Entries from May 2009

May 17, 2009

Get back to me; it’s a matter of life and death.

Frequently this happens to my tomatoes:

I always buy tomatoes at Costco, in a 2-lb. plastic clamshell box.  They come from the Big Island.  I never seem to finish them off before they sprout inside.  My question: is it safe to eat them like this?  I usually pick out  most of the sprouts and use the [...]

May 13, 2009

And there I was with no lipstick

The other day I was driving down Vineyard Street on my way to the post office.  I saw a lady with gray hair walking on the sidewalk.  It made me think of the mayor.  I wondered why I never see the mayor out and about.   I’ve never seen her at the mall, in a restaurant, in [...]

May 6, 2009

That’s just the way my mind works.

Sometimes I lack  part of my brain. The part that should tell me to not say something. 
I worked with someone once who said that she could always count on me to say what everyone else was thinking.
I tell myself that there’s a reason for me allowing these things to just spill forth from my mouth.  [...]

May 5, 2009

Whoa!

This yogurt is an unnatural color:

May 2, 2009

Update

I just found an article about the Kentucky Derby and mint julep tradition.  It quoted an unnamed historian in 1803 describing the mint julep  as “a dram of spiritous liquor that has mint in it, taken by Virginians in the morning.”
I guess I’m covered.

May 2, 2009

Derby Day

It’s Kentucky Derby Day!   
I’ve been watching the ESPN Kentucky Derby Special, but soon I’ll switch over to NBC which will air the real race.
Earlier this morning I had to go to Kaiser for some blood tests.  Someone from Kaiser’s bariatric deparment called me earlier this week to scold me for not having any labwork for [...]