Food Poisoning Made Easy!

A few weeks ago I took a package of frozen fish out of the freezer, and placed them in the microwave to thaw out, intending to cook it and eat it for that night's dinner. Later that evening me and my sweetie decided to eat out. The next day, I went to put something in the microwave, and there was the package of fish, slowly rotting away.

Well it was 6 days until trash day, so rather than let it stink up my garbage for a week, I stuck it back in the freezer with the intent of throwing it away on sunday.

Today my sweetie went to the grocery store and brought back some fish. I decided today would be good day for some fish so I took out a package of Wild Mahi Mahi and put it in the microwave.

A few hours later I went to cook it and I noticed a foul, fishy smell. I went on cooking thinking that it was just fishy and the smell might recede after time. By the time the meal was finished it was beautiful, I pan fried the fish with tomatoes and mozzerella melted over the top, and I placed it on a bed of baby spinach, with homemade Tartar sauce and potato wedges on the side.

Just then my sweetie walked in complaining of the smell, apparently the smell had wafted into the living room. I replied that the fish smells bad but hopefully it won't taste bad. I made her my guinea pig and she took a bite. She frowned. I took a taste and spat it straight out. As I was dumping the otherwise beautiful meal, sweetie said "let's not get Tilapia anymore."

"Tilapia? That was Mahi Mahi!"

"I didn't buy Mahi Mahi, I bought Tilapia!"

She looks in the freezer and pulls out a package of Tilapia. I realized my mistake, I had cooked the rotten fish. The good news is, as I type this blog, I am munching on beef nachos from Cancun! Oh and no one is sick, yet.

Because It's Expected of Me.

Yes I did go to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars with my step son yesterday.

No, my other Star Wars fan friends didn't go with me. (They politely declined my invitation.)

Yes, the theater was empty.

Yes I did enjoy it.

Yes I did laugh at the jokes that make other adults cringe, Like Sky-Guy, Artooie, and the battle bots' banter.

Yes I did hope Jar Jar was in it.

Yes I will TiVo the TV series.

Yes, I do hope that the live action series gets back to adult themed Star Wars, but this is better than a lot of crap I'm forced to watch.

Basically it was a pretty cool little space cartoon with lightsabers and spaceships, and those are the things I like. It wasn't great, better than Attack of the Clones but worse than the other 5 movies, but don't compare it to the movies, just watch and have fun. If you're not hard core about Star Wars save your money, this will air on TV for free.

Olympics

I have been watching a crapload of the Olympics coverage. I find it fascinating and I root for the good ol' US of A as much as the next guy (or more if the next guy doesn't happen to be from here), but this article seems like a whole lot of sour grapes. Ok, maybe those Chinese girls weren't 16 years old, I don't know, but I just can't buy the argument that they were more impervious to pressure because they were younger. Don't we usually hear from sports announcers that older, wiser, more mature veterans are less likely to succumb to pressure? Now, because the US girls only got a silver instead of a gold they argue the opposite?

Seems like a load of shit to me. I'm not sure that those girls being younger caused the US girl to fall off the balance beam or fall during her floor excercise.

Then again, whatever, it's just women's gymnastics anyway.

Lustitania

Facebook just made me type in the word, "Lustitania" before it would let me publish a comment. I just wanted you guys to enjoy the word "Lustitania" with me. Oh, and also, I'm officially a PhD candidate now. Can I have some money? Really? Last week I was named "emerging leader of the year". Does that count for any money? Bullshit. Wanna buy a plaque?

Good Luck Charm

When I turned on the Cubs game today it was tied 5-5. Then the Cubs scored 3 runs in the 8th and won it 8-5.

When I turned on the Cards game they were up 2-1. Then the Phillies scored 4 runs in the 8th and now lead 5-2.