Goddamn cold weather! The weather gurus have predicted lots of snow for the end of this week. Everybody is racing to buy toilet paper.
Another Hero Passes
During part of 2013, I was under the care of Hopkins and Dr Gerald Lazarus. Being very concerned with my own condition, I missed some things that were going on. One was:
Harry Morgan died.. (1915-2013) Harry, alias Col. Sherman T. Porter, Commander of the famous MASH unit in Korea. He played Potter from 1975 to 1983 when the show went off the air.
I really looked forward to all of the parts that Mr. Morgan played, either in the movies or on TV. His name at birth was Norwegian: Harry Bratsburg, not Hollywoodish enough, so he changed his last name to the more memorable Morgan.
RIP Colonel Potter!
What kind is it? Ten o'clock.
Well, here we go again.. after losing either two or three hearing aids, I ordered another one today... quite expensive... Over $3000! And.. I don't really think I need it... but Elaine says that I do because I don't always hear what she says.....oh? Anyway, in this house, there are hidden two hearing aids... perhaps the "borrowers" have them in their stash below the floor boards.
Bumpy Food
Solveiga Pakstaite is 23 years old, and she has devised the Bump Mark, a series of raised bumps coated with a layer of gelatin on food packaging....says Mental Floss Magazine.
As the gelatin decays, the bumps grow and become perceptible. When you feel the bumps, you know that your bumpy food is now past its prime and should be thrown out. This is supposed to be much more accurate than reliance on those dates stamped on packages.
Old Starbucks Stories
The Week magazine wrote up two Starbucks situations back in 2011. I just found them.. a little late.
1. Three horseback riders rode into a Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Starbucks to get coffee and snacks... They also got Tasered and arrested.
2. A California lady with a wooden leg problem was hurrying to get into the Starbuck's ladies room to get it hooked back on. Unfortunately, a barista barred her way because she had not yet made a purchase.
Dim Sum
I always wanted to know that dim sum was, and last week, the New York Times Magazine answered it... but only a little bit. Chef Tang says: "The literal translation of dim sum is 'with a touch of heart'. It alludes to the tender care with which everything (in the dim sum menu).is made. Everything is hand-pleated. It takes decades of culinary experience. But, if you wanted to say you're eating dim sum in Cantonese, you'd say 'yum cha,' which means drinking tea."
So.. what the devil is dim sum? I think it is thinly fried dumpling-like "anything" that tastes good.... fish, meat, veggies, etc.
Poor Superman
Japan, just like the rest of the civilized world, has been blessed with lots and lots of abandoned phone booths. The city of Osaka has come up with a solution for the phone booth problem: They have rearranged them to hold water as goldfish aquariums and have placed them around the city. Nice idea!
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