook lives. And maybe someday Katie and I will once again be Facebook Official, but only time will tell.
On a side note, Katie and I have been happily married for over 5 years, and plan on being for at least another 50, after that there are no guarantees. We have a beautiful son who was not harmed in any of this nonsense. Smile, it’s only a website =)
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