U R Not Going To Stop Me From Giggling

The Figs Are Alright

Sometimes people say, "is Brian the only person you cook with?" And I say, "no sometimes, I cook with Amber, or Colleen, or Evan [but somehow we never photo-document those adventures]." But then also sometimes I cook with Matt.

We decided to go a vegetarian route on Thursday, which means we cooked VEGETABLES and no MEAT. Some vegetarian meals are boring, but I sat in my new chair and flipped through the recipe books until I came up with a good one: baked pasta with bleu cheese, figs, and brussel sprouts. Yum, right?

So, here we start with the INGREDIENTS, and the COOKBOOK. With MATT, and BENDER, for scale.

Look at the beautiful job I did chopping up the SPROUTS! I used the new sharp knife that some people avoid, and yet I didn't chop off a single digit.

Matt's good at cutting things up too, so he did the FIGS. He has to stand kinda funny since my kitchen island is a bit low, but that's OK. Maybe by next time we cook I'll have a new kitchen island, or Matt will be shorter.
My job now is to pour the PASTA into BOILING WATER. You can tell I'm doing a good job since I'm shaking the bag, and MYSELF.

In a little bit, you add the SPROUTS, and everything gets to boil together at the same time! Like a hot tub at a fancy resort.


NOT PICTURED: drain the SPROUTY-PASTA mixture. Then, put it all back in the POT.

Add FIGS!

And...the BLEU CHEESE! Mmmm, Bleu Cheese. I can't really think of anything, except maybe breakfast cereal, that Bleu Cheese doesn't improve.


With the cheese added, you mix it all up. With TONGS!


Put it in a OVEN PAN, and mix it up a bit.


Then, SIT and WAIT while it cooks up.


Later...Yum! All cooked.

Serve it up!

And, EAT. One thumbs up!
One fork up. Good job, team.
Sometimes, you forget to add the CHOPPED ALMONDS. And yet, you get to eat them anyway the next day as a healthy SNACK.

The End.

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I Mae Have Just Discovered Something Awesome

You know those days when you wake up at 5:30 am with jet lag and just think, how am I going to face this day?

I always just say, WWMD. What Would Mae Do?

And you know what? A little googling and I discover this.


And this.



And now I can face the day. Maebe.

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The internet is the best thing EVER.

The Two And Only

I have to admit, I had no idea Jane Russell was still alive. But, she was, and until yesterday was 89 years young. She died too late to make the Oscar R.I.P. list, but at least she didn't get skipped, poor Corey Haim.
Anyway, I only really knew her from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which is certainly a fun romp. Thanks to jet lag, I woke up at 4am today so I've had plenty of time to do research.

The duet with her & Marilyn is fantastic, but for fun here's "Ain't There Anyone Here For Love," her solo number where the boys are wearing skin colored trunks (we'd now call that peach). Hollywood sure was racy back then.



Furthermore, I hadn't heard the story of how Howard Hughes claimed to have created a special "cantilever bra" to hold up her 38D rack. I mean, I had only learned the word "cantilever" last year, so maybe I had heard this but didn't know what it meant.

I had heard the Bob Hope quip though, he once introduced her as "the two and only Jane Russell." Boobs!

I had no idea there was a sequel to Blondes: Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. Yikes. And really, she guest-starred on Hunter? I bet she played Dee Dee's mom.

More importantly, I had NO idea that in 1971 she took over for Stritchy in Company. I kinda wish there was a youtube of her doing "The Ladies Who Lunch" with those bathing suit boys in the background.

In conclusion, here she is doing "Looking for Trouble" from The French Line. Ladies and Gentlemen, here they are, Miss Jane Russell: