According to the latest Miralax TV commercial, women are the only people who are constipated in this country; AND bloating seems to be the biggest concern of those women who are constipated. I find these things endlessly fascinating.

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Hope everyones Holidays are going well, and that Santa found your house.  I invited some neighbors over and I cooked.  Served up a feast starting with an appetizer of smoked “fatties”, which are just 1 lb breakfast sausage rolls - Jimmy Dean or Owens, or whatever is available, hot or mild; covered with a good […]

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 The Salvation Army can’t REALLY put a Bell Ringer in your office or living room, but you can still donate.
I have a good friend with the Salvation Army and they have had to make a Virtual Bell Ringer online because so many people are shopping online this year.  You can use your credit card to […]

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I just came back from the Post Office, where I almost bumped into a teenage girl, maybe 15 or 16, as she was coming out.  My question involves/involved a fathers first thought when I first caught sight of the white-trimmed black sweatshirt she was wearing.  Tell me if I’m wrong.  As a parent, would you […]

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Anyone else think that the leading lady in the new Kohl’s commercial is not only strange-looking, but even Demonic??? I’m not sure what it is about her.  She looks like an android.  I’m sure she’s a very nice person….or maybe not.  The Ad Agency picked her for something other than the way she looks.  (A member […]

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For more than a week, we have had a BIG storm hanging and stalled just to the North of the island chain.  Nearly hurricane force winds, lots of rain, gray skies, mudslides, flash flooding and cold weather, (60’s).  Buddee’s been camped out by the bathtub for the week, or shivering on the couch in fear.  The […]

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Holiday advertising seems hellbent on promoting the idea to men, that the woman in his life can’t possibly love him unless she gets diamonds, a new car or some other very expensive bauble.  Are women REALLY that shallow, and are men REALLY so stupid?   Does this kind of advertising actually WORK as intended?

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Sorry about this being so late.  I didn’t do a turkey this year.  Goin’ shopping for the  leftovers on sale tho’.  Did a two inch steak, pan broiled.  About an hour before cooking, I salted the steak all over.  Then, before putting it in the HOT pan, added crushed black pepper and fresh allspice berries….a […]

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Last night I had friends of 17 years over.  They brought 2 kinds of poke, (marinated raw fish and little raw blue crabs), poi, and salad.  I made a guacamolé with chips, fried marinated breadfruit and cooked a pork loin on the Weber Kettle. Guacamolé was traditional: Avo cut into a chunky mixture, mashed tomato with […]

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