Category: Amuse Me

Mike and I are at Kaveh Kane’s waiting for the “Friday Gaggle of Friends” to get to downtown for Mandy’s birthday dinner. It just so happens to be the first Friday of the month, so Geek Radio is having their gathering here tonight, just like the last time we were here on a Friday. While here, I found out that the Flying Fish Sailors will be releasing their new CD on September 27, and having a release party at the Continental Club for my birthday!

I think I am going to have to see if my parents can babysit for me, and the H-Town Bloggers could head out for the release party – wouldn’t that be a blast? Who wants to come?!? Everyone is invited!

If you haven’t checked them out already, check out the Flying Fish Sailors. I highly recommend them.

On a totally separate note – today is the very first time that I’ve noticed that I have three years of “history” links in my sidebar. 3 years ago today I “reappeared” from my blogging hiatus. Today I’m feeling like coming back again – I have things I want to post and soon I will have time to do it. Yes, I’m coming back, and it’s a good thing…

Recently, Jennifer has been serving up tasty helpings of Vin for everyone’s enjoyment. I’ve been so … uhm … moved … yeah, moved by Heath Ledger in the commercials for “The Order”, I thought I would share him to help get you through the rest of the day. Click for a larger version.

The movie doesn’t look like anything I would enjoy. Heath Ledger does. Just to set the record straight. Yummmm…

Edited: Since Amy pointed out that the first photo I posted of Heath wasn’t his best (I was pressed for time), I have changed out the photo to a new one that is a shot from “The Order”. He just looks so delicious… The other photo is now in the extended entry.

I can’t get it out of my head. I keep thinking about it now, ever since it happened. And it freaks me out every time I think about it.

Jason had a friend spend the night on Sunday night since there was no school on Monday. I wanted to make it a special night for them, so we ordered pizza for dinner and watched Shanghi Knights. The boys played Age of Empires II through the LAN (yeah for WiFi!) and had a really good night. I decided to make them pancakes for breakfast on Monday morning.

That’s when it happened.

I had all the ingredients mixed together, I had just added my milk, and the last thing to go in was the egg.

The egg that I can’t stop thinking about. The bad egg.

I cracked it on the glass measuring cup and dumped it in to my bowl without looking at the egg first, and I kid you not … as I saw it go in to the bowl, I realized that the yolk was black! Black! Ok, maybe it was just a dark green, but definitely on the black end of the color spectrum. Black! Thank goodness it slid under the other ingredients fast so I didn’t have to look at it, because otherwise I might have lost it right there on the kitchen floor.

I don’t think I have ever dumped something down my kitchen garbage disposal as fast as I did yesterday morning. I was doing the heebie jeebie big bug dance too – that dance you do when you see a really creepy bug that freaks you out. Eek!

The eggs were a week old, and the expiration date had not passed. It didn’t matter though – I pitched the remaining eggs in the trash, went to the store and got a fresh carton, and cringed as I made a new batch of pancake batter.

It took a lot of effort to make it through my breakfast taco this morning. I kept thinking about that bad egg. Veruca Salt can keep those geese that lay gold eggs for Easter – I seriously need an educated eggdicator! Don’t care how … I want it now!

It seems that if I don’t post on my site often, my main column gets way too short, and the sidebar is too long. Quite amusing. I guess I need to do something about that…

Mad props to Larry for letting me know that NPR’s All Things Considered had a commentary on the Spork on Friday. I just had to share! Thanks Larry for the tip!

Spork posse power!