The Blog of Michael Clinard

Went fishing with the old man: the resident bassmaster in the family. He took me to all his favorite hot spots, but he was the only one on the fish.

In fact, I had just cast my line into the water to turn around to Dad reeling this one in. He feigned as if he was hung up and tried to play it off as if it were a stick. Truth be told, I think that had I just gone back to my own line, he might’ve just cut the line because he just can’t not catch fish. The man is that good.

In other news, Michael Clinard is the Son of a Biscuit Eater.

What was that you say? Coming Uppances? Are those even words?

Here on the Blog of Michael Clinard they are, and its my way of saying that I’ve got some big things on the horizon. Besides heading home for the holy days, seeing the family and tackling some portrait subjects down there in the Southland, I’m doing a conceptual Paul-Prudhomme-meet-E-40-in-the-kitchen photoshoot sometime in December (shout to my boy Fridge: big ups kid). Stay tuned for that.

The shot above is one from today and of my man ‘Jackson of Olympia.’ I say it like this as I was out at the Emerald City Gamefest photographing the enthusiastic attendees. Tonight as I review the film, I’m super excited by what I’m seeing. Many thanks to all who participated. I’ll soon have a bigger blog post about that in the coming days.

More always,

Mike

Brothers and Sisters. Sons and Daughters. Moms and Dads. Grandmas and Grandpas. Cats and Dogs. Earthworms and Beetles. Small birds and Eagles. Sharks and Little Fish. Sun and Moon. Wind and Water. Up and Down. This and That. All and None. . .

A new day has dawned. Barack Obama has won the 2008 Presidential Election! Four New Years!

To commemorate this historic event, I created this “Barack Obama wins the Presidential Election 2008 Pizza.”

Here are the ingredients:
*1 frozen Safeway Thin Crust Supreme Pizza
*10 minutes of plucking fresh thyme off the stems as I watched  folks crying in joy over Barack’s win
*6 little slices of Yellow Pepper we got from Jenna’s Mom the other night
*3 Green Tomatoes from the Magnuson Pea Patch this lady gave us but sat long enough to turn red
*More Cheese (of course)
*Twenty twists worth of fresh ground pepper
*3 Pinches of Cayenne Pepper
*Some lump crab meat that I felt would be better served on a pizza rather than suffocating in a canister
*Dashes of Hope, Democracy and Change

To all my Southern folks lamenting over McCain’s coming up short. Don’t fret, your native son will be home for the Holidays to serve you a slice of this delicious new creation.

The Painter Milo Duke as Exupernis, 2008.

The Painter Milo Duke, 2008.

1) Installed a new light in the condo while single-handedly managing to ruin the other one over the fireplace.
2) Made Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Baked Acorn Squash for a double dose of starchdom on Saturday.
2a) Watched Tennessee be cast asunder by the Gators.
3) Went to the studio and a) wrapped all my stands in yellow electric tape, b) assessed the situation with one of my EL Ranger batteries and MacGyver’ed a solution, c) pre-ordered the Canon 5d Mark II, d) wrapped every single electrical cord that I could in super-long velcro cord wraps.
4) Met my new portrait subject for the Refugee project down at the Fiddler’s Inn and had a great conversation over lunch.
5) Made and ate a bad-ass bacon cheeseburger last night with an encore for Jenna this evening:

In case you’re curious here’s the recipe:

1 deafeningly expensive frozen hamburger patty
1 frozen hamburger bun you got from your girlfriend’s mom last time you had dinner over there
Couple chunks of Cheddar Cheese
2 slices of Maple Bacon, but the good kind which is really thick

Take patty and pitch it in iron skillet, throw under hellishly hot broiler for a few minutes. When removing for the flip, throw a couple slices of bacon in the skillet on either side of the patty. Insert back under broiler for a few more minutes. Pull back out, flip patty back over and place cheese atop. At this moment, also flip your bacon. Put back under for a like another minute if that and grab a fencing helmet b/c there’s going to be hot bacon fat electrons and beef tallow protons fighting like a couple alley cats. Your frozen bun has probably thawed enough to consume, but if not pitch in the oven for a minute or hit “Two (2) Zero (0) START” on the microwave and you’re there. Garnish with Hot Garlic Sauce and Heinz Ketchup mixed in a 2 parts ketchup to 1 part garlic sauce ratio. Eat it.

In case you’re worried about my caloric intake or fat consumption, feel free to take a gander at this gent who’s taken the bacon burger experience to the next level and then opened the door to the alternate, parallel bacon burger universe.