I could totally play this game. Wheaton!!!

Me, Katie, Steve, and Natalie played Cataan a couple of weeks ago, and our jokes were a lot like this.

The reputation of American cooking in the years after World War Two was bad enough that chef and food critic Craig Claiborne felt compelled to start the forward to his 1961 “New York Times Cook Book” with this revealing quote:

One of the weirdest recipes we have ever seen was from a 1954 cook book, “641 Tested Recipes from the Sealtest Kitchens”.  The purpose of this 250-page book was to promote the use of five ingredients:  milk, cream, sour cream, ice cream, and cottage cheese.  Half of the book is desserts.  Most of the other recipes involve cottage cheese.  Some I have experienced before, like lasagna with cottage cheese.  That’s how they served it in schools in the 1970s.  Salads with cottage cheese aren’t unusual, but sandwiches?  Really?  The 12 pages of sandwiches all have cottage cheese on them, mixed with everything from peanut butter to deviled ham.

None of the recipes compare with this soup.  It would be a surprise all right.  Maybe you could dip your Snappy Cottage Cheese sandwich in it. 

So i havent actually posted a blog since January. But prepare to be awed. And bear with the title. I know its long, but i thought it was rather witty. So somehow, some way, i stumbled upon some Star Trek videos i quite enjoyed one of the few times this month i was allowed internet access. I immediately thought of you guys, you nerds. (i say this lovingly)

For Tess, who is out of the country.  Over the last week we have had 80 degree temperatures and snow.  My pics have covered all of the seasons, so I don't need to post any more for a while.

Like Rob Bricken at Toplessrobot, I can't stop watching this video.  A celestial Shatner, constellation chorus, and mass destruction.  Weirdness rocks starting at 2:40 and explodes at 4:00.  Tell me you don't watch it twice, in full screen mode with the sound turned up.  Fear the Sky Shat.

Again for Tess who is out of the country.  Here's what it looks like in Colorado.  It's snowing right now, so I will get more up in another day or two.

For Tess, who is out of the country.  Saturday the 8th was cold and rainy.  The leaves were just starting to fall.