The Office

I love The Office.  How can you not?

I mean, I guess if your sense of humor is distinctively different than mine...  Then maybe.  Maybe.

The Blues

So, I was listening to an interview on NPR with Johnny Winter. Turns out, he's a blues musician. I was not familiar with him, but immediately liked the music. Being a child of the 80's my immediate connotation with 'the blues' is Adventures in Babysitting. I like to think that I'm not the only one who has this connection, but then again, I know my train of thought can be tricky (or actually not possible) to follow at times. So, Adventures in Babysitting? Who's got a copy of it and who wants to watch it? Unfortunately, it's not on Netflix "Watch Instantly" yet.

Anyway, I now own a copy of Roots by Johnny Winter.  This adds to my other recent random acquisitions for my music library: Hem, Funnel Cloud; and Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice & St. Maur, Gregorian Chants. No, I'm not kidding.  I've been a bit stressed-out lately and thought I needed some music that might be a little more calming than Avril Lavigne's Good-Bye Lullaby. Also a recent purchase. Again, I'm not kidding. 

Next on my agenda: Find a blues club and go dancing.
Let me know if you're 'in'...

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she wore a blue tattoo on her finger to remind her that, no matter what they paid her, some stains never come out.

-storypeople

Reality Check

Sometimes I need a reality check that I can't control everything. Sometimes I need multiple. Here are my multiple reminders, compliments of StoryPeople. 

I can imagine it working out perfectly, I said. I can't, she said & I said no wonder you're so stressed. -StoryPeople I only promise the little things. The big things don't pay attention to what I want anyhow. -StoryPeople I wish I knew what this means but I wish that about a lot of things so mostly I enjoy not knowing. -StoryPeople This is a blank map that lets you go as far as you want in any direction, with no questions asked, but it's no help at all if you want to know if you're going the right way. -StoryPeople

my i.q.

my i.q- ani difranco


when i was four years old
they tried to test my i.q.
they showed me a picture
of 3 oranges and a pear
they said,
which one is different?
it does not belong
they taught me different is wrong...

i sing sometimes
like my life is at stake
'cause you're only as loud 
as the noises you make
i'm learning to laugh as hard
as i can listen
'cause silence
is violence
in women and poor people
if more people were screaming then i could relax
but a good brain ain't diddley
if you don't have the facts
we live in a breakable takeable world
an ever available possible world
and we can make music
like we can make do
genius is in a back beat
backseat to nothing if you're dancing
especially something stupid
like i.q.
for every lie i unlearn
i learn something new
i sing sometimes for the war that i fight
'cause every tool is a weapon -
if you hold it right.

Kitchen

Do you need a little inspiration for your kitchen??

I suggest: Smitten Kitchen.

Not only is the food photography fantastic and the recipes worth the love and labor, the writer is witty and interesting.  I won't lie, the recipes can get you caught up in the kitchen for hours. But, like any well-enjoyed project the time flies by and the outcome is well worth it.  Sometimes I want to pick up, move to a tiny apartment in New York (like I could afford anything else), and just spend all my time experimenting with new recipes and tasting my new, and hopefully very edible, (sometimes I might mess up...it's true) creations. Rest assured, I haven't quit my day job, packed my bags, or purchased a one-way ticket to EST.  Yet.  I'm smart enough to know... I can do that any time :)  But, I digress... just go ahead and check-out the website.

Let me know what recipe(s) you decide to make.  Or what recipe you'd like me to make, and then invite you over to test out (ha!).

Haiku

As for the hibiscus
on the roadside -
my horse ate it.
                                          ~Basho