The Larson Family

Tim Mahoney onstage at the House of Rock in Fargo. Call me shallow and mainstream, but my favorite Tim Mahoney song is still “Theme Song.” Photo taken a couple years ago on God knows what kind of camera.

Here’s a photo I took back in 2003. I took a trip to South Dakota with my daughters and we saw this adolescent buffalo standing right on the side of the highway near Crazy Horse monument. I pulled to the side of the road and snapped a picture right out the window of the car. Photo was taken with a Kodak disposable camera.

This photo was taken on the corner of 14th Avenue North and 10th St in Fargo. It’s a time lapse with a Kodak Easyshare ten megapixel camera, the moon rising over our neighbor’s house, the taillights of passing cars creating streaks of orange and amber.

Enjoy.

I’ve been giving our Netflix a workout, preparing for a quickly approaching day when my wife no longer works at the Cable Company. Soon, our free cable will be disconnected and we’ll be back to watching a lot of movies.

So I recently decided to start ordering all the old movies I loved. I’m here to tell you, there’s a vast conspiracy going on in Hollywood right now. Someone is running around replacing all the great movies I loved as a teenager with weak facsimiles full of bad acting, hokie plots, and abrupt endings.

For example, The Last American Virgin. Remember this movie? A high school outcast, still a virgin, falls in love with the pretty girl. His friends make it their mission to get him some action, and yet somehow he always misses out. I remember this movie as being good. So who replaced it with this crappy B-movie?

You want another example? How about Hot Dog: The Movie? I remember the first time I saw Out Cold, I thought to myself, “Hot Dog: The Movie was much better.” I was wrong. More bad acting, weak action sequences… and the music… Oh God, the eighties synth music is maddening. Laughter inducing. Somehow, Rhonda Shear made these movies more tolerable on USA’s Up All Night. Either that, or someone has replaced all the original movies with these shoddy adaptations. I’m now scared to move Weekend at Bernies to the top of my rental queue.

This muffin was created after a long night of drinking with friends at our house. It’s quick and easy and everyone will love it.

1. Follow directions on the back on the Pancake mix box as to how many “pancakes” you’d like to make. I usually go with the largest amount.

2. Next, add water. The Pancake mix box will say how much water is needed for the amount of pancakes. I always use less water as the box would say to make fluffier “pancakes.” For example, if it says to use 3/4C. of water I would use 1/2C. of water. This will help them be more cupcake like.

3. Add desired amound of chocolate chips. I would not recommend using a whole bag…1/2 bag at the very most.

4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease pan with with cooking spray. Use a cupcake pan and fill batter halfway full in the cups. Bake until golden brown, usually about 8 minutes, depending on your oven.

5. When Chocolate Pancake Muffins are done baking, remove from pan and brush on melted butter/margarine. Sprinkle with sugar/powdered sugar if you’d like. ENJOY!