Saturday, January 22, 2005
My latest obsession
Our New Year's Day Menu:
Southern Fried Chicken
Honeybaked Ham
Collard Greens and Cabbage with Smoked Turkey
(Greens are a tradition on New Year's Day to symbolize all the folding money we're going to get this year. Yeah, right.)
Black-eyed Peas with Ham
(These must be consumed on New Year's Day to ensure luck in the coming year. See above snide aside.)
Green Beans
Macaroni & Cheese
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Potato Salad
Monkey Bread
Red Velvet Cake
So, everything went well and tastily until the dreaded cleanup. I made the mistake of stacking dirty dishes on the still warm stove. Then, I compounded that error by placing the plastic, anti-microbial cutting board on top of the dishes. I'm running my mouth (slightly tipsy from the celebratory champers) and loading the dishwasher. I lift the cutting board. Three (3) of my six (6) fancy china plates hit the tile floor. And shattered into lots of little tiny pieces. I'm sure there's some scientific explanation for what happened. Oh, I know... GRAVITY.
I didn't cry because I was, as I say, tipsy. After all, my mother's godmother, Aunt Rosa Lee, gave me that china before she died. She told me that the china wasn't worth anything, that I should use it everyday and not let it go to waste sitting in a cabinet most of the time. Again, I say, HAH! Looky here, that "worthless china" will cost me $25 a plate to replace. I guess I can buy half a plate a month until my inventory is restocked. But I was fascinated by how much that china is worth. My gravy bowl could bring $140. But I won't sell. Instead, I am now determined to collect place settings for 12, at least. It's one of my new things.
Our New Year's Day Menu:
Southern Fried Chicken
Honeybaked Ham
Collard Greens and Cabbage with Smoked Turkey
(Greens are a tradition on New Year's Day to symbolize all the folding money we're going to get this year. Yeah, right.)
Black-eyed Peas with Ham
(These must be consumed on New Year's Day to ensure luck in the coming year. See above snide aside.)
Green Beans
Macaroni & Cheese
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Potato Salad
Monkey Bread
Red Velvet Cake
So, everything went well and tastily until the dreaded cleanup. I made the mistake of stacking dirty dishes on the still warm stove. Then, I compounded that error by placing the plastic, anti-microbial cutting board on top of the dishes. I'm running my mouth (slightly tipsy from the celebratory champers) and loading the dishwasher. I lift the cutting board. Three (3) of my six (6) fancy china plates hit the tile floor. And shattered into lots of little tiny pieces. I'm sure there's some scientific explanation for what happened. Oh, I know... GRAVITY.
I didn't cry because I was, as I say, tipsy. After all, my mother's godmother, Aunt Rosa Lee, gave me that china before she died. She told me that the china wasn't worth anything, that I should use it everyday and not let it go to waste sitting in a cabinet most of the time. Again, I say, HAH! Looky here, that "worthless china" will cost me $25 a plate to replace. I guess I can buy half a plate a month until my inventory is restocked. But I was fascinated by how much that china is worth. My gravy bowl could bring $140. But I won't sell. Instead, I am now determined to collect place settings for 12, at least. It's one of my new things.
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
The Daily Show - One Day Later
I meant to post this way earlier but I forgot. How funny was it last night when Jon Stewart called out Star Jones for mentioning how much "God blesses" (I assume she meant that God has blessed her specifically over the 150,000+ human beings who actually perished) when she mentioned (I assume during the "Hot Topics" segment of The View) how she was in the Maldives on her "honeymoon" just one month prior to the tsunami. Does she really think that God held back a tidal wave for a month just for her? Is this really a blessing? If so, for whom?
Inquiring minds want to know.
For more intriguing discussion of the nature of God versus, well, Nature, follow the links at the end of the "If God is God, he's not good" article under the "Essays and Opinion" column on Arts & Letters Daily. Oh, for pete's sake, I'll just copy and paste. I apologize if that's bad blogging etiquette.
If God is God, he’s not good. If God is good, he’s not God. You can’t have it both ways, especially not after the Indian Ocean catastrophe... more» ... more» ... more» ... more»
Have I mentioned how much I love the Internet?
I meant to post this way earlier but I forgot. How funny was it last night when Jon Stewart called out Star Jones for mentioning how much "God blesses" (I assume she meant that God has blessed her specifically over the 150,000+ human beings who actually perished) when she mentioned (I assume during the "Hot Topics" segment of The View) how she was in the Maldives on her "honeymoon" just one month prior to the tsunami. Does she really think that God held back a tidal wave for a month just for her? Is this really a blessing? If so, for whom?
Inquiring minds want to know.
For more intriguing discussion of the nature of God versus, well, Nature, follow the links at the end of the "If God is God, he's not good" article under the "Essays and Opinion" column on Arts & Letters Daily. Oh, for pete's sake, I'll just copy and paste. I apologize if that's bad blogging etiquette.
If God is God, he’s not good. If God is good, he’s not God. You can’t have it both ways, especially not after the Indian Ocean catastrophe... more» ... more» ... more» ... more»
Have I mentioned how much I love the Internet?
Monday, January 03, 2005
New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year to all!
- Improve diet and fitness routines. Here "improve" means "stop eating so darned much and get up off my fat tush every once in a while."
- Control use of profanity. (See above for proof of my new practice.)
- Do a better job of keeping in touch with family and friends.
- Find a better paying job.
- WRITE IN MY BLOG on the regular!
Happy New Year to all!
