King Cakes

I heard this on the radio a while a go. I think this is the Tiggerette's family bakery:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5228675

I was wondering how they fared in the storm, but kept forgetting to ask her. :)

Walking

I went for a brisk walk after work yesterday for about 40 minutes. I got home at around 4:30, it was still light out, and it wasn't as cool as I expected. One cool discovery was that there is a pocket inside of my warmer winter jacket that's just perfect for my ipod to safely sit in. The outside pockets zip shut, so there is no fear of me losing my keys or driver's license (I should probably take my cell phone too next time).

I learned a handful of interesting things on my walk. I kind of randomly wandered around, mostly in West Newton (Brian and I live near the city line). There are a good deal of runners, joggers, walkers (some with dogs) out at that time that seem to do the same random weaving thing in the grid of small, mostly quiet streets (we used to play kickball in the street back home, and a manhole cover was home base). What follows is what comes up in my head through my total random thought process sometimes (where I remember tons of old stupid facts that don't benefit me much in my daily life). Sorry for the typos, I'm being lazy and not doing spell check ( Read more... )

Ramble, ramble