Meatball Brown's Smokehouse Meats

Jellyfish at NY Aquarium

2009-06-21T20:41:00.001-07:00

What's in the pan, Meatball? No. 003

2009-06-10T19:08:00.001-07:00

Aren't you glad it's mulberry season?

This mulberry ice cream bomb says, "Please enjoy a month of purple-stained fingers, upholstery and walls with my compliments."

And I say, "Please be silent, inanimate parfait, for it is time to get in me."

To which the parfait demures, "By your leave, sir."

What's in the pan, Meatball? No. 002

2009-01-12T19:01:00.000-08:00

A Happy New Year-Superstar steak and mushroom pie, that's what!

Best New Favoritest Carol for the Holidays

2008-12-13T14:53:00.000-08:00

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2008-11-21T11:29:00.000-08:00

Tragedy at the Museum

2008-11-17T04:48:00.001-08:00

Havoc was unleashed when a captive tyrannosaur broke free of it's cage, Sunday. Unfortunately some museum guests were injured in the chaos.

How About These Apples?

2008-11-03T17:23:00.000-08:00

What's in the pan, Meatball?

2008-10-24T11:37:00.000-07:00

If you guessed, "mac&cheese slivers wrapped in salame and ham," then you were right!

aH-HAHAHAHAHAhaHahaHAAHAHAAZAHHASDFGHSDF! YAY!

2008-10-10T20:22:00.000-07:00

Breaking News 8:21 PM ET:

Panel Finds Palin Abused Power in Firing of Public Safety Commissioner, A.P. Reports

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2008-07-16T14:51:00.001-07:00

Giant Hole-in-the-Ground Zero

2008-06-27T17:17:00.001-07:00

If you can see past the glare in the window, this is Ground Zero from the 40th floor of WTC 7.

Tiger Ass

2008-06-27T17:16:00.001-07:00

If you look closely, you can see the ass of a white Bengal tiger, about dead center. You may also notice matching pants of the handler stage right.

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2008-06-14T15:56:00.001-07:00

Yo, check out this hot, Bramble action! Tho' if the berries are mul-, am I drinking a Mumble?

New Favorite Beverage

2008-05-18T19:00:00.001-07:00

If Butternuts Beer & Ale wants a jingle, I can be paid in beer. And money.

Nerdgasm Addict

2008-05-15T18:11:00.000-07:00

I've been working on a commercial with some real celebrities (finally!) and I was able to get a couple of snaps of me on set. It was very exciting. If you could pan this photo back, you'd see about two dozen adult men anxiously waiting for their turn with their cameras.

And while it was great to hob-nob with some 'droids, it was a pleasure to meet George S. Irving, who not only was in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! . . .

. . . but he was also the voice of one of my favorite animated characters of all time.

Yes, George S. Irving was the voice of the albino Al Sharpton in My Funny MLK Day. No, no, no. He was the one and only, Heatmiser.

Tea House in Sultanahmet

2007-10-27T18:58:00.001-07:00

My friends and I hit this tea house in the Arasta Market after visiting the Blue Mosque (background), but it was still daylight, and empty, on account of it being Ramadan. But come nightfall, it packed up full of Turks and tourists, and probably a few Turk tourists as well. A great place for backgammon if there ever was one. Especially if you like being beaten pantsless by an idle waiter. Am I right, Paul?

What is this thing?

2007-10-16T15:44:00.000-07:00

A guy was selling these outside the Spice Market, along with three buckets of leeches. He had a box of them, which were all split like bananas, but bumpy like gourds, and full of ruby-red seeds like a pomegranate. What are these dang bananagranate gourds? Should I be punching myself for not getting any?

Photo Rummage Pile

2007-10-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

Okay, let's see here, what do I have laying around the old photo grab bag?
Did I show you this one, yet?

It's inside the Ayasophia, near the apse.
What else, what else? Hey, what's this?

This here is the interior of the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent. You might be able to see a film crew in the left corner. It seemed there were film crews in all the mosques around Istanbul. Anyway, this mosque, like the other big, famous mosque, Sultanahmet (aka the Blue Mosque), was supposedly heavily influenced by the Ayasophia. But if you ask me--and I know you're not--all the mosques in Istanbul look a little like the Ayasophia, which looks a little like a bell you'd see at a hotel bell desk. Ding! Call to prayer. Ding! Insh'allah!

Here's another of Suleyman's mosque.

Alright, last one for now. Remember kids, just because your mosque is blue, it doesn't mean it's sad.

Footie in Istanbul

2007-10-12T09:24:00.000-07:00

Went to a footie match when I was in Istanbul. Besiktas v. Genclerbirligi (Ankara). The Black-and-Whites bested the Ankara side with a messy 1-0 win. To say the least, the Besiktas crowd probably kept the home team in the game better than the players.

Round and Round We Go

2007-10-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

Ramp to the upper level in the Ayasophia.

Constantinople's Still Istanbul

2007-10-11T16:48:00.001-07:00

Though the sun has set on my Istanbul adventures, watch the Smokehouse for the next week or so, and I'll post some of the awesome hilarity that I didn't get a chance to regale you with during my time on the Golden Horn! So stay tuned for more navel gazing!

So Bazaar.

2007-10-09T09:48:00.001-07:00

Okay, Bob, tell our contestants what they didn't win.

A selection of fine teas, from the Spice Market.

A lovely fruit basket, look at those figs!

Wonderful, handmade soaps that look like fruit!

Pickles!

And a year's supply of leeches!

Bim Selah Bim, and it Takes Off!

2007-10-09T09:36:00.000-07:00

I hope you like this one, honey. (The colors are darker in person.)

Ayaspohia Self-Portrait

2007-10-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

First it's a church, then it's a mosque, now it's a cultural monument to all Turkey. An impressive resume, really.

I Am So Smart, S-M-R-T

2007-10-09T09:17:00.000-07:00

I love these wrought iron security bars in the windows in Istanbul. Where are they mostly? In front of banks. Guess how many seconds it takes for me to asked by security guards to move along. Less than 30. Hey, nice gun!

You ever been in a Turkish prison, Jimmy?