Friday Of This and That's...

Just a few this’s and that’s that have been piling up, in no particular order for a rainy Friday morning diversion…

Good Earthing…a lot of “about time you woke up!” feedbacks. Yes, it is…once again leading from the rear!

An alert reader passed along a quote found in a local paper regarding our impending Texas Roadhouse: ..."all the food is prepared from scratch on the premises. We're a made from scratch company". Really? Interesting thought. Will there be herds of cattle milling around the parking lot so that they can make the steaks from “scratch”? I would imagine it means that it comes from the Sysco (or…) truck frozen and then put together on premises. Opening around August…Nice try…we’ll see. Or, not.

Another reader (I do have original thoughts, sometime) sent a link to a Facebook comment to the effect that: “I never read blogs anymore, they’re passé. I find everything I need on Facebook!” Okay buddy, see ya.

Breaking News: Front page article in the Enterprise today about how our county officials are accessible on Facebook now.

I got our copy of Chesapeake Life Magazine yesterday, a publication which I quite enjoyed reading. It always had good articles, some food content and many local stories. The editorial page started out with “It’s rare that an editor can write his own epitaph….” And then went on to say this was the last issue. The economy. Another print publication folds. Does anybody actually pick up a real book, hold it in their hands and read it anymore? “No, sir, I can find everything I need on Facebook”. “Sure I do, I just download it into my Kindle and read it”. I’m too old.

And, although I carp about “technology” invading my life, there are some good aspects as well (see, I’m always fair). Like last Tuesday I decided to use a little gift card I received, good for some bucks at Amazon. There is a new “bird book” out (Richard Crossley, The Crossley ID Guide) which is receiving lots of positive buzz in the birding world, so I decided to get it. So sit down at my google machine certainly not dressed for anything public, go to Amazon, do a few clicks and two days later the book appears on my front porch. It’s just amazing..

A quick “to do” couple of notes: regrettably, because of the paragraph at the end today along with some civic organization duties, we are going to be unable (for the second year in a row) to attend the American Craft Council's Baltimore Craft Show. That’s the one that resulted in “the clock” on our great wall which still fascinates me every day as it does those who visit the digs. The show is a stunning, almost overwhelming display of American Craft, from glass, to wood, fabric arts, jewelry, and ceramics, anything they can make. Beautiful stuff. Second only to the Smithsonian show later this spring.

One of the nice things we are privy to around here (and I suppose it occurs most anywhere) is the tradition of local suppers/breakfasts/dinners. Usually sponsored by churches, or civic organizations (Lions, Optimists, etc.) to raise funds for their operation. They usually feature real local items such as stuffed ham or oysters, traditional spiced shrimp and fried chicken. The 7th District Optimists are having this year’s edition Sunday (27th) from noon to the traditional ??? at the Mechanicsville Fire/Social hall. Besides a “real” food event, it’s always a nice social time as well. Go see your neighbors, get some real food, and support our charities (and maybe see one of our favorite ITT test pilots)

There is also the Bugeye Ball at the Calvert Marine Museum. Usually quite a nice event.. i guess tickets still available $150/head. Nothing to do, nothing to do....

Finally, in the “more than you want to know” department, this morning I’m going up to Prince Frederick to pay yet another debt to a misspent youth, or maybe unlucky genes, who knows. I now have a little basal cell in my ear, which while they grow like dandelions elsewhere, have only occasionally picked my ear. Last time I did this which requires Moh’s Procedure (cut, analyze, cut some more, analyze till “good”) it was an almost all day ordeal, resulting in the necessity of a skin graft (Okay, feeder, this is enough!!). Hopefully not today. Me and Vincent…

So, i'll be leaving the house

DFS(urgery)