I actually tried one of the recipes the other writers are so fond of posting. Cindy’s Pineapple Chicken stir-fry turned out just fine, even though I forgot to add the rice vinegar to the sauce. And I added onion, red bell pepper, and bamboo shoots. I just couldn’t make a stir-fry with only two main ingredients; it’s just not right. But it tasted just fine. I could have used something else, though, and the box of cornstarch suggested a similar recipe but including minced ginger. Now all I need to do is remember to buy some ginger. Sure, it’s readily available around here (I think), but remembering to buy it is the difficult part. That’s why I rarely buy cds in stores: I never remember what I’m looking for when I get there. Oh, sure, you’re probably telling me to make a shopping list, and that’s a perfectly reasonable suggestion. But if I make the list now, and don’t go to the store for a few days, what are the chances that I’m going to remember to use the same list? No, I can make all sorts of excuses about how I’ll never buy ginger unless I happen to trip in the produce section and fall into a pile of it. But then the wicked ginger will probably stab me cruelly, and I’ll have to swear a mighty oath to destroy all traces of ginger, even though I once loved it, and no matter how tasteless it will make many dishes. But you don’t swear mighty oaths to destroy things and not have any consequences, do you?
Speaking of consequences, now we have Ken Lay’s wife claiming that they’re almost bankrupt after Enron’s stock crashed. To which I respond: HA HA HA HA HA! I haven’t seen a picture of her, but in my mind she looks exactly like Tammy Faye, and is just as worthy of sympathy. Not that I have any real interest in seeing Enron fail; I don’t own stock in Enron or any other energy company. But if a big ol’ company like that does go belly-up, then it seems perfectly fair to me that the CEO should go down with the ship, as it were. Not that I for a minute believe that they don’t have a ton of cash hidden away (“We’re nearly bankrupt! We only have a few million left!”).
Oh, and jasona? You’re already on the MSW list, under “Known Allies and/or Sympathizers.” And stop trying to scare me with tales of undetectable zombies. Just for that, you get DR. VICTOR VON DOOM'S SAILOR MOON CROSSOVER MADNESS! (No, honestly, it’s a real site, although I don’t recommend that you actually read the stories. You’ve been warned.)