Randomania

I've had a lot of random thoughts spilling out of my brain today. Maybe its a result of driving to work, stuck in traffic, with no radio. So I'm just gonna dump a few on you in this post. Is anyone else noticing the list theme in my posts lately? I am a sick list maker, the kind of sick list maker that adds something to a list just to cross it off. I need help.

• The Amish have forsaken me. So I've shared my love for the Amish and their devilish friendship bread. I was bestowed another 'starter' mix this weekend. I've been following the directions but I noticed this batch was puffing up more than the other one. You have to let the air out of the bag... I think its the bread rising from the yeast or something. Well I noticed it was about to burst at the seams the other day so I let the air out a couple of times that day. I think it was acting crazy because of the heat or something. So I wake up this morning and go into the kitchen to find an Amish friendship bread explosion. The bag done blew up and spewed its thick, yeasty, batter everywhere in the kitchen. I am going to refrain from any Amish massacre jokes here given semi-recent Amish events. Anyhow, what a mess.


• I was on freecycle.org this morning and spotted the best post to date. Wanted: Sitz bath- Finishing up the last week of kitty toilet training and I need a Sitz bath.
  
• I just walked past my boss's desk and noticed a photo of her daughter. Her daughter is 23. The photo is her class picture from the 7th or 8th grade. Really, is that nice to do your first-born?


• A couple of summers ago we volunteered for a day at an organic farm. The group of volunteers was assembling, forming a circle a late-comer hustles over to the group, out of breath "Sorry I'm late, what did I miss?" Without missing a beat, another volunteer quips, "We just finished telling our most embarrassing stories. Your up next." The latecomer, looking all uncomfortable, starts to speak but soon figures out the ruse once he notices the rest of us laughing. That's genius. I want to pull that on someone.


• I participated in a great email exchange with Johnnie B. regarding his new children's book series, Goodnight Framingham. At the risk of f-ing up his patent/copyright, I will only divulge a couple of gems from within its pages: Goodnight Pinefield Shopping Plaza, Goodnight Bose Mountain, Goodnight Reilly's Roastbeef, and (my favorite) Goodnight Han's Dynasty (and your delicious Scorpion Bowls.) I suggested he branch out and work on a second book, BiCurious George: Adventures of a Frisky Monkey.

That's all for now, my friends.