It's National Pistachio Day!

You just gotta love those silly little lesser-known - no, obscure - holidays like "National Pistachio Day." Personally, I think these holidays are great and should be celebrated. In fact, this one in particular is dear to me because 1) I love pistachios, and 2) because.

Why are pistachios so special, you might ask? It's actually quite simple - because they're green AND they taste good. Since when does food that's green - save, maybe the avocado, which arguably deserves its own holiday - cause such a craving at times that it would make one break down & pay $3.50 for a bag of approximately 20 of the little shelled bits of delightfulness? None other than the little green nut we honor on this day, the 26th of February. Pricey, yet hard to resist. Good for you, but maybe not if you have too much. Dare I go so far as to say that pistachios may be wine's crunchy, edible counterpart...

So enjoy what is left of National Pistachio Day, and please feel free to send me a bag in honor of this very special holiday. Thanks.

Reunion...

Let's go ahead & get the word out - I'm hopelessly sentimental and nostalgic. I enjoy things like a quick note to say "hi" from a friend or family member, or a phone call from someone I didn't think ever thought of me. And the thing about me & friendships is once I've developed a bond with someone, it can hardly be broken. I will keep friendships across oceans and continents because I can't imagine just letting a friend go. So, that said...

Today is a diamond among rocks, a rose among thorns -- a happy day amidst a week of incredible stress and anxiety. Today I found my friend Bill. That's not actually his name - his name is Guilherme, which is "William" in Portuguese, so when he was an exchange student during my high school years, we called him "Bill." My B-F-F and I have looked for him for years, intermittently searching the Internet - trying to find a trace of this friend we once had. Well, today I'm so happy to say, we found him! I love the Internet, and I love email - two of the most incredible inventions of our time. Ahhh.. what a great day...

Free Rice

I just found the coolest website for the nerdiest among us - freerice.com. It's a fun word game where you have to guess the meaning & for every right answer, this organization will donate 20 grains of rice to hungry people around the world. You should check it out!

Spasticity

Anybody know what's up with the design of those little kiddie drink packs? You know - the kind that you're supposed to poke a hole in with your straw & drink them down until you've sucked every bit out of them? I love them & hate them all at the same time. Why? you might ask... well, I'll tell you. It's because I'm scared of the little hole. That's right. I'm scared of it. I'm afraid everytime I attempt to punch my straw through that the juice inside is going to squirt out in geyser fashion and get all over me. It's a completely irrational fear - I guess that would make it a phobia. Foilpouchaphobia. Yeah! And don't laugh - you know you're scared, too. And just now when I was trying to punch my straw into one of these beastly little lemonade pouches, I punched straight through to the back of it, and it really did spill. A little. Whatever. Look, whoever thought up these little baggie drinks thought they were doing something for mankind. Well, they should have just left box drinks well enough alone, that's what I think.