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That was cute. The TV show Jack and Bobby is (mostly) set in present-day US. Wednesday's episode was set on election night 2004 and included a scene referring to the outcome. Obviously they had two versions of that scene prepared; I assume they were smart enough to have three. I wonder how much lead time they needed. It's network TV, not syndication, so I'm guessing they had until about 30 seconds before that scene aired to choose.

Grouper is quickly becoming my favorite fish to cook with. (But where do they get these names? :-) ) When baking fish there's a fairly small window in which the fish is cooked all the way through but not over-cooked. This window seems to be wider with this particular fish. I don't know why, but I'm not complaining. (It's also a fairly sturdy fish without strong flavor, meaning you can do just about anything to it.)

Tomorrow my company is having its annual retreat, so I won't be online. Usually they have these on some mid-week day; this year it's a Friday and after the time change, so I'll have to leave early due to Shabbat. Fortunately, it's in a location that's not hard to drive to and from. (There's one site we've used in the past for which my reaction would be to not go unless I could ride with someone willing to leave early.)

(Shabbat before 5:00, all of a sudden, feels weird. I'll get used to it, of course; I always do.)

Our company plans to grow pretty substantially over the coming year, so I assume a major theme of the retreat will be growth and change. We've got a lot of good people, so I think we'll mostly come through this growth fine, but there are landmines we have to watch out for, mostly (based on past experience) in the areas of communication, general management, and (avoiding) disenfranchising people.

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Well, you asked, so I went and looked:

Adult groupers, members of one of the largest families of fishes found in Florida waters, run the gamut of sizes and shapes, from the diminutive graysby weighing several pounds, to the mammoth goliath that can top the scales at 600 pounds or more. Grouper is an important commercial and recreational commodity in Florida. Broiled, fried or spicy [blackened] grouper is a staple on the menus of seafood restaurants.

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The word "grouper" is thought to be a corruption of the Portuguese "garoupa," a name given to a perch-like fish found in Portugal. Grouper, along with sea bass and hamlet, are in the seabass family, which is called Serranidae. Worldwide, there are more than 300 species of serranids, with 61 species in North America. More than 40 serranid species are found in Florida waters.

http://research.myfwc.com/features/view_article.asp?id=6117

I love me some grouper! :)

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