Author: vicSocotra

Self Defense and Scampi

We had a nice technical piece that was going to unveil one of our raare msitakes here in the Creative Section at Socotra House. We thought we had a hot lead a month ago about what would happen if the Iranians ran out of oil storage and had to stop pumping it out of the […]

About Those Pork Chops…

Buc-ee’s, Electric Cars, Bulk Parmesan and the Great Holiday Pork Summit We very nearly failed to finish the holiday with the recipe we have been talking about for three days. And the things it got hung up on include Buc-Ee’s — a massive chain of travel-center gas stations we had never heard of before the […]

Peace and Pork

We wanted to take the pork chop concept up a level in our Saturday Afternoon outing yesterday. Instead, Peace threatened to break out in the Mid-East and there is talk about what the Mid-East is going to look like if Iran is neutralized for a while. And the new rivalry may run down between the […]

Peace, Mayne, and DIERDRE’S PARMESAN CRUSTED PORK CHOPS

PRESENTED BY KEITH Inline image Dierdre is off on what she hopes will be a sunnier Memorial Day up in her home state of Michigan. That left Keith, her volunteer Sous Chef, Camping Department Deputy in Charge (SCCD-DIC,Vol). We start with a tip: if it looks like the world might be in a period of […]

Our View from Eternity

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) approved the arch design- whew- so Miles assigned Vic to bring you up to speed on what is going on over by where some of our remains will spend eternity. He immediately conned Keith into doing it and I got to type. So, for Vapor, Rocket, Splash, Miles, […]

No, We Just Said Wednesday

But that is just what we said Monday, not having any idea what the reactions on Tuesday were going to sound like. We thought the President had been clear. “No nukes. Turn over the atomic dust.” There seemed at least to be some clarity as to what those two things meant, anyway, at least between […]

Trump’s Clock is Ticking

White House SitRoom Meeting Tomorrow Morning on Iran, No Nuke Deal In Sight Inline image Anders Hagstrom over on Fox isn’t giving the identity of his sources, but we find his reporting convincing based on everything else going on. He says there is going to be a Situation Room meeting tomorrow morning to discuss next […]

Computers and our Robot Age

The Creative Section at Socotra House experienced a technical melt-down requiring direct assistance from Tech Support. Which was actually Will from the Shore Patrol, who had been an Intelligence Specialist while on active duty and was competent to plug things in. Or vice versa. There had been a couple days of tech trouble. We are […]

Shore Patrol

(Will, Mateo, Noah, Kaito and Frenchie of Socotra House Security). The Chairman has a few things going on in his expansive private life that does not directly involve our Creative Section or our leader Miles. There are some simple jobs piling up involving the company or corporate property that need a little extra protection. That […]

Russell Up the Grill

OK. Memorial Day is coming up shortly and the grilling season in Fairfax will be underway. That makes a challenge here for Socotra house, since the Galley off the Conference Room is inadequate ventilation. But come Summer we will be ready with propane power and the Russel range cooktop we keep in the back of […]