Would I Buy Pizza from a Vending Machine?Tuesday, March 31, 2009Sadly, yes. Yes I would. Lent FAILMonday, March 30, 2009 Sad Fish :-(I supposed it's my own fault. I've come to expect a lot from the Lenten Menu at The Towne Grill (improperly apostrophed motto: "Food at It's Best"), but their last offering left me with a bad taste in my mouth (pardon the pun). First, the service was slower than usual. TG's waitstaff are normally on the ball, but for this visit the service was on par with the meal, which is to say it was not so hot. It took longer than normal to take my order and much longer than normal to receive my meal. I ordered the Special: A fried catfish fillet, fries, cole slaw, green beans, hushpuppies and roll. The catfish, which in meals past was so flaky, hot and light was oily, chewy and tasted more than a little bit muddy. Instead of delicate hints of Creole and a suggestion of lemony goodness, all I tasted was the Missouri River. The fries were over done and the roll was of inferior quality. The green beans were merely average, and don't get me started on the hush puppies. Even the portions failed to live up to my expectations. It wouldn't surprise me if the cancer-fighting Omega-3 fatty acids had been genetically replaced with that foul tasting periodontal cement they use at the dentist. I've never been a cole slaw man, so I cannot comment on its merits. The same goes for the tartar sauce. So over the weekend, I arrived at a crisis of faith. The Towne Grill had destroyed my faith in the magic of the Lenten Fish Fry. Knights of Columbus, where were you when I need you? But thankfully the story doesn't end there. Wherever God closes a door, somewhere He opens a window, just like Julie Andrews promised! I hereby do place all my faith in the magical and mystical Catfish Gnome! All hail the Catfish Gnome! March (Meme) MadnessFriday, March 27, 2009 Fine. I'll do it. Three Things, here we go:Three Names I go by:
Three jobs I have had in my life:
Three Places I have lived: Three TV Shows that I watch: Three places I have been: Three people that IM/email me regularly:
Three memorable movies: Three people that text me regularly:
Three of my favorite foods:
Three of my favorite desserts:
Three favorite bands of all time:
祈禱中 Today in Chapel, some missionaries on furlough from Taiwan spoke to us. I won't regale you with the juicy details of the hour, but I would like to point out these awesome "prayer reminders" they gave us. You heard the chopsticks, 祈禱中! HuckMonday, March 23, 2009 Gov. Huckabee and my boss in "Cheyenne Room" at the lovely Capitol Plaza Hotel.Today was the second in my Republican Governors who Failed to Parlay Their Current/Former Office to a Job in Our Nation's Capital Lecture Series (see the first here). Our speaker today was former governor of Arkansas and Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee. He gave the keynote address for the annual Vitae Foundation dinner. I don't have the in-depth analysis of policy and political discourse like last last time. Sorry. He was pretty good and a definitely politician. He was very quick to shake my hand, make eye contact, remember my name, etc. I don't agree with him on all the issues, but I would have gladly taken him over McCain (though I don't know if he could have done any better against Obama). He was pretty on-message (all things pro-life) and didn't stray much, although he did get in a Fair Tax plug when a guy from the local radio station asked him. In the "exclusive" interview with my boss, he made lots of Baptist jokes, which I always enjoy. So yeah. There's that. Here's the thing. Politics make me tired. I hope I'm still just burnt out from the circus that has been the last year. I'm a thinking human being, so I very much want to be informed and involved in the goings on in the world, but man it's just to exhausting. Give Huckabee credit. Today he communicated his beliefs and passions but didn't turn me off to politics. But I'm still tired. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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