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Happy Fourth of July, Ricochet!
This video has already been so widely-circulated that if you haven’t seen it already, I’ll be mighty surprised. But it’s so darned cute it’s worth watching twice. Or 1776 time, as I did:
Happy Independence Day, Ricochet! How do you usually celebrate? Care to share with us any favorite family traditions, Independence Day speeches, songs, literature, poems? Philosophical or historical reflections? Your favorite fireworks displays described in prose, art, photographs, or video? Favorite picnic recipes? Favorite weapon for taking on your local ISIS cell with minimal risk to civilians? How are you and your family preparing for shooting yourself some terrorists? Have you got any special BBQed-terrorist recipes? Remember, if you boil their ribs, they win: They need to be barbecued outdoors to a glistening mahogany sheen.
The right technique should brings out all that porcine terrorist richness, a silky mouthfeel, a springy texture, and the meat’s succulent juiciness, kissed by fragrant smoke, drenched in just the right sweet-tart-spicy-hot secret sauce to bring out all that complex ISIS flavor, then licked by fire to make it crunch.
A free month’s membership goes to the winner of our Ricochet terrorist barbecue recipe contest. Only members who’ve personally bagged him or herself a terrorist and then submitted the video of the kill, the field-dressing, the barbecue, and the sauce-making are eligible (road kill is excluded).
The sauce recipe must be submitted separately, so that our tasters at HQs can recreate it for themselves. NB: All units must be measured and submitted in British Imperial. We didn’t fight a war of Independence just so you could use British measurements, did we? Well, maybe we did. But still, those are the rules. It’s the American way.
For those of you with no special plans, Tom and I’ve got something special in the hopper for you this weekend: a bonus, weekend-long workshop, open only to Ricochet members: How to Sharpen Your Political Writing Skills into a Deadly Weapon.
The workshop will get started later today and take place all weekend, so stay tuned. It’s for members only, but of course you’re all members, right?
If not, you know what to do. To participate in the workshop and put your new skills to the test right away, join Ricochet today. Use the coupon code “JOIN” to get one month free. Or sign up for annual membership and get the equivalent of four months free.
Happy Fourth of July!
Lunch was chili dogs, family tradition. I made the chili hotdog sauce from scratch. Ice cream then a nice long nap.
BTW, you can tell someone is from New Orleans if they refer to Neopolitan ice cream as “3 Flavor”