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Nov 2nd Looms

And there is not a decent choice to be had. What to do, what to do?

I’m SO OVER this election I could just puke! Everyone knows I hate the Shrub (as Caroline so aptly calls him) and I think Kerry is just as out of touch – only in different areas. The Shrub called it “the internetS”, yes, with an S. What a fucking moron. Kerry hasn’t attempted any talk about such newfangled things as the internet, most likely because he is just as clueless as W.

I’m loathe to vote 3rd party because the race is so close. Not that it will matter anyway, thanks to the Electoral College who will vote Republican for this state no matter what the hell I vote. It’s SO demoralizing. Oh, and GA got two MORE EC votes this year, too, WHOOPEE.

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The ever elusive mirliton

Ok, after much discussion and a trip to the Farmers Market, I found out that what they had labeled as “merliton” at one point, was actually another mexican squash that looks like a pale fat zucchini, not a chayote squash.

I’d never seen the squashes that Russ used in his casserole, only tasted them, so when I went to the market I bought what was labeled “merliton” but was actually just a plain Mexican squash (it tasted very similar). Hence my confusion. When we went to the Farmers Market with Russ and everybody on Sunday, I showed Russ what I had been using and he said that was NOT mirlitons then Caroline piped up and said that mirlitons were bumpy – that’s why they called them “gator eggs”. So, today I did the search to find out what the Louisiana folks were talking about.

I’ve seen the bumpy squashes many times at the Market, but didn’t know what they were until I did the Google search today. So, you know I’m off to get some and make my recipe again to see if I can tell the difference! [NOTE: Chayote squash IS a “mirliton”. This post is not clear about that!]

The Wiki about chayote squash and a pic!
chayote aka mirliton

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Beer Fest weekend

So another Decatur Beer Festival was much fun and much beer! This year we had a posse of our own: Caroline and Andrew volunteered and Russ and Heather paid to get in. We were Captains again, wrangling volunteers and facilitating the Fest in general. The Festival didn’t sell out this year, sadly. I think it was backlash from last year’s early sellout and a UGA game. In any case, it was great fun! Man, were we tired!

But despite our exhaustion, we made it to Bobbie’s 30th birthday party at Thinking Man Tavern. It was a surprise party and it was great to see everyone.

What else? I need to get more creative work. I’m sick of the clients I have (nothing personal, just bored) and I want to make some money before Christmas. Hmmm, that reminds me to troll the Mall for some p/t Christmas work. Well, it’s Nick’s monday off, and we’ve got to get our day started!

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Chris Reeve, RIP

I just heard about his death from Nick, who heard it on the radio. Here is his Wiki. He died of heart failure that was due to an infection. This just goes to show that no matter the advances, we’re still as susceptible to staph and the other systemic infections as we have always been.

It totally sucks ass that he had to die of an infection. It’s so tragic and so inappropriate.

::sigh:: This is doing nothing for my generally blue mood today. I think I’m heading from “blue” to “funk” in a hurry. Damn.

PS added 12/08: His wife, Dana, died a couple of years later. :-(

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Tempus Fugit

OMFG, wasn’t it Monday yesterday?

We were baaad this last Monday! Rather than do the stuff that we should’ve done, we blew it all off and hung out in L5P with Angel. We had lunch at Mangrove Alley (don’t bother, it was just as blah the 2nd time as the first) then we ended up at the Vortex bar. Rebecca met us there and we proceeded to drink many beers and have too much fun. We adjourned the Vortex hang and proceeded to the Thinking Man. Sadly, we were too tired to achieve much there, so we abandoned the idea of continuing the party and came home around 9:30.

It’s disturbing how fast the time slips by, isn’t it? When you’re 17, it seems that time stands still but as you mature time simply races. It’s kind of scary! I can now understand how people can waste their whole lives without realizing it. I pray that it doesn’t happen to me!

I’m taking this as a wake up call. Life is short. Make the most of it.