Ummmmm

I'm making Barbecued Beef Ribs for Two from a Taste of Home recipe.  I mostly followed the recipe except I'm making it in a slow cooker.  It smells so good I don't think I can wait for it to be done.  I boiled the beef first because it was frozen so it might be done by now even though it's only been in the Crock-pot for 3 or 4 hours.

Update: They were done and the ribs were almost as good as they smelled.  The sauce was mild, not too sweet or too tart.  I had thinned the sauce with beef broth so the Crock-pot would be easier to clean and that probably toned it down a little, but it was still very good and very easy to make. 

But, alas, I only had enough ribs for half a recipe so there are no leftovers.

I've Given Up TV

That's right, I've given up watching TV. 

At least until I find the remote control or get another TV. 

1) I kicked the remote out of bed the other night.  It must have been in the night, but I don't know what night and I don't know where it went.  I don't even know where to start looking.  It could have gone behind the bed, under the bed, in the closet, behind the dresser, into the book case, or be stuck in a shoe.  I just know it's not where I can see it.

2) I know what you're saying.  You could just manually control the TV.  You didn't always have a remote control.  Well, it's not the TV control I'm missing.  That remote doesn't work anymore anyway.  It's the remote to the box that I have to use for my 12 year old TV that's not set up for HDTV or whatever they call it that makes the TV not work anymore that's supposed to be so wonderful but is just a big fat pain in my big fat derriere.  The box doesn't seem to even have an on/off switch.

3) I know it seems a little drastic to buy a new TV just because I can't find the remote, but see # 2. I hate to throw out a perfectly good TV and I loved that little Memorex, but I think in TV years it must be nearly 100 years old and it's time it retired.

Update 10/22/11: Good news!  At least for me - you probably could care less.  I found my remote. 

Incomprehensible

Are you familiar with the expression?  "What a maroon!"

A woman I work with uses it occasionally.  Bugs Bunny used it often.  I heard a guy use it on an old television show I watched last night.  It means a fool, a stupid person, a real dumbass.

Another woman we work said she had never heard that expression till I used it one day. 

When I said "as the crow flies" during a meeting about ZIP codes, the same woman laughed.  She thought I'd made it up.  Out of the 5 people in the conference room, only 2 of us knew it was a common expression.

I can understand how someone might not be familiar with "What a maroon" if they aren't familiar with Bugs Bunny cartoons (poor, deprived things), but "as the crow flies"? 

That idiom is still in common use.  Google the term.  Read any Internet article about a "Great Circle Distance Formula" and it will probably use that term.  Any site that provides a distance calculator probably tells you the miles are "as the crow flies".   There are several blogs with that title.  There are at least 15 books on Amazon.com and 5 songs on Youtube.com with "As the Crow Flies" in the title.  There are at least 2 plays by that name.  There's even a hair salon called "As the Crowe Flies" (the owner's name is Crowe).

I don't understand how college graduates have never heard the expression "as the crow flies." 

But then I don't understand heavy metal music either.

Hacking

I should be writing something witty, or helpful, or inspiring.  But I'm not.  I'm sick so leave me alone. 

Yea or Nay

Did you ever see that cartoon where one side of Congress was filled with elephants and the other with donkeys and when one side would chorus "We accept it" the other side would reply "We reject it"?

This isn't like that.

Re my post of October 5th on Occupy Wall Street.

OK, kids, check out this NPR editorial Are You Among the 99%?  and give them your opinion by clicking Yes or No to the question, "Even if you might not want to join the Occupy Wall Street movement, are you among the "99 percent" who are upset about the way things are going?"  (Right now 95% of the people who voted say YES!)

Then you can answer the question Do 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Represent Your Views of the Economy? at FoxNews.com.  (Right now 84% of the people who voted say NO!)

So we can agree it's broke - but not who broke it.