Happy Anniversary, Bev!

Happy Birthday, sj!

It always frustrates me in TV shows when the good guy demands of the villain "Why? Why did you do it?" It's like the good guy has completely blanked on the possibility that some people are just mean shits who like hurting people. Sure, there may be some deep-seated psychological underpinnings and Mommy/Daddy didn't love them enough, but sometimes Mommy/Daddy told Little Darling that they were God's Own Special Snowflake and the rules didn't apply, so go forth and have fun.

(This rant brought to you by the end of Countrycide, where one of the heros is totally thrown by the casual unrepetence of the bad guys. But then, I rarely buy the Big Apology criminals give after they're caught. They're not sorry they did the crime, they're sorry they have to pay for it. If I was on a jury I think I'd have more respect for the defendant who said, "Yeah, I knew it was illegal, but I figured I'd get away with it, and I did my best not to hurt anybody. Sorry, dude, for the broken nose, by the way."

I recommend watching Torchwood, if you are interested in seeing more of the Whoverse.

We got dabs flounder from our CSF today, and they are pretty small- most of the recipes I've seen for cooking them involve larger fillets. Tom is currently filleting them- 2 of them were bursting with roe, which we don't quite know what to do with. So I am trying to figure out how to cook small thin pieces of fish that will permit the actual flavor of the fish to come through, as opposed to putting it into a fishcake or something. Hmm. Any ideas?

The Boy is making french toast from pecan-raisin bread that we got at the farmers' market Wednesday. It smells really good.

Mmmmm, that french toast sounds wonderful.

Happy Birthday to sj!

Happy Anniversary to Bev and DH!

Yesterday my son replaced the kitchen faucet. It leaked badly and was totally rusted out under the sink. Pain in the back task with the crawling under the sink stuff. Now it works perfect and even has a spray attachment. Awesome for a 14yo handyboy. We celebrated his accomplishment by walking to a local bar so he could play some pool with his friend. Kids don't go to bars to shoot pool where we live in Florida so this was a treat for them. We taught them the practice of putting up your quarter to challenge the winning team and asking about the house rules and so forth. Twas fun.

One of the young men there walked up to me to introduce himself (I knew who he was) and asked if I was 'Scott's aunt' and the bartender asked if I was 'Mona's sister' and to others I was 'Mary's daughter from Florida'. Small towns.

I hope people are enjoying the holiday.

Many wishes for a great day to sj and the lovely Bev and Mr. Bev. May the coming year bring even more love.

Happy birthday, sj!

Should I go into the office today? My advisor said two weeks ago that he'd meet with me today, but he didn't write it down and hasn't responded to any of my emails to set up a time, so I know he's forgotten. I'm feeling kind of blah and not terribly focused from having to take a painkiller last night, so I'm not sure how productive I'd actually be. Plus, it's a holiday (sort of), and I do have a bunch of things like laundry and cooking that I ought to do at home.

They never do that on "The Wire", Connie. Of course, on The Wire, the answer always is that the people above you on the food chain suck, so...

No, Hil. I don't think you should go in.

happy birthday, sj!

happy birthday frank!