Switching time is BAD

Way too dark this morning when I got up. We have got to stop this silly daylight savings time switching thing! Let's just pick one schedule and stick with it. I don't care which, just stop making me change the clock.

Statistics show there will be more car accidents today too. (although it is a debate on net impact because it maybe reduces accidents a bit over the summer) So be careful if you're driving!

Snowquester fail

Alas, I've been stricken by global warming. Snowflakes blew around for much of the day yesterday but it was too warm for anything to stick. Sadly after all the storm worry nothing happened so my last chance for real winter is probably gone.

I'd better start looking forward to the cherry blossoms. They are supposed to peak the end of March.

Super tasty Brussels sprouts

I'm not kidding. I shredded and quick sauteed the last Brussels sprouts out of my garden and they were delicious. This was a raggedy plant that had been growing all winter and I finally cut down Saturday morning and trimmed all of the possibly-edible parts off of. (No pictures of that I'm afraid.) They were leafing out and covered with aphids, but I persevered and took them home.

The cleaned sprouts, not much like the grocery store are they?

Thinly shredded with a knife...

And into a hot frying pan with some olive oil.

All I did was stir them around until just tender, maybe two minutes, maybe less. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Delicious nutty and slightly sweet greens for supper.

Such an easy way to get your vegetables! You could dress them up with bread crumbs or cheese or put them in a fusion taco or all sorts of things.

And speaking of cheese, I found this one at Safeway and it was really good. I'm going to post a picture so I remember what it was! It is called Orange Windmill Cablanca goat cheese. It was kinda expensive, $9 for 8 oz, but good enough to be worth it.

Tasty cheese. Look for it at Safeway!

Ok, that's all the food for tonight. Go eat some stir-fried brassica! Maybe I'll try shredding broccoli next.

Picture the national debt

Courtesy of WonkBlog here is snapshot of the national debt. The caption says it all: most of the debt was a result of lower revenues due to tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. I hope we got our money's worth out of them but I doubt it.