According to a new survey, 18- to 29-year-olds (otherwise known as “millennials” or “Generation Y”) lead the nation in getting tattoos.  Amazingly, 38 percent of “millennials” have at least one tattoo. While that isn’t a huge increase over the 32 percent of 30- to 46-year-olds who have ‘em, what makes the younger generation special is how many tattoos they get. 50 percent of all inked millennials have more than one tattoo — and 18 percent have more than five. On the other hand, among 30- to 46-year-olds with a tattoo, half only sport one and only 9 percent have more than five.

Source: Pew Social Trends

Personally, I’ve always considered tattoos as the economically challegned person’s way of investing in art, but it’s always fascinated me as to how someone could put a picture of something on their body that they wouldn’t ever hang in their living room. So, in order for me to learn, let me ask …

• Do you have tattoos? How many? How many do you regret?
• Anyone get a tattoo later in life? What inspired it?
• Are your kids involved in something or have they done something that shocks you? How did they get into it? Who influenced them?

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Joined this week in studio by Paul Cummings.. frontman for the Crossroads Project.. talking bout the new band, traditional and new modern country music and whats next for him.     paulcummings

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Train in the snow

   Call me a nerd, a train “foamer” or whatever you want…but this video is cool. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a train clearing the snow off the tracks. Never even thought it was necessary. WHO KNEW?

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I think Steve Hausman would be proud of this one:

Pan seared Tilapia with Roasted Broccoli

You’ll need:

2 crowns of broccoli

2 filets of tilapia

1 bottle black truffle oil from Wegmans (WORTH EVERY PENNY OF THE $10 IT COSTS)

1/2 cup of flour

Extra virgin olive oil and a Tablespoon of butter or margarine

Lemon pepper seasoning

Kosher salt and pepper

Garlic salt

• Preheat oven to 350
• Rinse and chop broccoli crowns into individual broccoli pieces
• Arrange broccoli on cookie sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.  Roast for 18-ish to 20 minutes.
• While that roasts, go do something like watch CSI or Facebook for about five minutes so everything will finish at the same time.
• Take large frying pan and place over medium high heat and let pan warm up to “screaming hot”
• Combine the flour with a tablespoon of lemon pepper seasoning and a teaspoon garlic salt in a shallow bowl or plate.
• Take a moment and think about how amazingly gourmet this will taste and how little effort you actually put into it.
• Is the frying pan screaming hot?  Good…drizzle in about two tablespoons of olive oil and let it get as hot as the fourth layer of hell.
• Take your tilapia (or salmon, or cod, or halibut, whatever) filet and dredge lightly in the flour mixture.  Shake off any extra.
• Gently, GENTLY, lay down filets in the frying pan and let cook for 3-4 minutes until the cooked side is the color of a paper bag (Wegmans came up with that one, not me).
• Flip, GENTLY SO YOU DON’T BURN YOURSELF, and cook another few minutes on the underside.
• It should be nearly time for you to pull the broccoli…don’t do it just yet, let it hang out until the fish is done.
• When the fish is finished, take that tablespoon of butter and plop it in the pan and let it melt…then, spoon the olive oil/tilapia/garlic/lemon pepper/butter goodness over the finishing fish.
• Pull the broccoli and shake several drops of the black truffle oil.  You smell that?  THAT’S WHAT GOURMET SMELLS LIKE.

Plate.

Eat.

Admire.

Enjoy.

I made this for dinner tonight and it was the most delicious meal I have ever made.  EVER.

If you make this, let me know how it turns out for you!

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Rochester Police officer Anthony DiPonzio has been nominated for a national award.  He is in the running for the “America’s Most Wanted” All-Star contest.

The competition is designed to honor emergency responders for their work and dedication to protect the community.  There will be eight finalists and the winner will receive $10,000.

DiPonzio was shot in the back of the head while he was responding to a call on Dayton Street in January 2009.   You can vote for Officer DiPonzio here.  You can vote for him once a day…every day…until April 11th.   One finalist is selected each week.

Good luck, Anthony!

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