Last night I made a slightly healthy version of fried green tomatoes (ie not deep fried), collard greens and soup with chard and tomatoes, and ALL of the fruits/veggies were home grown. Yeahya!

Oh, and we had a honeydew melon as well. Hmmm

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I was listening to a shuffle of my music and Self Evident (by Ani) came on, followed by Folsom Prison Blues... not so spectacular until you look at the words (the end of self evident followed by the beginning of Folsom...)

3000 some poems disguised as people
on an almost too perfect day
must be more than poems
in some asshole's passion play
so ( Read more... )

Friends ( Read more... )

I was going outside to study a little and came upon the COOLEST spider I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I can't find my camera and I can't describe it well enough to google to find a photo of it. It is awesome. It's red and yellow with a cool design, and it has two bumps on it's back! I want to call them "horns" in the way that something less than ( Read more... )

So, I'm giving up coffee ( Read more... )

So I was reading this article about how people aren't backpacking in Europe too much this summer because it's like $1.60 to the euro or something. My friend is getting married and was planning on going there so I thought I'd send the article to her but wanted to read it . It just talked about gas prices etc etc and people going to places where the ( Read more... )

Hey all you people that I may know well or may not. I was having a conversation with my sister the other day, when I started talking to her about all the stress and worry that she puts herself through (she's currently pregnant and currently trying to be the best mom ever). We had just had a lecture on anxiety and heart disease, and so I said this ( Read more... )

Here's an article about how economists feel on the two democratic candidates. While I'm not sure it helps me be swayed to one side or the other, it does make me all the more gung-ho about dem's getting a damn nominee because I don't like McCain's policies...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24206284/

what are your thoughts (on this article) and how have they been shaped by your life

Hey guys, so, I just watched this PBS Frontline news/documentary(?) piece. It was AMAZING. Like seriously. And let me tell you about my feelings in the past of health care
. So, about two years ago, I seriously heard about single-payer health care (like the facts about implementing it here in the states rather than like, Cuba has the best health ( Read more... )