AdamSmith

I had an aunt who wanted to be interred in a mausoleum until I noted the frequency of tornadoes in her area. Then she decided she'd rather be safely below-grade.

I had an aunt who wanted to be interred in a mausoleum until I noted the frequency of tornadoes in her area.

Well, some of them LOOK like they're 700 years old and still spry & sprightly.

This is not about Brazil, but on topic of countries mangling one anothers' cuisines: I landed in Japan one time at late dinner time, went to my hotel (in Tokyo), found the only food they were still serving was an "Italian style" buffet. Imagine an Olive Garden with the kitchen staff on a mild dose of LSD. Nothing tasted like what it looked like; obvious the cooks had no firsthand idea of Italian or even American Italian food. But my business colleague and I were both too tired to go out and find some decent Japanese food, so we made do. I set about repairing the damage next morning with a nice Japanese breakfast of miso, seaweed, rice and pickled little eggs of some game fowl. (And thinking: compared to western breakfast of fried eggs, bacon etc., no wonder the Japanese live 100X longer than we do.)

What I'm grateful for exactly. (56 in my case.) Having lived 15 years longer than my papa now, and seeing the classmate obits start to inch up in the college alumni mag, this is nothing to take for granted!

Wonder what is the shelf life of the average twink?

Somehow it always is!

That, in itself, sounds arousing. Actually that is the best cut of beef out of the whole beast. I think I said one time before that I allow myself that about once a decade, given the cholesterol count. Post a picture here!

I'm cooking the usual turkey etc. My treat will be collard greens flavored with country ham. Which I get from a little store out in the country where I can't quite understand the owners but we manage.

Not the buns?

The World Toilet Day initiative (I almost said 'movement' ) is a seriously good thing. Appalling that half of humanity lives with effectively no infrastructure of any kind.

Once more, with feeling.

Oldie but goodie...