Well, this pains me to say and do, but after being in the journalism business for over ten years and with The Hot Zone Online for over five and a half years, I’m hanging up my press hat. It’s been a long road filled with twists and turns that kept me on my mental feet.

Never forget.

As I was sifting through the pile of messages I get from the Chileheads Facebook page, I started to ponder the ever-increasing role of social networking on the life of the average chilehead. It wasn’t that long ago, that social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Google+ did not yet exist. The [...]

After being totally beholden to my oral boards study, the day of reckoning arrives tomorrow as I make the trek to San Mateo, CA to take my oral anesthesia boards and attend my annual anesthesiology convention. I’ll be just down the road from San Francisco, and I plan to take advantage of the opportunity [...]

OK, well maybe not literally. However, I have been the most prolific writer overall and my blogging has slowed to a crawl lately as I am putting in a lot of time getting ready for my oral Anesthesia board exams next month. It is painful trying to recap everything I learned over 4 [...]

Wow. Absolutely amazing. Is it really that time again? Hold on, I’ve got my calendar right here. Yep. There it is. We are only a few days away from this years Weekend of Fire at Jungle Jim’s in Cincinnati, Ohio.
I thought I’d do a quick little post informing those who are not in the know [...]

ROAD TRIP!!!!! By the time this posts, I will have been on the road for 1 hour driving to my destination. The event; Peppers At The Beach. The place; Peppers in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. I have been eagerly anticipating this event for many months now and am eager to meet some new faces and some [...]

Holographic Universe Theory, sliced bread, the wheel, fire, square watermelons. These are all inventions/discoveries that are so incredibly trivial when compared to mankind’s greatest achievement. The creation of the ultimate in bacon technology! Ladies and gentlemen! I give you……CANNED BACON!
Yoder’s Bacon Ingredients: Pork, Water, Salt, Sugar, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite

Photo by: Sandi Kraft.
Ah yes, a new year, a new approach to life, spring’s fast approaching as winter starts to loose its icy grip. Pepper seedlings are awake and chirping in their trays and the annual North Market Fiery Foods Festival is happening once again ! I’ll be in attendance covering the event and tagging [...]

This is a little off topic but I’m so completely beside myself with joy that I had to share it with the chile-head community. For some of you out there you know one of my largest passions besides peppers is beer and beer brewing. I’ve been a home brewer for a little over a year [...]