2 lbs. ground turkey 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 medium red onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 medium bell pepper, chopped 1 cup old fashioned oats 1 can mild tomatoes, diced 1 lg. jar marinara sauce 1 tablespoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Mix together all ingredients except for 1/2 jar of marinara sauce. Place in a large cast iron skillet or 2 loaf pans and cook at 350°F for 45 minutes then spread remaining marinara sauce on top and cook an additional 15 to 20 minutes. Read Full Story

The Governor of Arizona recently signed a bill into law that will allow for Arizona States Maximum Security prisons to be privatized. The governor did this in an attempt to save funding and cut the state budget, though the savings is estimated to be only between 1 – 2% of the budget. Bill Richardson a former Master Police Officer of Mesa, AZ wrote an interesting article in the Casa Grande Dispatch about the dangers of privatized prisons and how over 30% of Arizona prison inmates are ga... Read Full Story

Disposal I am at your disposal a simple command is all I seek your company is my demand every day this very week I am at your disposal a gift I bring of the finest art my riches are yours if you demand as long as I possess your heart -Poem by Dragon Blogger Read Full Story

I have the strangest problem that started in the last five days which is that I cannot reach helium.com anymore with any browser on my computer. It is either a routing issue or something to do with the network layer, but I tried with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome. I get the same error with each browser no matter what I try. I have already rebooted my computer, rebooted my router, cable modem and nothing resolves the issue. Clearly helium.com is not down as many other peopl... Read Full Story

Yam or sweet potato, what in the world is it? Many people use these terms interchangeably both in conversation and in cooking, but they are really two different vegetables. Sweet Potatoes Popular in the American South, these yellow or orange tubers are elongated with ends that taper to a point and are of two dominant types. The paler-skinned sweet potato has a thin, light yellow skin with pale yellow flesh which is not sweet and has a dry, crumbly texture similar to a white baking potato. Th... Read Full Story

Of course, country music has changed. So has pop and rock, as well as television, movies and magazines. It would be nice if the older generation, who long for the good old days, would realize this happens in every generation and the present is about making money, putting on a good show and catering to the market who go to concerts and buy music. Country music is not dead, just changing with the times, and not everyone thinks that is a bad thing. With so many new artist that capture the youn... Read Full Story

Everyone knows that this time of year can be stressful. Cooking the turkey is always a major feat. Many people get very confused when it comes to preparing a turkey. In this article I have included some tips and some info on how to make your holiday dinner a snap. I use an electric roaster for my turkey, which makes it simple, easy to clean and does not heat the whole house up and makes space in your even for side dishes. First! How long to cook? Preheat the oven to 325o, then place the bird... Read Full Story

I was stumbling on StumbleUpon the other night and came across a site called My Cat is Retarded.  It is a photo site similar to LOLCats, but without any captions and just has pictures of cats in very bizarre poses and situations.  Maybe its the sick twisted humor in me, but I found the image funny and many of the images so hilarious that I just browsed through three dozen posts just laughing at occasional cat photo’s.  I am a cat lover and one thing I love about cats is the crazy situat... Read Full Story

William Blake was one of my first poets I read as a child and his poetry captured my imagination and interested in Poetry as much as Edgar Allen Poe did at the time.  My favorite poem by William Blake was “The Tiger” which was only reinforced when Tangerine Dream released a song that paired that poems lyrics to music which just sounded incredible to me. William Blake was born November 28th 1757 and died August 12 1827 and was not widely recognized for his poetry during his lifetim... Read Full Story

I have compiled a list of tips and helpful hints for anyone who needs to add Google Analytics code for your Wordpress blog.  Some of these tips were provided to me by my blog mentor Damien Riley especially about the WP-HEFO plugin.  I have been troubleshooting my Google Analytics for several days now, I originally had it working and noticed for the past 2 days I had 0 traffic at all, when all my other blog stats have shown a fair amount of unique visitors.  Between 70 and 120 visitors per day... Read Full Story