I smoked a pork shoulder on Saturday in honor of my friend Scott visiting Des Moines.

It weighed about eight pounds and took 10 hours to smoke at 225 degrees.

It was delicious.

I brought this plant to the office today in hopes of saving it - mainly from our cat who thinks it is a cat food plant.

Chris Snider

I started my new job as an instructor at Drake today. Here are a couple shots of the new office.