This is a compilation of top 5 list of things I wish I could go back in time to see/do. In other words, if I had a time machine and could go back to see something first hand, and only got to choose 5 for each category, this would be my list (tonight). Tomorrow they all might change, but this is the list for tonight.
Musical Performances:
1. Beatles - Ed Sullivan Show
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller Tour - Moscow
3. Hank Williams - First night he played the Opry
4. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison
5. GNR - Appetite Tour
Movie Releases (In Theater)
1. Jaws
2. Godfather
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
5. Harvey
Biblical Events
1. David and Goliath
2. Jesus' Last Seder (Last Supper)
3. Feeding 5000
4. Splitting of The Red Sea
5. When Elijah did the wood burning competition with King Ahab
Cities at their peak
1. Rome - post reformation 1500s
2. Monchupichu (spelling)
3. Jerusalem - King David era
4. Tokyo - 1850s
5. Rome - 300 years after Jesus' death
That's all I got. Please do some lists on your blog. What other lists should we do?
12/9/08
11/29/08
HOW TO GRILL A TURKEY.
I know what you're thinking, "that's impossible." That's what I thought too. Then the Dreger boys taught me otherwise. This is how you grill a turkey.
My stupid phone didn't record all of the photos, so you'll have to use your imagination on a couple.
Get a grill. Start the charcoal. When the charcoal is ready, divide the pile into two piles on the edge of the grill. Align the piles of charcoal directly underneath the handles of the above grill, cause you're going to have to add charcoal through the holes of the handles. The pan is to catch the drippings.
Soak hickory chips in water 30 minutes prior to cooking.
Stuff the turkey (pic not avalible).
Tie up the turkey so that the stuffing doesn't fall out.
Put the turkey on the grill directly above the pan.
Place a few soaked hickory chips on top of the hot charcoal. These chips will smoke, alot.
Do not eat hickory chips. They are not Cheks-Mex.
Close the lid of the grill and let the turkey sit for 20 - 30 minutes. There will be tons of smoke for the first 15 minutes.
After 20 minutes open the grill. Add charcoal as needed. Just before you close the lid again add more hickory chips.
Continue doing the same routine every 20 - 30 minutes to make sure the charcoals stay hot and the hickory is smoking. The total cook time should be between 2.5 and 3 hours. Check the doneness of the bird with a thermometer.
When the turkey is done take it off the grill (pic not available.) The turkey will be very dark, almost black.
Spoon the stuffing out of the bird. Stuffing is evil, and needs to be put into the oven for another 20 minutes @ 350 degrees.
Let the turkey rest on a counter top for at least 20 minutes before you carve. This helps the bird stay moist. (pic not available)
Carve the bird and serve.
Enjoy. (pic not available)
This turkey was by far the best turkey I've ever eaten (this includes fried). It was juicy and flavorful. The hickory chips added a smoked flavor that took it to the next level. I owe alot to Dreger brothers.
My stupid phone didn't record all of the photos, so you'll have to use your imagination on a couple.
Get a grill. Start the charcoal. When the charcoal is ready, divide the pile into two piles on the edge of the grill. Align the piles of charcoal directly underneath the handles of the above grill, cause you're going to have to add charcoal through the holes of the handles. The pan is to catch the drippings.
Soak hickory chips in water 30 minutes prior to cooking.
Stuff the turkey (pic not avalible).
Tie up the turkey so that the stuffing doesn't fall out.
Put the turkey on the grill directly above the pan.
Place a few soaked hickory chips on top of the hot charcoal. These chips will smoke, alot.
Do not eat hickory chips. They are not Cheks-Mex.
Close the lid of the grill and let the turkey sit for 20 - 30 minutes. There will be tons of smoke for the first 15 minutes.
After 20 minutes open the grill. Add charcoal as needed. Just before you close the lid again add more hickory chips.
Continue doing the same routine every 20 - 30 minutes to make sure the charcoals stay hot and the hickory is smoking. The total cook time should be between 2.5 and 3 hours. Check the doneness of the bird with a thermometer.
When the turkey is done take it off the grill (pic not available.) The turkey will be very dark, almost black.
Spoon the stuffing out of the bird. Stuffing is evil, and needs to be put into the oven for another 20 minutes @ 350 degrees.
Let the turkey rest on a counter top for at least 20 minutes before you carve. This helps the bird stay moist. (pic not available)
Carve the bird and serve.
Enjoy. (pic not available)
This turkey was by far the best turkey I've ever eaten (this includes fried). It was juicy and flavorful. The hickory chips added a smoked flavor that took it to the next level. I owe alot to Dreger brothers.
11/26/08
JUMP
Last week we shot some stuff on the trampoline for the Live Love conference. I compiled this montage of some of my favorites. Check it out.
11/18/08
Compassion International Video Teaser
I've been logging footage from the trip on and off for the last two days. I'm about 1/2 way through it all. Here's a short teaser I cut together of some of the footage. These kids are saying "I want to do something big" in Creole. Obviously this is a rough, just wanted to give the style we're going for a test drive. What do you think?
Compassion Haiti Teaser from Taylor Robinson on Vimeo.
11/16/08
Haiti.
We got back from our trip yesterday, and I've since been to church, unpacked my bags, started the laundry, blown the fall leaves off the drive way and back deck, changed the header of my blog, responded to some emails, messed around on Facebook/Twitter, and paid some bills.
I've been thinking about this post the whole time. Not really this post, but the trip. This post is just where I'm going to unload what I think you need to hear about the trip.
So hear it goes:
I don't know what to write.
We saw unbelievable things. We saw amazing things. We saw horrible things. We saw God in the face of the children. We saw hope. We saw despair. We saw alot of trash.
I rode in the back of a truck an entire day as we traveled, and we drove through an endless sea of people on the street who live with nothing, who's lives we're trashed and ripped apart by 4 consecutive hurricanes, who's children were dying, who's next meal isn't certain.
I ate goat, fish, shrimp, rice, rice, rice, soup, goat, rice, chicken, rice. Also, I got introduced to Fruit Champagne, a drink that taste exactly like cream-soda mixed with generic cherry cough syrup.
The trash was everywhere; mountains of it, rivers of it.
The children were beautiful.
I could go on and on and on about Compassion International. I am passionate about a few things, and Compassion is one of them. You know that. I've blogged about that before. Here's a link to a past post about Compassion. (That's my old blog).
I will, however reuse one thing:
Compassion is the real deal. If you don’t sponsor, you missing, losing, and failing all at the same time.
This post doesn't do justice to the things I learned. And I'm not too sure the English language can.
Holla. Here's a link to sponsor, if your interested.
I've been thinking about this post the whole time. Not really this post, but the trip. This post is just where I'm going to unload what I think you need to hear about the trip.
So hear it goes:
I don't know what to write.
We saw unbelievable things. We saw amazing things. We saw horrible things. We saw God in the face of the children. We saw hope. We saw despair. We saw alot of trash.
I rode in the back of a truck an entire day as we traveled, and we drove through an endless sea of people on the street who live with nothing, who's lives we're trashed and ripped apart by 4 consecutive hurricanes, who's children were dying, who's next meal isn't certain.
I ate goat, fish, shrimp, rice, rice, rice, soup, goat, rice, chicken, rice. Also, I got introduced to Fruit Champagne, a drink that taste exactly like cream-soda mixed with generic cherry cough syrup.
The trash was everywhere; mountains of it, rivers of it.
The children were beautiful.
I could go on and on and on about Compassion International. I am passionate about a few things, and Compassion is one of them. You know that. I've blogged about that before. Here's a link to a past post about Compassion. (That's my old blog).
I will, however reuse one thing:
Compassion is the real deal. If you don’t sponsor, you missing, losing, and failing all at the same time.
This post doesn't do justice to the things I learned. And I'm not too sure the English language can.
Holla. Here's a link to sponsor, if your interested.
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