McIntosh

Yuck... I'm sure I've had good McIntosh apples before. This one isn't.

Hungry?

I stumbled across this today:

http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com

Just a little experiment where a couple people try to eat on $1 a day. For a month. Not apparently for publicity or political reasons but for personal reasons such as self-education, personal growth. At least that's how it started. It may have turned into something bigger.

Non-dairy creamer

Really, non-dairy creamer is weird. How do they make it taste so good? Without dairy? I prefer the cinnamon based flavor(s). I really hate the fact that they discontinued cinnamon hazelnut. No, I really HATE it.

Really, though, the point of this message is supposed to be that my morning coffee (creamer notwithstanding) tastes good again. The past weekend and Monday / Tuesday I was fighting a cold or something. Yes, T, turns out you were right. I had the swollen glands, swallowing issues, nausea, fatigue, etc. Today I'm feeling much less bad. Much closer to normal. I'm way too cheerful. Oh, but the best part is that I can again enjoy my cinnamon vanilla creamer. It has flavor once again. Mornings are back! Woo hoo!!

Addendum 10/06 - Okay, it seems they have NOT discontinued Cinnamon Hazelnut. Safeway has just stopped carrying it. Now I just gotta find out who sells it.

Spongy

Hmmm... paper towels vs. the ubiquitous kitchen sponge. You were just thinking about this, right? Well, it's worth a bit of thought. Here are 3 reasons why I use paper towels to wash dishes rather than a sponge:

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002316.html

http://www.thegreenguide.com/blog/tow/966

http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1198201,00.html

Truly, a little kitchen-sponge is very handy to have around for wiping down counters, stove tops, etc. You don't eat food off the counter. Er, well, I mean not as a rule. And that first day when you take the shiny (whatever) new sponge out of the wrapper, it's good for anything. And I mean anything. But don't ask me just 'what' I mean by that.

But after that first day, run it through the dishwasher. Boil it. Nuke it. Toss it. Yes, my friends... your life may depend on it.

Bread

I went out with a couple friends for brunch today. Somewhere along the line we (or rather, they) got into the debate of toast vs. English muffin. Which is better or worse? Which has fewer calories or grams of fat? Does a serving of English muffin(s) constitute 1 or 2 at a time? And my own question (which came up later when posting this)... is English Muffin capitalized?

To me, the real irony is that I ended up driving us to a coffee house afterward. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision wherein I was thinking of grabbing a latte for now and bagging a doughnut for later. But there was an empty table and it looked so cozy... so we sat for awhile. At that point we (or rather, they) continued the debate a little bit. Over coffee and doughnuts! Who cares about a slice of toast when you think about the REAL issue of having a doughnut??

Later, after I dropped them off, I decided to contemplate it further over some M&M's.