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Made these last night - Amanda has demanded an encore so they must be pretty good.

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350f. In a food processor, process a handful (about a cup) of pecans, a small handful (maybe 1/8 cup) for dried dates and about 10-12 wheat thins into a coarse meal.

Season pork chops with salt and pepper and pat dry. Dip the chops into an egg wash (one egg beaten with a tablespoon of water) and press into the crust mixture.

Cook the chops over medium heat in a pan that is just coated with a bit of olive oil for four minutes on the first side, and one minute on the second. Remove from the heat and put into the oven for about 10 minutes or until cooked through.

Let them rest on a rack under a foil tent for a few minutes and serve.

I also made a sauce with a sweet red wine and some frozen cherries and blackberries. It was good but the pork didn't need it - and they didn't last long enough to try it.

For the last year my work tunes have been provided by pandora. I had a couple stations that I had pruned and edited to my liking - to the point that I was seriously considering subscribing. I didn't mind the unobtrusive ads and the 40 hour a month limit just reminded how much I relied on it and inspired me to drop some cash their way. 

 Before I got a chance to do so, however, they switched up their ads to annoying audio ads that seem to show up every couple songs. The ads seemed to be louder than the music I was playing too. Around that time someone suggested I look at grooveshark. I had tried it before but their strange UI had turned me off. It seemed to confusing to bother with. Apparently enough people thought so that they put some good work into the ui, making it much easier to parse and understand what you were doing. Grooveshark seems to have the best mix of features compared to pandora, last.fm and lala.