I go my book in the mail today. 8 Minute Meditation. I will start reading it the next time I 'download some brownware'. I might spend some time reading this one off the crapper though if its any good.

My picnic table is completed. I bought a 1/4" round-over router bit to round off the edges, and it turned out pretty good. I think I am going to apply some Thompson's Water Seal Advanced even tho I used pressure treated lumber to build it, just to give it a little edge on the weather.

My fish taco experience turned out fairly bad. I could tell early on that it was going to be a bad time, but I rolled with it anyway. During the cooking process, I crammed a whole bunch of cilantro stems down the garbage disposal and they got jammed in the pipe, and at some point, I had put some liquid dish soap down the hole as well. So I started plunging the drain, and it started shooting out soapy foam and water with green particles in it out the little dishwasher vent thingy, and all over the kitchen floor, walls, etc. I soon realized this was not going to help, so I ended up taking apart the pipes that connect the garbage disposal to the normal sink and drain pipe. At that point, I could pretty much tell it was all clogged up in there.

I decided to leave it as it was and finish cooking, then deal with it after dinner. At some point, I suppose to was too focused on cooking, and turned on the water. For a little while, I kinda figured that since the water was going down, the problem was resolved, so I turned on the garbage disposal. It wasn't until I felt water on my feet that I realized the pipes were still unhooked! I had just flooded my kitchen with soapy water containing tiny bits of cilantro. Needless to say, I was unhappy. I had to remove everything from the cabinet under the sink, and use towels to soak up the water. I had to use about 10 towels. Bad times. The whole evening was pretty much ruined, and on top of it all, the tacos were not that good.

With the benefit of hindsight, I will not use swordfish for tacos. Swordfish tastes like really good seafood, but has the texture of chicken. fish tacos are supposed to be made with flaky type fish such as tilapia, or even catfish or bass. Also, these were baja style, so I didn't use the traditional cabbage and vinegar, which was also a mistake, because the corn and jicama pico de gallo was bland.

Oh well, gotta move on. I think in the near future, I will try another fish cooking experiment, but this time I will get a few tilapia fillets, and just grill or bake them, and have them with some vegetables and perhaps some rice.