If you happen to be in charge of naming a new food, I recommend a name that begins in CH. As evidence, I submit this list of culinary cash cows.
1. Chocolate
2. Chili
3. Chinese Food
4. Chimichangas
5. Cheddar cheese popcorn
6. Chardonnay
7. Chips
8. Cheese
9. Cheeseburgers
10. Chowder
11. Chewing gum
12. Cheetos
13. Cherry Pie
14. Chop Suey
15. Chorizo
16. Chevre
17. Chuck roast
18. Champagne
19. Chateau Briand
20. Charcuterie
21. Char (fish)
22. Cheesecake
23. Cheerios
24. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
24. Charleston Chews
25. Chickory Coffee
26. Chutney
27. Chocolate (it bears repeating)
Hmmm. I feel like I'm forgetting something....
Chicken out
P.S. But beware-every rule must have its exceptions, and the rule of CH is not an exception. The mere smell of these two food products just might undo all the warm gooey goodness of the former.
1. Chitlins
2. Chum (of course, one is only likely to be consuming chum if one dines at The Chum Bucket with Sponge Bob and the gang, or lives in the ocean and thinks he's a shark, in which case one's diet is the least of one's problems).
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Invasion of the giant snails...
Pails of giant house eating African snails were recently taken into custody at LAX, where they had been labeled for consumption and shipped in pails. Apparently, the snails are an environmental hazard. You can read the whole story here: Link to article
This whole story is just begging for animation.
What do you call a group of house-eating snails? A swarm of snails? Doesn't swarm imply speed? That doesn't work then, does it? A swaaarrrrrmmmmm of snails? A body of snails? A flock of snails?
According to Ask.com, you call a group of snails an escargatoire, rout or walk. I love escargatoire-so artsy, so avante-garde...I might not mind telling people my house got eaten by a escargatoire of snails. Or is that redundant. Would you just say "My house got eaten by an escargatoire?"
If you are making a science fiction movie about house-eating snails, you might want to use "Walk of snails". Doesn't that have the sound of a cheesy sci-fi horror flick? If, however, your movie is more art house than documentary - then you definitely want to stick with "escargatoire". If you are making a documentary on house-eating snails, it might be best to use "rout of snails", which sounds somewhat technical. Hey, what's the rout of 16? Answer: 4 Snails. Hahaha. I crack myself up.
Okay kids, be careful out there. Don't pick up any hitch-hiking snails.
Chicken out
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What do you call a group of house-eating snails? A swarm of snails? Doesn't swarm imply speed? That doesn't work then, does it? A swaaarrrrrmmmmm of snails? A body of snails? A flock of snails?
According to Ask.com, you call a group of snails an escargatoire, rout or walk. I love escargatoire-so artsy, so avante-garde...I might not mind telling people my house got eaten by a escargatoire of snails. Or is that redundant. Would you just say "My house got eaten by an escargatoire?"
If you are making a science fiction movie about house-eating snails, you might want to use "Walk of snails". Doesn't that have the sound of a cheesy sci-fi horror flick? If, however, your movie is more art house than documentary - then you definitely want to stick with "escargatoire". If you are making a documentary on house-eating snails, it might be best to use "rout of snails", which sounds somewhat technical. Hey, what's the rout of 16? Answer: 4 Snails. Hahaha. I crack myself up.
Okay kids, be careful out there. Don't pick up any hitch-hiking snails.
Chicken out
Monday, July 14, 2014
Life is Like a Teeter-Totter...
It's not much fun unless it's going up and down.
I read part of an article recently about achieving balance in one's life. The article asked various authors of self-help books what balance means to them. I think it was Simple magazine-I can retrace my steps if anyone is interested.
I asked myself the same question, me being the supposed, but not confirmed, authority on me, and the answer I received is that balance is an urban myth. Balancing your life, in my opinion, is like telling the tide to stop rising at that perfect place just a few feet from your beach blanket. You can't stop the ebb and flow of your life any more than you can stop the tide from rising or going out, try as you might, with your routines, systems and advance planning.
So what is balance, then, and why do we covet it? Do we focus on balance at the expense of flow?
The closest I come to what some might describe as balance is when I am fully engaged in the moment. It might be cooking, playing a game of Yahtzee with littleb, writing a post, or cleaning out a cupboard. Whatever it is, I'm in the zone. There is a feeling of contentment and good will. If I could string a lifetime's worth of these moments together, I could live in balance, but that's not my goal. A perfectly balanced teeter-totter might be fun for a moment, but it's the ups and downs that make it interesting.
I read part of an article recently about achieving balance in one's life. The article asked various authors of self-help books what balance means to them. I think it was Simple magazine-I can retrace my steps if anyone is interested.
I asked myself the same question, me being the supposed, but not confirmed, authority on me, and the answer I received is that balance is an urban myth. Balancing your life, in my opinion, is like telling the tide to stop rising at that perfect place just a few feet from your beach blanket. You can't stop the ebb and flow of your life any more than you can stop the tide from rising or going out, try as you might, with your routines, systems and advance planning.
So what is balance, then, and why do we covet it? Do we focus on balance at the expense of flow?
The closest I come to what some might describe as balance is when I am fully engaged in the moment. It might be cooking, playing a game of Yahtzee with littleb, writing a post, or cleaning out a cupboard. Whatever it is, I'm in the zone. There is a feeling of contentment and good will. If I could string a lifetime's worth of these moments together, I could live in balance, but that's not my goal. A perfectly balanced teeter-totter might be fun for a moment, but it's the ups and downs that make it interesting.
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