3rd Annual BBQ Contest

Smoke & Fire is where we got our "Big Green Egg"
and they recently hosted their 3rd annual BBQ Contest.
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They started out with only a few competitors the first year and it was held in their parking lot. The second year the parking lot was overflowing with competitors. The smell of BBQ filled the whole area, which is a good smell, indeed!
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So, for the third annual contest, they got out of the parking lot and held the contest in a nearby park. For the 2-day event, there were 80 participants from all over the country. It was estimated that there were approximately 7,000 visitors attending!
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Boy, did that park smell heavenly!!!
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The overall winners were as follows:

1. Charlotte's Rib
2. First Hand Smoke
3. Off The Wall
4. Doug Epley Team
5. Steve McGrail BBQ
6. Tony Marino Catering
7. Carpe Porkem
8. BBQ ASAP
9. Frank Bowlin with Pigs Gone Wild
   
10. Right On Q
    

Congratulations to all!
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RAMS GAME DAY 5: Cardinals @ Rams & National Feline League

UPDATE: Cardinals W34 - Rams L31
Also, Patriots W34 - Browns - L17
(maybe Alice didn't help this week...)

at The Rams are having problems (to put it mildly) getting a win. It looks like one of our previous quarterbacks, Kurt Warner, will be starting for the Cardinals today. The Rams game is being blacked-out because we didn't sell out the Dome. There were still 3,500 tickets left by the deadline. So, I guess I'll be listening on the radio...
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One of our fellow bloggers at Zoolatry has started
the National Feline League.
They did the following graphics
and if you head over to the National Feline League,

you can see the wonderful work they did on lots of teams for lots of felines! You may recall seeing Alice here before - she is my daughter's cat
and she weighs about 20 pounds. Well, my sister and brother-in-law are huge Cleveland Browns fans. China Cat & Willow are Rams fans, along with me so Alice graciously agreed to join the National Feline League with the Cleveland Browns.
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I guess that Alice is a good fan as the Browns have been doing quite well! Kashim & Othello are hosting Weekend Cat Blogging
over at Paulchen's Food Blog
Go check out all the kitties! You know you want to!

PhotoHunt Theme: Curvy

With a theme that is "curvy" I kept thinking about snakes and coils...
However we went to a beach in Cancun a few years ago
that curved around right in front of the hotel...For Labor Day celebrations, we were lucky enough to see
the world famous Blue Angels;
here is one of their curves for the air show... And finally, China Cat always can show off great curves,
just because she is a cat!

Off to California...

A couple of weeks ago we went to California
for a wedding of a very good friend.
Here are some of the pictures I took our first day there.

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RAMS GAME DAY 4: Rams @ Cowboys

UPDATE: RAMS - L7 COWBOYS - W35

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PhotoHunt Theme: Original

Since the theme is "original" I thought I would post a picture of RDG's bass.
He commissioned it from Wishbass.com in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
The bass he chose is a 5 string, 3 octave left-handed bass.
It has an ebony fingerboard and it is fretless. The wood is spalted maple.
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Should we ever have a fire, I think that he would grab that bass
before he thought of his wife and cats! Just kidding, but he really likes it!

WCB is "Favourite Things"

It's time for Weekend Cat Blogging!
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Katie and Puddy are hosting
and they chose a Theme
for this weekend to be "Favourite Things."
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Puddy enjoys treats, as do we all!
She showed us her favorite toy which is a little mouse that can be filled with catnip!
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China Cat and Willow are here to show you
their most favorite toys...