Can you Believe this???
New PSA Reduces Accidental Staplings By 33 Percent
September 28, 2005 Issue 41•39
WASHINGTON, DC—In the wake of a campaign launched by the Occupational Safety And Health Administration this spring, accidental stapling incidents among U.S. office workers have fallen by one-third. "We're pleased that 'Stop, Look, and Swingline!' has done so much to promote public awareness of office-stapler safety," said OSHA head Jonathan Snare. "Our primary areas of concern are the fingertips and the delicate thumb-forefinger webbing." OSHA was inspired to make the film after a 2002 PSA was credited with reducing the number of manila-file-foldering fatalities by 20 percent.
And to make matters even sillier...this is dedicated to one of my co worker's roomate who can't even make grill cheese...even after trying 3 times.....you know who you are!!!!!
You Might Be a Bad Cook If...
Your microwave display reads "TILT!"
You know dinner is ready when the smoke alarm goes off.
Your dog goes to the neighbors' to eat.
Leftover crumbs make a great replacement for kitty litter.
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Your your roomates are really interested in going to that restaurant that always has trouble passing the health inspection.
If the EPA requires that all your garbage cans be marked with large bright red "biohazard" symbols.
Pest control companies keep pestering you, wanting to buy and patent your recipe for candy Christmas cookies.
The smoke alarm beeps if you even walk near the stove.
Your roomates buyRolaids, Pepto Bismal, and Tums in bulk.
Your homemade bread loaf can be used as a door stop.
The last time you tried to make toast the kitchen caught on fire.
Your apple pie bubbled over and ate the enamel off the bottom of the oven.
You make tuna noodle broccoli surprise for your roommate and the surprise is that it glows in the dark!
Your tuna noodle broccoli surprise melts plastic and silverware.
You used three boxes of scouring pads, a bottle of Drano and a crowbar, but that macaroni and cheese still won't let go of the pan!
You look in a cookbook to find out how to boil water.
You call your mother to ask how long to boil cabbage to make cole slaw.
If anyone has ever broken a tooth while eating your homemade yogurt.
The family pets are no where to be found during dinner.
that's all the silliness for today... seeya next time!!!!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
ACK!!!!!
I've been sick this past week with a nasty bug....yuck! That's why you haven't seen any new posts for a few days. Thankfully a lovily thing called antibiotics...came to my rescue. So i was thinking about what i was going to jot down for you folks out there to read...hmmm. Check this out, I typed in under the yahoo search "sucks being sick" , there were 7,310,000 sites listed. You know what even funnier? The first ten or so sites were web logs like mine... talking about how much it really sucks to be sick.... I guess at this time of year it has become a popular topic.
I've been sick this past week with a nasty bug....yuck! That's why you haven't seen any new posts for a few days. Thankfully a lovily thing called antibiotics...came to my rescue. So i was thinking about what i was going to jot down for you folks out there to read...hmmm. Check this out, I typed in under the yahoo search "sucks being sick" , there were 7,310,000 sites listed. You know what even funnier? The first ten or so sites were web logs like mine... talking about how much it really sucks to be sick.... I guess at this time of year it has become a popular topic.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Drink for a Better Nation!
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted..... it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. (right?) This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole is maintained or even improved by the of the weakest cows getting squashed.
In much the same way, the human brain can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells through which the electrical signals pass. Recent studies have shown that while excessive intake of alcohol kills off brain cells, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
Thus, regular consumption of beer helps distroy the weaker cells, constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. The result of this in-depth study verifies and validates the link between all-weekend parties and job performance. It also explains why, after a few short years of leaving a university and getting married, most professionals cannot keep up with the performance of the new graduates. (I think this is also the reason that chefs continue to excel in there field for a large number of years) Only those few that stick to the strict regimen of alcoholic consumption can maintain the intellectual levels that they achieve during their college years.
So, this is a call to arms. As our country is losing its technological edge, we must not shudder in our homes. Get back into the bars.....drink that pint. Your company and country need you to be at your peak, and you shouldn't deny yourself the career that you could have. Take life by the bottle and be all that you can be. Alert all of your friends, acquaintances and coworkers that may be in danger of losing their edge.
So get to it.... were running out of time!!!!
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted..... it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. (right?) This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole is maintained or even improved by the of the weakest cows getting squashed.
In much the same way, the human brain can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells through which the electrical signals pass. Recent studies have shown that while excessive intake of alcohol kills off brain cells, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
Thus, regular consumption of beer helps distroy the weaker cells, constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. The result of this in-depth study verifies and validates the link between all-weekend parties and job performance. It also explains why, after a few short years of leaving a university and getting married, most professionals cannot keep up with the performance of the new graduates. (I think this is also the reason that chefs continue to excel in there field for a large number of years) Only those few that stick to the strict regimen of alcoholic consumption can maintain the intellectual levels that they achieve during their college years.
So, this is a call to arms. As our country is losing its technological edge, we must not shudder in our homes. Get back into the bars.....drink that pint. Your company and country need you to be at your peak, and you shouldn't deny yourself the career that you could have. Take life by the bottle and be all that you can be. Alert all of your friends, acquaintances and coworkers that may be in danger of losing their edge.
So get to it.... were running out of time!!!!
Friday, September 16, 2005
Knock! Knock! What did you say?
C-H-E-E-S-E?
What a funny thing it is. A lump of cuddled milk, but say cheese and a picture comes out great, put cheese on the plate, and the food comes out great!
Folks, don’t get cheesed off. What can I do? I am no cheese-paring when it comes to cheese selling.
In fact, the story of my cheese-fixation is long. But I will make short of it. Cheese is, like insulin to diabetes; ambrosia to my addled brain; salvation to my dying spirit. The Blue just lifts me out of the blue.
Ask the Hollanders. They discovered the gourmet’s delight centuries ago; the Yankees took to the tangy flavor quickly enough; the Italians with secret passion; the Britons with some reservation; the Chinese with consummate ease; the Spaniards with a roving eye and the French, those lucky bastards! With their basic instinct for all good things in life have been gobbling it for ages. God bless their farmers!
Paired with nuts, fruit, crackers or wine, savoring the exotic Saint Pauline or Tomme Fraiche is next to Nirvana. Truly, can anything be better than spinach creamed in Peta, melt-in-the-mouth Gouda; a cracker topped with the ripest Brie, or a pizza dripping with Mozzarella --- simply delicious.
In my humble opinion, nothing can be considered ‘rich' or `flavored' without a spattering --- if only a spattering --- of those, yummy cheesy blobs, please let me have the orange rind?
Picture a cheesecake (@*%$^) in a loose-fitting cheesecloth and it sets my heart asunder and my mind racing at super sonic speed on a hundred different planes? Will she? Won’t she?
Even the word does strange things to my constitution. Feel how it rolls off, so effortlessly from the tongue with a gentle whistling sound, C-H-E-E-S-E? Oh La, La! ….
I am not alone in serenading to this “hero amongst all fermented food products” on earth. One cheese head, Tanya Grace Reyes wrote the following ode to the Grecian variety, “Nothing is better than to sit around in my greasy brown paisley robe, eating feta…”Even the Dalai Lama, I am told gorges on it, though perhaps only the yak variety.
Honestly, it gives me goose pimples to think I may run out of my stock-in-trade, one day. I cannot face this dire prospect. So instead of giving me my daily ration of bread, Lord, please grant me my cheese. Amen.
To conclude, here’s a lactic limerick, a Love Haiku from Matt Rosenberg:
Cheddar wins my heart.
Heaven, right here in my mouth.
Please pass the crackers.
C-H-E-E-S-E?
What a funny thing it is. A lump of cuddled milk, but say cheese and a picture comes out great, put cheese on the plate, and the food comes out great!
Folks, don’t get cheesed off. What can I do? I am no cheese-paring when it comes to cheese selling.
In fact, the story of my cheese-fixation is long. But I will make short of it. Cheese is, like insulin to diabetes; ambrosia to my addled brain; salvation to my dying spirit. The Blue just lifts me out of the blue.
Ask the Hollanders. They discovered the gourmet’s delight centuries ago; the Yankees took to the tangy flavor quickly enough; the Italians with secret passion; the Britons with some reservation; the Chinese with consummate ease; the Spaniards with a roving eye and the French, those lucky bastards! With their basic instinct for all good things in life have been gobbling it for ages. God bless their farmers!
Paired with nuts, fruit, crackers or wine, savoring the exotic Saint Pauline or Tomme Fraiche is next to Nirvana. Truly, can anything be better than spinach creamed in Peta, melt-in-the-mouth Gouda; a cracker topped with the ripest Brie, or a pizza dripping with Mozzarella --- simply delicious.
In my humble opinion, nothing can be considered ‘rich' or `flavored' without a spattering --- if only a spattering --- of those, yummy cheesy blobs, please let me have the orange rind?
Picture a cheesecake (@*%$^) in a loose-fitting cheesecloth and it sets my heart asunder and my mind racing at super sonic speed on a hundred different planes? Will she? Won’t she?
Even the word does strange things to my constitution. Feel how it rolls off, so effortlessly from the tongue with a gentle whistling sound, C-H-E-E-S-E? Oh La, La! ….
I am not alone in serenading to this “hero amongst all fermented food products” on earth. One cheese head, Tanya Grace Reyes wrote the following ode to the Grecian variety, “Nothing is better than to sit around in my greasy brown paisley robe, eating feta…”Even the Dalai Lama, I am told gorges on it, though perhaps only the yak variety.
Honestly, it gives me goose pimples to think I may run out of my stock-in-trade, one day. I cannot face this dire prospect. So instead of giving me my daily ration of bread, Lord, please grant me my cheese. Amen.
To conclude, here’s a lactic limerick, a Love Haiku from Matt Rosenberg:
Cheddar wins my heart.
Heaven, right here in my mouth.
Please pass the crackers.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Hot Dogs
Occasionally, I run into someone who knows exactly what hot dogs are made of and is dying to enlighten me. Usually, they've seen it on TLC or they know someone in the meat packing business. "They take all the parts of the cow they don't use like the balls and tail and put them in hot dogs. Isn't that gross?"
Yes, it's gross but screw it - I love hot dogs! They're one of those amazing foods that are cheap, versatile, and always taste the same. Best of all, they last forever.
This is something the good people of way back when seemed to truly understand. However, they've gone too far. The creative cooks behind these recipes used hot dogs in everything and anything - cheer to beans and franks!!
Occasionally, I run into someone who knows exactly what hot dogs are made of and is dying to enlighten me. Usually, they've seen it on TLC or they know someone in the meat packing business. "They take all the parts of the cow they don't use like the balls and tail and put them in hot dogs. Isn't that gross?"
Yes, it's gross but screw it - I love hot dogs! They're one of those amazing foods that are cheap, versatile, and always taste the same. Best of all, they last forever.
This is something the good people of way back when seemed to truly understand. However, they've gone too far. The creative cooks behind these recipes used hot dogs in everything and anything - cheer to beans and franks!!
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Beer is beer right?
Japanese brewer toasts 'taste-changing' beer
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's top brewer Asahi Breweries said it had developed a beer that changes taste over time as the fermentation process continues after it is bottled.
The Asahi Super Yeast Draft changes its aroma and flavor through a second phase of fermentation after its basic taste is created in the primary fermentation at factories, Asahi said in a statement.
The secondary fermentation continues for about two to three months, if bottles are kept in rooms with temperatures between 10 to 20 degrees Celsius (50 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit), Asahi said.
"After a month, its smooth taste is enhanced. In two to three months, the gorgeous aroma increases, giving the beer abundant and smooth flavor with crisp aftertaste," the company said.
The product will be introduced in eastern Japan for this winter.
Interesting to say the least
Japanese brewer toasts 'taste-changing' beer
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's top brewer Asahi Breweries said it had developed a beer that changes taste over time as the fermentation process continues after it is bottled.
The Asahi Super Yeast Draft changes its aroma and flavor through a second phase of fermentation after its basic taste is created in the primary fermentation at factories, Asahi said in a statement.
The secondary fermentation continues for about two to three months, if bottles are kept in rooms with temperatures between 10 to 20 degrees Celsius (50 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit), Asahi said.
"After a month, its smooth taste is enhanced. In two to three months, the gorgeous aroma increases, giving the beer abundant and smooth flavor with crisp aftertaste," the company said.
The product will be introduced in eastern Japan for this winter.
Interesting to say the least
Monday, September 12, 2005
So how was your weekend?
Well here's a readers digest version of mine....
Friday...let me jump back a few days...wed: I wet into work and prepared for a lunch on thursday that was being done by the former executive chef of the white house. Chef Walter, he's a pretty cool guy to work with, and if anyone asks...he's pretty much like the rest of us chef's. He just so happened to cook for the president for ten years, and when it comes down to it cooking is cooking. I do have to mention my partner in crime Lindsay, had the pleasure of getting into a chive fight with him! Thur: We put on the lunch for about 170 or so people, then it was back to the normal grind of getting ready for friday. Fri: we did a welcome reception for our in coming guest Chefs for a charity event on sat. Lots of pretty food and all, everything went smashing of course! Well my boss ended up with tickets to the football game, and he's not into normal sports, he likes extreme sports. So i ended up with tickets.A free game is always fun when there good tickets that include rockstar parking!! Sat: I ran my but off working with one of the most awesome sushi chefs ever, and even got the honor of wearing a japanese chef coat. He told me after 4 years working with him on this event, and my hard work earned it. That event lasted all night and I didn't get home till late. Sun morning we headed off to the game and were lucky enough to meet up with my former partner in crime, Tiff, we worked together for a couple of years. I hadn't since her and her hubby Dave in over a year. They married and moved away..we tight still...But happened to be in town for the game. Pretty coolll!!! The jags did win, and so did the BUCS..a good day in football!!!So after we meet up with them and so other family and friends. Got some wings a bunch of beer and fun was had by all....boy the weekend was great...but I'm pooped, thank my lucky stars i did not have to work today (mon)...well that's the news for noe...I hope everyone had a great weekend!!!!
Well here's a readers digest version of mine....
Friday...let me jump back a few days...wed: I wet into work and prepared for a lunch on thursday that was being done by the former executive chef of the white house. Chef Walter, he's a pretty cool guy to work with, and if anyone asks...he's pretty much like the rest of us chef's. He just so happened to cook for the president for ten years, and when it comes down to it cooking is cooking. I do have to mention my partner in crime Lindsay, had the pleasure of getting into a chive fight with him! Thur: We put on the lunch for about 170 or so people, then it was back to the normal grind of getting ready for friday. Fri: we did a welcome reception for our in coming guest Chefs for a charity event on sat. Lots of pretty food and all, everything went smashing of course! Well my boss ended up with tickets to the football game, and he's not into normal sports, he likes extreme sports. So i ended up with tickets.A free game is always fun when there good tickets that include rockstar parking!! Sat: I ran my but off working with one of the most awesome sushi chefs ever, and even got the honor of wearing a japanese chef coat. He told me after 4 years working with him on this event, and my hard work earned it. That event lasted all night and I didn't get home till late. Sun morning we headed off to the game and were lucky enough to meet up with my former partner in crime, Tiff, we worked together for a couple of years. I hadn't since her and her hubby Dave in over a year. They married and moved away..we tight still...But happened to be in town for the game. Pretty coolll!!! The jags did win, and so did the BUCS..a good day in football!!!So after we meet up with them and so other family and friends. Got some wings a bunch of beer and fun was had by all....boy the weekend was great...but I'm pooped, thank my lucky stars i did not have to work today (mon)...well that's the news for noe...I hope everyone had a great weekend!!!!
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Not so Blogalicious!
I know the The World according to the K-C’s has not been so exciting lately. I haven’t had all the great pictures and play by play coverage that we have had in the recent past….But it’s soon to return. Currently the software is on the way from my awesome Pappa, who keeps this machine in perfect order from beyond the south. You may ask what’s “beyond the south”? Well it’s anything south of the south which really isn’t the south at all…..You know Orlando and Tampa.
So I know you wondering what’s new? Well not so much…but check this out…you will never believe this. The other day I was given a can of mountain dew at work and I could not drink it because it was to sweet!!!! I could not believe it, I have fully down graded to half strength dew… the diet kind… and I have to admit it tastes good!!! But I without the sugar it just does not pack the same punch. My suggestion to the lovely people at pepsico, double the caffeine… seems easy to me. And for thoughts people that think too much is a bad thing, they shouldn’t drink it anyway!!!! Enough of that nonsense, I tend to babble on… you all know that already….well I gotta run…not really…but I do have stuff to do….
I know the The World according to the K-C’s has not been so exciting lately. I haven’t had all the great pictures and play by play coverage that we have had in the recent past….But it’s soon to return. Currently the software is on the way from my awesome Pappa, who keeps this machine in perfect order from beyond the south. You may ask what’s “beyond the south”? Well it’s anything south of the south which really isn’t the south at all…..You know Orlando and Tampa.
So I know you wondering what’s new? Well not so much…but check this out…you will never believe this. The other day I was given a can of mountain dew at work and I could not drink it because it was to sweet!!!! I could not believe it, I have fully down graded to half strength dew… the diet kind… and I have to admit it tastes good!!! But I without the sugar it just does not pack the same punch. My suggestion to the lovely people at pepsico, double the caffeine… seems easy to me. And for thoughts people that think too much is a bad thing, they shouldn’t drink it anyway!!!! Enough of that nonsense, I tend to babble on… you all know that already….well I gotta run…not really…but I do have stuff to do….
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Friday, August 05, 2005
We're Moved In!!!! Reporting from flat # 407
Thank goodness that's all over!!! It's too much work to move, and it's not even fun. So here's a quick update. We moved this past sat. and since then we been trying to get settled. But I'm glad to report we finally made it, we have a loveily place that is in order and ready to entertain. So come on down....
Top ten reasons moving sucks:
10) packing your life into boxes labeled saurkraut and adult diapers (think about it)
9) spilling hot coffee down your shirt
8) reading a news paper thinking it's todays, and realizing it's 4 weeks old
7) paper cuts
6) stairs (how many times can you count to 15)
5) big couches and little doors(you do the math)
4) heat rashes
3) dust bunnies
2) smashed fingers
And last but not least the # 1 reason moving sucks.......................... U haul SUCKS, we'll be right back...
That's right folks..that's all the news 4 now!!!!! Seeya next time, and don't forget water your plants!!!
Thank goodness that's all over!!! It's too much work to move, and it's not even fun. So here's a quick update. We moved this past sat. and since then we been trying to get settled. But I'm glad to report we finally made it, we have a loveily place that is in order and ready to entertain. So come on down....
Top ten reasons moving sucks:
10) packing your life into boxes labeled saurkraut and adult diapers (think about it)
9) spilling hot coffee down your shirt
8) reading a news paper thinking it's todays, and realizing it's 4 weeks old
7) paper cuts
6) stairs (how many times can you count to 15)
5) big couches and little doors(you do the math)
4) heat rashes
3) dust bunnies
2) smashed fingers
And last but not least the # 1 reason moving sucks.......................... U haul SUCKS, we'll be right back...
That's right folks..that's all the news 4 now!!!!! Seeya next time, and don't forget water your plants!!!
Friday, July 29, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Moving..... so little fun and so much Dust!!!
To all my loyal fans...I have not forgot that you are still out there! We're in the process of moving and there is so much to do. I know you know what i'm talking about..we' ve all been there. So to keep it brief, because i need to get some shut soon. Everything is going well, Karen and Joe have already moved to there new place and greg ang I are not to far behind. I will try to keep everyone informed and as soon as this silly move is done I can get back to this blog... ta ta for now next up date sonner than later hopefully!!!
To all my loyal fans...I have not forgot that you are still out there! We're in the process of moving and there is so much to do. I know you know what i'm talking about..we' ve all been there. So to keep it brief, because i need to get some shut soon. Everything is going well, Karen and Joe have already moved to there new place and greg ang I are not to far behind. I will try to keep everyone informed and as soon as this silly move is done I can get back to this blog... ta ta for now next up date sonner than later hopefully!!!
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Happy 4th Anniversary to my sister Sarah and my brother-in-law Laszlo !!! We hope you have great day, do something nice for yourselves... It seems like you kids just got hitched. As they say time flies when your having fun, so don't close your eyes to much or you might miss the best part of the ride!!!!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
There were lots of laughs....today!!!
So days are better than other, today was a better one. It's funny how you dread going to work some days.... but once you get there and around the crazy people it's hard not to have a good time. Here's a readers digest version of my day. It started out with getting up late, not over sleeping but just being lazy about getting up. I pulled into work at the usual hour in my usual spot. We got ready for the usual function at the usual time. But where the fun begins is right here!!! My partner in crime Lindsay and I had to carve on the buffet..it was for some group from georgia, and boy did they sound southern. So we decided to try to sound like them, too! I think we did pretty well, and this all stemed from the grouper wrappped in puff pastry, we decided to call it fish pie.....sounds southern to me! Well as the buffet went on we continued on and on...by the end of it all my face hurt. Today was the most fun day of all!!!!
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Hello all,
I had a few e-mails from my loyal fan asking about this past weekend's social activities.
To start off i'm running a little behind in the blog world...with the holiday weekend all!!!
Here's a readers digest of activities: Friday my sis Sarah came up for the weekend. Sat night we hit up kareoke, all of us including family and friends. We had a few drinks and there was singing and dancing, and beverages. And fun was had by all. Carsten, was dancing! Proof again that you never should say never!!! Sun. we sisters, Hubby, Joe and I stopped by Gods house in the morning. Then moved on to hit in the pool and a little BBQ. Yummy!!! We played games watched a movie, and yes there were more beverages!!! Yes and I did have to work another holiday... but oh well. I went off to work and my sis headed home... that's a wrap!!
So Sarah thanks for coming up this past weekend..it was so much fun!!!! And yes every one i will get the pictures up on the blog as soon as i can!!!!
I had a few e-mails from my loyal fan asking about this past weekend's social activities.
To start off i'm running a little behind in the blog world...with the holiday weekend all!!!
Here's a readers digest of activities: Friday my sis Sarah came up for the weekend. Sat night we hit up kareoke, all of us including family and friends. We had a few drinks and there was singing and dancing, and beverages. And fun was had by all. Carsten, was dancing! Proof again that you never should say never!!! Sun. we sisters, Hubby, Joe and I stopped by Gods house in the morning. Then moved on to hit in the pool and a little BBQ. Yummy!!! We played games watched a movie, and yes there were more beverages!!! Yes and I did have to work another holiday... but oh well. I went off to work and my sis headed home... that's a wrap!!
So Sarah thanks for coming up this past weekend..it was so much fun!!!! And yes every one i will get the pictures up on the blog as soon as i can!!!!
Sunday, June 26, 2005
So how was everyones weekend???
Well ours went pretty darn well.... you want a readers digest version???
Work....blah...blah...went and danced the cha cha, and had some yummy philipino food, watched some kareoke, danced some more, had a few drinks ..that was sat. night. Sunday included grilling, swimming in the the pool and watching some movies. Whew..so check out the pictures from sat night...you should get a chuckle out of them!!!
Well ours went pretty darn well.... you want a readers digest version???
Work....blah...blah...went and danced the cha cha, and had some yummy philipino food, watched some kareoke, danced some more, had a few drinks ..that was sat. night. Sunday included grilling, swimming in the the pool and watching some movies. Whew..so check out the pictures from sat night...you should get a chuckle out of them!!!
Sat. Night after work party!!! From left to right: Jojo (he's our awesome banquet chef who's leaving and moving on to bigger and better things), Remi ( she's is the most awesome garde manger chick in the world, Laura ( yep that's me dancin, too!), Greg (my hubby with his back to the camera) And for all you guys that didn't think we would have fun same on you!!
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