Everyone's copying the food blog!

1- Can you cook? If yes, do you like to cook?
I love cooking. It's like meditation to me. Even when I'm scrambling to make a full Thanksgiving dinner for 20, I get relaxed during the cooking process.


2 - When does your whole family come together to eat?Very, very, extremely rarely


3 - What do you have for breakfast?
I work such odd hours, that I don't have a schedule where I eat "breakfast". I'm just as likely to have chicken potstickers as I am eggs and bacon.


4 - How often do you eat out?
I go out often, but I rarely eat. It's usually coffee, unless it's out with the family.

5 - How often do you order-in or take-away?
Monthly, if that.


6 - Re: 5 & 6 - If money was no question, would you like to do it more often?
I'd love to eat at really good restaurants more often. I enjoy the experience of a good meal out.


7- Are there any quarrels because of food?
Mostly it's after the fact. (Put your dishes in the kitchen. Put your dishes in the kitchen! Put your dishes in the kitchen!!!)


8 - Are you vegetarian or can you imagine living vegetarian?
I tried it, but I love meat too much. And really, animals have no souls so it's OK to eat them.

9 - What would you like to try out that you haven't dared yet?
Where do I begin? Balut, durian, absinthe, the list goes on. I'm really not afraid to try any food as long as it won't kill me.


10 - Would you rather cook or bake?
I'd like ot learn how to bake bread, but I'd still cook stove top or grill mostly.


11 - What do your kids like to eat best? What would your kids never eat?
Butter noodles, hot dogs, peanut butter sandwiches, salads (as long as there is ranch dressing), and other general unhealthy foods. Princess M won't eat anything with visible spices on it, and Roto won't eat things if she won't.


12 - What do you dislike most?
Overly complicated foods.


13-what are you hungry for right now?
Scrapple. I'll probably never get to have it again. My grandma made it every Sunday and we had it after church.

Life. What a precious gift, like boobs or rockets.

If you've got a half hour to kill, watch this. Trust me.

A local man shot a zombie film mere miles from where I live. Looks crappy and low budget, but might be worth checking out.

Brad Pitt is producing the film for Max Brooks' novel World War Z, a book that takes place after a world wide zombie outbreak. Max' previous novel is the factual fictional Zombie Survival Guide. The screenplay is being written by J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5 fame.

And don't forget, if confronted by a zombie, a swift blow to the head should take them down.

A very special episode of Chimpcasting.

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Chimp and I bust out with some insightful commentary on Imus, Virginia Tech, and racism. And there's some good music thrown in to boot.

Imus really isn't the bad guy.

Jason Whitlock, sports writer for the Kansa City Star, wrote a piese on the biggest racist story since Michael Richards went on his tirade in a comedy club.

Read the story here, then read on through my post.


Oddly enough, I caught the whole scene on the Imus show that morning. I usually flip atound between news stations all day, and happened to catch it. My first thought was "Oooh, that's not a nice thing to say." But my comment wasn't about the nappy-headed hos remark, rather about the jiggaboo staement made by Imus' producer.

Now, I'm not saying that Imus was correct in using those words, because apparently they carry some racist tones. Personally, I never had thought of "Nappy-haired" being used negatively towards blacks. I thought that it meant dirty, which still isn't nice, but it went along with his previous comment about the players being "tough looking". It wasn't until after the whole deal blew up that I learned that it was directed at black hair. Then, as I started learning more about it through the internet, I learned about a number of uses for "nappy hair" in positive ways. From childrens' books to hair salons to cancer foundations, all use the term.

It wasn't until later that I started to get pissed about this situation. Many leaders in the black community stood up calling Imus a racist and demanded his firing. Well, it did happen, but not in the way they wanted. After advertisers started pulling out of the show, CBS decided to terminate Don's contract. Money talks.

So, my main point is that Don isn't the bad guy. How many of the Rutgers' girls went home that weekend and popped in the latest Ludacris album? How many of them saw Carlos Mencia or Dave Chappelle on TV and laughed at their racial humor? One of the women was quoted as saying the whole incident has "scarred her for life." The real tragedy to the team occurred when they bought in to the victim role instead of trying to turn it into a positive chance for the team. The real villains here are not those who spew the hate, but those who take the opportunity to gain more than they deserve from the incident. Al Sharpton, I'm looking at you...

13 tattoos I'm glad I don't have.

Before Slea and I met, I had a bad tattoo. Now, I'm thankful for both tribal cover-ups and a lack of money when I was young. So now I present, 13 Tattoos I'm Glad I Don't Have: