Things I want to do on vacation

1. Watch my way through my new Star Trek DVDs.
2. Bake a turkey.
3. See if I can get a ceiling fan for our bedroom (or at least fix the light in the hall).
4. Perfect my A-D-E7 chords so I can play Twenty-Flight Rock (or at least play around a bit with Lili at Little Kids Rock).

Shout out to Spinach and Circle!

Lili and I saw "Bee Movie" over the weekend, and afterwards stopped in the Plaza McDonalds for lunch. When we were there, two Chinese students sitting next to us were fascinated with Lili's hair and both of them asked to touch it (which she calmly did, bowing her chin into her chest as they patted her curls). They were very sweet, and told us that their names were Circle and Spinach. I didn't detect any guile whatsoever in them, so I really believe that those were their names. Anyway, hi Spinach & Circle, wherever you are!

The fruits (and veg) of our labor

We finally got corn! Beautiful, beautiful sweet corn. :)
Lili and my mom helped me pick it out of the garden and I boiled it up just to have it for lunch the next day... but then I had Karen taste it. She was so happy with it that I had to have a taste. Then Lili wanted to try it. Before we knew it, all four ears were gone. Man, was that sweet! Now if only the tomatoes would ripen up!

Trans Fats and cooking

Here's two excellent articles about the ways the seemingly-simple goal of removing trans-fats from our diets have affected everyday products. One is by Corby Kummer, one of my favorite food writers ever, and the other is from the New York Times.