Archive for August, 2005
Mike and his friend Dave started a weekly photo assignment a while back. After some time off they’ve started it up again and I thought I would nudge my way into it too (Thanks Mike). This week’s theme was reflection. Here’s my picture. I took it after a heavy rain last week when I found my son’s inflatable raft that he uses at the lake, upside down under a tree. It was filled with water and I thought it would make a perfect picture for this week.
Check out the other pictures I took that day too. Let me know what you think.
Update: Here’s Dave’s pic. Still waiting for Mike’s.
Updated Update: Great showing by all. Mike’s is posted now.
Thanks guys for letting me join the fun. I hope I do you justice as it looks to be pretty stiff competition.
Mike let the cat out of the bag a bit early, but yes, next week is “Backwards”. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with.
August 15th, 2005
I was thumbing through some of my older pictures and stumbled across this one of Toby from the first day we brought him home. It’s hard to belive he’s almost tall enough to rest his chin on the kitchen counter and is 70 lbs. All of that and he’s only 6 months old. I’m not sure we got a dog in this deal, I’m thinking he must be part moose too.
P.S. Yes, he has lost all that extra puppy fat. He’s a very trim looking dog these days.
August 9th, 2005
Ahh, Fridays. Fridays for a while are going to be nice. I have to burn a ton of vacation so I decided by taking Friday’s off for this month. I might extend it to next month to, but we’ll see. Sorry Mike.
Well, here’s this week’s recipe. I made this up one night when I couldn’t figure out what to make for dinner for just BJ and I. I made it once and every time we have leftover bbq chicken breasts in the fridge BJ is running down to the store to buy bagels. We actually have to fix extra chicken any time we have bbq chicken breasts for dinner just so we can have this. Hope you enjoy.
BBQ Chicken Bagel Sandwiches
1 plain bagel
1 tbls horseradish sauce
1 leftover BBQ chicken breast, sliced very thin
(Best if it was one that had BBQ sauce on it when it was grilled)
Cheddar cheese, sliced
Creole seasoning
Preheat broiler. Heat leftover chicken in microwave until warm then slice very thinly. Lightly toast the cut side of the bagel. Spread horseradish sauce on both halves of bagel. Cover bagel with chicken until just covered. Can use more chicken if you desire. Top with sliced cheese to cover chicken. Place bagel on a cookie sheet and place in broiler. Broil until cheese is melted and bubbly, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from broiler and sprinkle lightly with Creole seasoning. Serve hot.
Servings: 1 sandwich
Time: 7 minutes
August 5th, 2005
*** Warning, agitated blogger post below. Stop reading unless you can stand the yelling.***
OK, I’m tired of hearing all the negative comments and deep reviews of these Dove commercials. I’m sure you’ve all heard about them over the last couple of months and if you haven’t, you’ve been living in a cave or never turn on the 6:00 news.
I really would love to know if society in general is so shallow that we can’t accept people for who they are. I know we all strive to be better looking, more athletic, more talented, etc., but it has gone too far. I know there is some sort of primeval nature that drives us humans to look for the “perfect” body and that we feel that we’re not accepted if we don’t look that way, but come on, we’re smarter than that. Or at least I thought we were. 99% of the population on this planet doesn’t have the “perfect” body. That’s why not everyone can walk into an advertising agency looking for a job. But why do we have to compare everyone to that 1% that we find “ideal” and then criticize each other for not looking like that? It must stop.
The women in these ads are not the average American women, and I understand that Dove doesn’t just want to jump off the bridge and have everyone watch by putting the average women in their ads. But they should be commended for at least recognizing that we’re a bunch of stupid people that don’t take the time to look at the beautiful person sitting next to us, no matter what their shape or weight. I would encourage everyone to go buy their products just for the fact that they deserve to be recognized for a great effort. It’s sad that no one looks at as if it was a great thing to do. The company has made a ton of people think about what their perception of beauty is and it’s too bad that some of us still are so stupid that they’d actually say “Really, the only time I want to see a thigh that big is in a bucket with bread crumbs on it.” Come on, is that smart?
I’m married to the most beautiful woman in the world. I find her beauty in more than just her looks. It’s everything about her that makes her beautiful; her kindness, her strength, her understanding… I could go on all day. Beauty is more than skin deep and everyone out there needs to figure that out. It will not be long enough before I read one more story about these Dove ads and I can only hope the next one I read is an apology from society for being so stupid for so long.
August 4th, 2005
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