Living In the World, Not on It

The Blue Memory Meme, Part One Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!! Today we ripped off a blogger and...

Bha-Mee-Kee-Mow with chicken ...come in plastic! No, of course not. But the best thing in life is a delicious, tasty, satisfying meal. And I can tell you just where to get one. Actually, I can tell you where to get 120, with infinite variations on those choices. Right across the street is Pat Thai Restaurant. They obviously make Thai food and it is excellent. I live on it. Any of you who read this regularly know that I won't touch raw food and I cook nothing (other than making hot water in a teapot for my tea, which I drink frequently come the cooler weather), so I am a hopeless case that way. But where I used to indulge in fast food, such as pizza or Chinese food, I now eat Thai food. It is not fast food - it is made within ten minutes, but after that the comparison stops. Pineapple fried rice I have three dishes that I love: pineapple fried rice, Bha-Mee-Kee-Mow (with chicken) and Praramrongsong. That's three dishes out of literally 120, and they can ofte...

I got out of drinking tea when I first cut back on sugar. It was so hard to give it up but I knew I had to cut back on it and a lot. I'm not as good about it as I used to be when I originally did this in October 2007. But in many ways I'm so much better with sugar. I have my bad moments, like with Smarties, although I don't normally go nuts with those. And I cannot pass chocolate covered strawberries (sometimes there are some left over from an event and the kitchen staff put them out for us to polish off. It works! The food is excellent there and chocolate covered strawberries - what more can I say?! But then Splenda came out as a powdered sugar for baking. Shortly after, it came out as granular sugar for coffee or tea. I tried it and hated it. So for a while I didn't touch tea. I used WAY too much sugar in it. Around six months later the Splenda folks came out with something new: sugar and Splenda mixed together. I tried it and found it was okay. I'd started using ...

Saturday 9: Letting the Sparks Fly 1. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity? I can do that anywhere. There is always something to write about, you know. 2. What would be one thing that would embarrass you a great deal? Um... showing up naked in a classroom? Haven't you ever had that nightmare? So weird and completely disconcerting. 3. What values did your parents instill in you? Many of them, but honesty and being true to yourself is high on the list. 4. What’s a fad of your teen years that you remember well? From the 1980s? Good gods... too many! Big hair is the worst. I did not go for that. 5. What is your favorite breakfast? Salt bagel, lightly buttered with hot Lady Grey or Ceylon tea. 6. What is the best birthday gift that you have received? Ooooohhh, I don't know... that is a tough one. Oh, wait! This laptop! This by and far gets the most use. 7. What gadget could you not live without? Well, that is too easy - my iPod! 8. Do you collect anything? Oh, w...

I love hot tea, so this is a good one for me! Which of these is your favorite indoor activity? Working out Shopping Working on a hobby Thinking Blogging or writing Daydreaming Which of these is your favorite outdoor activity? People watching Sightseeing Talking a quiet walk Hiking Running Relaxing in nature Which of the following destinations is the most road trip worthy? Your favorite secluded spot An amusement park A beautiful waterfall A beautiful national park An international festival of some sort Any place you haven't been If someone you know is having a bad day, you're most likely to: Take them out to do something fun Tell them a happy story Listen to them carefully before deciding what to do Help them gain some perspective Just listen Give them advice, whether they want it or not Your friends can count on you to: Not overreact Accompany them on their adventures Make one on one time for them Say or do something completely unexpected Be real with them Introduce them to s...