We rode the boat back to Benoa singing happy, snappy ditties about beheading turtle women & children… 
Death Race (October) 2000 – Back at the snorkel & boat base we hovered around picnic tables while waiting on a ride to the Aston (T&S still resided there and we liked to glam it …

…the electric ripples of hot pepper pain still running through our gums we were picked up to go snorkeling and visit Turtle Island. Didn’t know what Turtle Island was maybe it’s where the snorkeling was at. Maybe we’d swim with sea reptiles…wrestle them… or be enslaved to carapaced overlords with Kaiser helmets and ninja gear.

3:30 PM it could have been – we check out the accommodations at the Matahari Terbit a couple of buildings south of the Aston. The Aston is swank alright, but with nearly two weeks to go in Bali our money could be better spent.  Not to mention that for $50/night …

Not very spicy, and while quite tasty, this is a good introduction to bolder flavors for children or any bland motherfucker you have to have over for a BBQ.

Elsie makes it now too…an odd, audio offense that’s lies between the sound of nerds being pinched and gremlins trying to lift bags of cement. eeeeeeeaaaannnhhh nuhiiinnnnnh….

cheap, fast and easy – a pertinent fathering article written by somebody else. It is followed by my commentary & slant on it so enjoy before the original author asks me to take it down.
Getting lotsa educational mileage out of the Monty Pyhton videos lately…

I told Jacko that those cheap, long ads were actually Country music videos, created for funny people with fused hips who think a little slower than regular folks.

Serves 4 as a meal, up to 8 for starters 
10 cups light, clear chicken stock
2 inch piece of ginger, crushed
1 star anise pod* It’s really good in here, but optional
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce**
4 chicken breasts, boneless & skinless  
*Easy to find if you can find an …

   I usually make this with chickens – leads to more meat for the spice-driven gluttony and also turns its name into Bebek Ayam.

 Bebek Betutu 
1 duck, about 5-6 lbs
18 shallots, peeled & sliced
10 cloves garlic, peeled, crushed & sliced
5 stalks lemongrass, bottom 4 inches only – tough outer leaves removed …

Balinese Suckling Pig…  This is what we were getting our fingers greasy on, during a pre-Monsoon storm at a villa in Legian, when I asked Elisa to marry me.  Fiery hot pork and bad weather – no better way to get engaged, yes? 
   Although better known by its Indonesian name, …