Assuming guys that you have a good steak to start with there are two major factors to consider aside from how rare or well done you like your steak.  

1. How high your rack is to the fire.

2. Resting your steak

If you screw up everything else these two things can still produce a great tasting juicy steak.

I'll keep this simple.  I'm not writing about grilling a steak, although some people will grill a steak then broil it for a finish.  For a straight up broil understand that just like in grilling you flip once.  If you flip it more than once you will lose out.

I use a glass broiling dish.  Drizzle in some olive oil.  Coat both sides if you like.  Salt both sides, pepper both sides and that is all you reall ever need to bring out great taste from a great steak.  If you have a sub-par steak then you may want to coat it with some Spanish paprika for some kick along with a dash of celery salt and onion salt.  To produce a great taste throw in some chopped carrots, trust me it makes a difference. 

Broil on the top rack.  Remember to have the oven on broil guys.  Not high bake.  The broiler cooks from the top to sear your meat.  You should only need broil your steak from two to four minutes on each side.  Just keep an eye on it.  You want it a slightly crispy texture on the surface not all the way through.  The pink inside is NOT a bad thing and will not mean your steak is fatty or hard to cut.  It is actually opposite.  Also, having some pink in side means you have flavor! 

To lock in flavor you must let your steak rest.  This ...   more »

This is a great song about being with someone and never really knowing them as they put up a front.  On the exit you learn the truth which gives you closure except for the curiosity of how someone can actually do that to another person.  No ethical standards?  No moral compass?  Anyhow.. great song.

Feels Like a Memory

Stone, iron and steel
These are the things I can touch
Things I can hold in my hands
But what you left with me
Is somewhere right in between
Fiction and fact

It feels like a memory to me
Even though it never happened
To me

I wake up again
The nightmare¹s always the same
You fading out like a picture
Then I get lost for a while
Confused by all of the facts
The fact you never were
In my life

It feels like a memory to me
Even though it never happened
It feels like a memory to me
But it never happened

I¹m all tied up
But no rope holds me
'Cause I¹m all tied up in love

It feels like a memory to me
Even though it never happened
It feels like a memory to me
But it never
never
never happened

The stories
The pictures
Everything you left with me
The summers
The winters
The rest of my life...

It's amazing how some songs sum up things you feel better than your own words.  I've written a number of personal poems in the past about my divorce, but they are too personal to post.  I knew this song was out there on a hard to find album I had already been in search of.  I have to give the nod to this tune as it explains in the best of terms what it felt like the day ...   more »

A friend of mine noticed I used the term, "Feel It Again" and it brought back memories of metal band that did some great pop metal tunes.  There is a reason I'm featuring two videos by Honeymoon Suite today... read on. 

So it made sense to feature them after we discussed this band a bit.  Enjoy Feel It Again for it's musical value not video content.  This is NOT a good video representation of Honeymoon Suite.

Now for the song I really love. What Does It Take? Remember the movie One Crazy Summer with John Cusack?  This one was featured at the end when the explosion on the beach takes place.  It's hilarious.  That movie and Better Off Dead are classics among me and friends.  We still badger each other with... "Two Dollars...!"  What a great inside joke. 

But more than all this...  I used to roar across the country side and back roads on my motorcycle to this tune. What Does It Take? was one of those songs you listen to when you are knee deep in a great boyfriend girlfriend relationship and you know you will do anything to satisfy them.  Of course when it's over... song's like this take on whole new meaning. 

Here's to foolish silly love songs that proclaim love will last forever.  May we all know this foolish feeling just once. ;)