February, 13, 2002 archives

does ralphs really think they're helping anyone with their various ethnic food sections? all it really seems to mean is that there is four different places to find rice in the store, two different places to find beans (guess who just noticed that they've been hiding the big bags of black beans on the mexican food aisle?), and i still can't find the damn miso (so i can try the pesto recipe here).

now that i think about it, i bet i forgot to check one of the special little sections where they hide some of the soy products. calling the store's organization scattered would be generous.

now you can buy y2k, the day the world shuts down for just 99¢. it would be fascinating to build a collection of the pre-y2k apocalyptic books. (but seriously, this place is having a closeout sale. there's bound to be a diamond or two in the rough.)

cloned cats. just what the world needs, more of these vermin roaming around. (the evil part of me wishes it could hatch a scheme to extract money from people who own pets. it would certainly be easier than extracting it from rational people.)

happy st. valentine's day!

i love banana chips, but i only end up buying them after i've forgotten that they're fried. (and thus should not be mistaken for health food.) but here's a recipe for baked banana chips that i'm going to have to give a try.

the scientific name for banana is musa sapientum, or “fruit of the wise man.” according to stories, it got that name from wise men in india encountered by alexander the great that subsisted entirely on bananas.

and here's a site with 208 banana recipes (either on the site, or as links).

mmm, bananas.

this polar bear looks so content, you almost wouldn't realize that, despite it being december, the weather was quite warm for a polar bear.

then again, if all i had to do is lay around all day and wait for people to feed me fish, i could probably manage to look content even when it was unseasonably warm.