Monthly Archives: October 2004

Bad Habit

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The ‘this and this and completely unrelated that’ is becoming a bad habit of mine. Sorry.
Quote of the …day/week…whatever
“In the college of sex, foreplay is NOT an elective”
The QOTD ties into a conversation I was having with a friend about sex. Or more specifically, I want to write a sex column. Not a sex advice column, though I’d be pretty damned good at that, just a regular pithy bit about sex. When I tell people this they bring up Sex in the City, but I’ve only ever seen 2 episodes of that (in one they had to rent a car to go to a baby shower. Being from the midwest where you MUST own a car or die I was only bemused). The real problem is that there’s no real way to do it without offending your friends, exes, currents, parents, priests, cashiers, neighbors, bosses, dentists, delivery men, sisters, produce handlers, princes, genies, candlemakers, accountants and astronauts. Sigh.
Relatedly, has anyone seen those charts where they compare your sexual adventurousness to different kinds of ice cream starting with vanilla for the boring, missionary crowd going up to rocky road for those that leave you wide eyed and speechless. If you have, let me know.
The dog has a new game, when I sit on the couch leaning way forward, he likes to drop small toys down the back of my pants and then go after them.
HAPPY FREAKIN BIRTHDAY MARK!!!!!
Your gift hit UPS today and should be speeding it’s way to you. HOORAY!
I’m obsessively watching Babylon 5 which I borrowed from Alan who needs to update more often. Seriously, what’s the point of me haranguing you to get a damned website if you aren’t gonna update.
Have you ever considered how many old men you know who actually ARE grandpa Simpson? Off the top of my head, I can name 2 that I know.
Yeah, okay so hooray or something, that’s what’s going on.

Stupid weather

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This morning’s freezing cold temps are just another reminder that I need to be the hell out of here. Somebody buy my damned house so i can move to warmer climes.
NTS…don’t forget your iPod in the car when the temps get so low. Makes the iPod angry and sluggish
On an unrelated note…
If you go to the store to buy a duvet cover and you find one in a subtle, tasteful striped pattern try to keep in mind that stripes on a king sized bed end up looking like an optical illusion on a space that big. Better to go with solid colors or bigger, more abstract designs.

I deserve and award

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or something…
Tonight for dinner I tossed some cubed sweet potato in a bit of oil and garam masala and kosher salt. I roasted them at high heat. While they were in the oven i seasoned a half rack of lamb and seared the hell out of the outside, separated it into chops and seared those. Served it with a wedge of mirableu (I tried to find a good link to mirableu but i couldn’t. It’s a mild, tangy, salty sheep’s milk blue cheese from spain. It goes beautifully with lamb. Is it wrong to serve lamb with sheep’s milk cheese? yes.).
So tonight’s dinner was good, but what I made the other night was better.
Herb and cornmeal crusted slices of zucchini with sauteed shrimp and salsa fresca made with tomatoes, basil and parsley from the garden. Yum.
Of course, to balance things, I’m slumming with a bag of Black Pepper Jack Doritos !Limited Time Only!
Who’s coming to dinner next time?