Milkshake Fish Dinner
No Wandering Gullet last weekend, because I hadn't yet figured out this new diet when I did the menu planning. It'll be a bit more difficult, but I think I can still find ethnic recipes that will work for me. Actually, it may be easier, especially if I turn toward the developing countries where people eat whatever they can grow or kill.
My house, it seems, was scheduled for deterioration in 2008. Already, the furnace has gone awry. (Hopefully a new motor will fix things. And hopefully my landlord can replace the motor soon. It's been three days since he said he'd be back to install a new one.) Last night, the sump pump gave up the ghost right in the middle of a terrific storm, so our basement flooded. The only casualties so far are an Oriental rug and a style book. I think everything else can be salvaged. It certainly is difficult to plan my day when these things keep happening and I have to throw aside everything else to wait for the landlord or mop up the basement. If bad things happen in threes, what's next?
In other, happier news, the new season of one of the best shows on tv, The Wire, started last Sunday! The focus this season is on the media, which is particularly interesting to a jaded journalism master such as myself. Also, American Gladiators started on Sunday. I tune in for Crush, who seems a bit out of place among the more theatrical gladiators. It's an awesomely ridiculous and curiously heart-warming show.
Getting to Know All About You: Who's your favorite Gladiator?