Tim P Rak

@timprak

You can't just eat food. You've got to talk about it, too, and you've got to talk about it with someone who understands that food. - paraphrased from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. "I'm certain as a lost dog pondering a signpost." - DPA MacManus

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Tim P Rak@timprak· 1d

Squirrels getting busy....

Two amorous squirrels on the rail of a wooden fence are rudely interrupted by having their pictures taken during an intimate moment.

Tim P Rak@timprak· 12d

Daily squirrel check-in.

A squirrel, perched atop a green fence post is pretending that if it stays absolutely still, it won't be seen. The squirrel was in the midst of eating something green.

Tim P Rak@timprak· 28d

Made a late breakfast.

On a fake wood countertop, sits a blue floral plate and there are various items including a sink which are cropped from the photo. In the center of the plate, are two pieces of toasted sourdough covered in scrambled eggs with generous amounts of chives, freshly grated parmesan cheese and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper. Behind the toast, the handles two utensils, partially obscured by the eggs, are propped up by the edge of the plate at about one o'clock.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Jul 17

Counterpoint, I take close up pictures of squirrels to send to my son. Counter-counterpoint: Now that I think about it this squirrel does have some menace to its aspect.

Zoomed in photo of a squirrel about eat a nut amongst a tree's leaves and branches.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Jul 6

Hello.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Jun 25

These people are the worst.

screencap from the linked article reading: Those changes included removing provisions that specifically acknowledged African Americans were enslaved in the United States "because of the color of their skin" and that Southern states seceded from the Union in part to preserve slavery.

Quotes in original.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Jun 23

Made a hamburger steak atop sauteed onions and bleu cheese toast topped with, uh, rough chopped chives.

On a plate with a dark blue floral pattern, there is a hamburger steak with coarsely chopped chives on top sitting on a bed of sauteed onions all of which are upon a piece of toasted bread smeared with mycella blue cheese.

The same steak on the same plate, cut open to reveal a medium cooked hamburger steak. Streaks of blue cheese, slivers of green onion and strings of sauteed onion are in the foreground of the steak.

Tim P Rak@timprak· May 31

My morning meeting with a squirrel on a utility pole.

The squirrel on the utility pole has had quite enough and is leaving.

The squirrel on the utility pole is looking directly at the camera.

Tim P Rak@timprak· May 24

Double sausage breakfast sandwich from New Friends, served up at the Highland Farmers' Market. A great combination of flavors and texture, well worth the wait in line.

In a clamshell cardboard container, there is a sandwich with an askew English muffin on top of an over easy egg, melted cheese and two sausage patties with some greenery poking out underneath. Splashes of the house 'special' sauce can be seen here and there.

Tim P Rak@timprak· May 13

Shocked and disappointed our application was waitlisted for this. As though it weren't an obvious diversion of funds from public education for all to Abbott's special interests.

Screencap of a letter with 'TEXAS EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS' on the letter head.

"Dear TEFA Applicant,
The Texas Comptroller's Office would like to inform you that students in your household have been placed on the waitlist for a Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFFA) for the 2026-27 school year.
Your households [sic] approximate position on the waitlist is 50,001-100,000.
Your student's [sic][ position on the waitlist was determined by their priority tier and the lottery as required by state law.
Based on the information submitted in your application, your household was assigned to priority tier 4. [...]
- Typos in the original

Tim P Rak@timprak· Apr 18

They are not making this easy:

An auto message telling me that I need to create a new e-mail account to register for the new Metro app.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Apr 17

Pretty great raw oysters at an otherwise very empty State Fare on Gessner.

On a speckled plate sit six large Gulf oysters, two of which have already been consumed. with a charred lemon half in the center.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Apr 16

Ready to do my part by taking the 'high-frequency' bus instead of a ride-share. Let me just check the schedule one more time before I leave... To be sure, I'm lucky in that I have alternatives. Many other transit users are going to be very inconvenienced by this huge gap in service at rush hour.

Screencap showing two separate automated messages for bus stop departure. One shows ample frequencies between 5:00 and 5:30 and the second show that all but one of those departures have disappeared and there is instead a 29 minute headway until the next bus is scheduled to arrive at 5:42.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Apr 8

Waiting for some summer ripened figs.

A growing fig tree. I apologize as I don't have the energy in me at this moment to write a more descriptive alt-text.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Apr 5

Well, posted something distasteful so here's a brunch ham and cheese sandwich with a fried egg on top I just made and enjoyed.

On a plate with a blue floral print sits a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with a sunny side up fried egg on top. There are scallions, black pepper and hot sauce on the egg and some melted cheese dripping out from the sandwich. To the right of the sandwich are three cornichons. Behind the sandwich a knife rests on the back edge of the plate. Waiting.

The sandwich has been cut in half. Indeed, half is missing and where it should have sit there is instead a fork. The remaining half of the sandwich reveals a melange of yolk, melted cheddar cheese, scallions and even some hot sauce. There are two cornichons remaining. The knife remains visible in the background.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Apr 5

Indeed.

A screencap of Senator John Cornyn's post titled 'Brisket family tradition' which includes a picture of a 9x13 pyrex casserole dish filled with sliced brisket covered in what appears to be a ketchup based sauce. It looks worse than what I've written.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Mar 29

Go Illinois!

My son and I watching Illinois beat Iowa in Houston. We are both wearing orange shirts. He is quite handsome.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Mar 26

I didn't realize she had an origin story:

Screencap of the Early life section of the wikipedia entry for Emily Oster.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Mar 25

At least lunch can be pleasant:

On a plate with a light blue floral pattern, there is a grilled cheese sandwich with an over easy fried egg on top. Yolk and cheese are oozing out where a corner has been cut from the sandwich. To the sandwiches immediate left there are three cornichons of varying length and diameter.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Mar 19

cats are graceful, majestic creatures

A siamese looking cat (pointed seal-coat) can be seen precariously balanced on a railing having successfully caught her tail (albeit temporarily).

Tim P Rak@timprak· Feb 15

When in doubt (and lacking bread for toasting) just put your eggs over easy on an open faced quesadilla.

On a blue floral plate are four somewhat overly crisp rasher of thick cut bacon on the left, the tines of a stainless steel fork and then more or less top center on the plate are three eggs cooked sunny side up with generous applications of hot sauce, salt, black pepper and chives. Peaking out from under the eggs, the edge of a butter griddled flour tortilla with melted cheese can be seen.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Feb 13

Purchased!

Screencap of receipt of purchase of the book, Brains.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Feb 13

Made a grilled ham and cheese for a late lunch. It was pretty good.

On a plate with a blue floral print, sit two halves of a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, crispy cheese (in one case on the left hand side melted 'upside-down') and strands of molten cheese highlight the split sandwich. In between the halves ham, chives, whole grain mustard spill out onto the plate.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Feb 11

You can't even order a double scotch and whiskey at an airport Chili's for the cost of a rotisserie chicken! FWIW, I think they've held the price of the chicken pretty steady over the years while local housing just keeps going up and up!

Image shows two different rotisserie chickens, one is 'natural' and costs $8.37 and the other is not labeled as 'natural' and costs $6.79.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Jan 4

In a nicely trimmed garage, the picture shows the right quarterfront of a black Corvette C7 ZR1, then a deep dark blue E63 AMG-S and then a white 2011 C63 AMG.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Dec 21

Celebrated the mid-December chill in Houston by making a slow braised bowl of pork and red bean stew with veggies. Just the thing for those dark and brisk days when the temperatures plunge into the low eighties.

Close up of a freezer container of a pork and red bean stew with veggies. Shreds of pork butt, rather intact but creamy red beans, corn, peas and raisins are all visible, resting in a slurry of celery, onions, garlic, cornmeal and a other flavorful 'stuff'.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Nov 27

Recipe for Sweet Potato Souffle; 350' - 35" + 20"; serves 8-10

Souffle: 3 Cups mashed, roasted sweet potatoes, 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 tsp of salt, 2 eggs - lightly beaten, 1/3 stick of butter melted, 1 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla (optional, brown the butter, add fresh ground nutmeg)
Topping: 1 cup chopped pecans, 1/3 cup AP flour, 1/2 stick butter, 1 cup brown sugar, (optional: I add some ground cinnamon and ginger but you do you on the pumpkin spices; also optional: 1 cup of shredded coconuts which I have never, ever done). Mix the mashed sweet potatoes, adding each ingredient after mixing) with the sugar, add salt, nutmeg (if using), butter, and milk. Cook potato mixture in a buttered casserole dish at 350 for 20"; combine topping ingredients in the order listed, add to the top of the casserole. Return to over for twenty to twenty-five minutes until the top is nicely browned.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Nov 19

The guy transcends time and space so, I guess, we should listen to what he has to say:

screencap of description of said guy stating that he is a resident of two counties for over 39 years according to himself.

Tim P Rak@timprak· Nov 10

The pressed lamb shoulder at Chez Maggy in Denver is not to be missed: