Right Here, Right Now 3.0

LILEKS (James) : Gallery of Regrettable Food : Jell-O: "Would Madame like the Jell-O this evening? But of course. Would Madame care to confront the fact that the entire family fortune was wiped out in the crash, and that the days of elegant Napoleons, fancy sorbets and delicate pastries have been replaced by Jell-O? But of course she would not. Would Madame care to pay the servants some time before the winter strikes, and we are left without money to pay for our fuel? But I speak out of place. Apologies. Madame. Apologies."

I was cruising for recipes when I came across this: "Is there an emoticon for trying to sound humble and poke fun at yourself while looking for pity? No? Oh well. :)"

Lilah is proud of me. : "When confronted with the reality of having to cook for himself, my dad does not become a frozen pizza/TV dinner/bucket of ice cream addict, oh no, he learns how to make an entire damn carrot cake"

Of course, it's a little pathetic that I'm 48 and only now learning to do this... Better late then never, right?

Thanks to the Sacramento Bee I came across this site. The Carrot Cake that Lilah refers to is here: (it's not done yet. Cake last night, frosting tonight. We'll see how it goes. I tried to blend the carrots into submission. That was amusing.)

This chicken dish is the other thing I've made from Elise's Simply Recipes site. It let me use my new rice cooker.

I am sooo loving this site.: "I don’t care that you’re only four foot nine inches tall, or that you can’t apply lipstick in a straight line or choose a hair color the average person should be able to see without the aid of polarized sunglasses."

dooce: "I started this website in February 2001. A year later I was fired from my job for this website because I had written stories that included people in my workplace. My advice to you is BE YE NOT SO STUPID. Never write about work on the internet unless your boss knows and sanctions the fact that YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT WORK ON THE INTERNET. If you are the boss, however, please don’t be a bitch and talk with your hands. And when you order Prada online, please don’t talk about it out loud, you rotten whore."

New to me site, thanks Zeldman.

CNN.com - Poll: "On the eve of President Bush's inauguration, a poll shows the nation is split over whether he has united or divided the nation, but a majority believe his inauguration festivities should be toned down because of the war."
You can't make this stuff up.

I'm tracking recipe sites now. Check it out.

It hasn't gotten much better. The first poem went out with our wedding invitation.