One day, the Trout Underground blog will make me Absolute Ruler of the Planet. I’m sure of it.
Still, until I’m firmly settled on my throne, I’ll settle for unduly influencing world events, like helping spawn another “Underground” blog — this one aiming to wholly dominate the deadly hot, spicy food category:
Yes, it’s the Chile Underground — a “hot” (get it?) new blog written by a guy who likes to see sweat beading up on people’s foreheads the way we like to see trout porpoising on our dry flies. In a recent post, he places the blame squarely on me, and I’m just going to say it once; I’ve got an alibi.
Tom Chandler‘s the one who got me to try Live Writer. Only one of the ways my “buddy” Tom is slowly driving me insane.
Okay, maybe you think, “That’s no drive, that’s barely a putt!” Whatever, I’m For Sure losing it. You see, Tom’s turned me into one of the Web?s worst denizens: A Blogaholic. I admit it, I’m addicted. And it’s all Tom?s fault.
I?ve got several sites going, and all my spare time, including that which I once wasted by sleeping, is gone. I’m even trying to borrow from other folks, so I can get a few more hours into each day. I tried begging for spare minutes on the street corners here in Singapore, but I learned two things: 1) The locals worried about the strange foreigner, and avoided me like the plague; and 2) there?s a fine for begging in Singapore. (More on that later.) Maybe I needed a better sign than “Will Blog for Food.”
Writing the Chile Underground (careful — don’t touch the screen) is none other than TeeRex — an infrequent commenter on the Underground. If that wasn’t proof of mental illness, then the Chile Underground surely is.
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Thanks for the support, Tom! Just think of me as your (smarter, better-looking, chick-magnety) friend in charge of Spicy Foods Research. Indeed, I’ve got the Chile Underground Food Institute (CUFI, pronounced Koo-Fee; rhymes with Goofy) looking into how to update the Slaw Dawg as we speak! But that’s for another post.
We at the Chile Underground will endeavor not to besmirch the Underground label, any more than others have done, that is. I know your motto is “Everyone Should Have an Underground,” even though what you really mean is “Tom Chandler Wants to Rule the Universe Through the Underground.” You’re allowed your little fantasies, just as long as they don’t interfere with mine.
Oh, and and one final item. I’m sorry to hear that they passed a law against Slaw-Dog encrusted fishermen falling into the streams and rivers in California. Does this mean you’ll give up fishing for good? Enquiring minds want to know…
The Chile Doctor
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Any attempts to update the slaw dog will likely be met with stiff resistance. And I’d hate to see what a motivated slaw dog insurgency could do to an unwary blog…
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Tom,
Your thorough command of bamboo, BWO, October Caddis and wannabe foodie info such as the slaw dog obsession make me wonder if Trout Underground shouldn’t expand to a JnkFoodie Underground.
While you’re at it and on you next trip to the real South,note that when Carolina chopped barbecue is served on a plate, it is delivered with an ice cream scoop. Once a goodly mound of this succulent pork is piled on, the server smashes out a hollow crater and fills it with a drippingly delicious pile of cole slaw, henceforth known in your honor as a “SlawQue.”
See you around the drive-ins of the Old North State.
Paul Bruun
Jackson, WY
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