Archive for May 5th, 2005

2005.05.05

One Year Ago Today

Robert Hahn posted is last entry. Not to give him too hard a time about it (though I suppose I am, and publicly, too!) but ???

2005.05.05

Food in the Old Days

I called my brother, Chris, up last night to tell him about my new job and find out how he and his family are doing. One of the funny things we talked about was in answer to a question Jake, my nephew, asked. “What kind of food did Gramma make?”

So Chris and I reminisced about food Mom used to make when we were growing up. Macaroni and cheese, string beans, minute steak (cube steak to some) that was so dry you could soak up spilled milk, mashed potatoes, previously frozen spinach with a pat of butter floating in the middle… Pretty funny stuff. I also remember burritos, which were one of my favorites, hot dogs, Rice-a-roni, pasta with seasoned salt, chicken and dumplings, minestrone soup, and salads with bleu cheese dressing. I also remember Mom making pizza from scratch (including the dough) and homemade donuts on Sunday mornings. Good stuff. Good memories.

2005.05.05

Well That Didn’t Take Long

I’ve just had my first two hour commute home. Accidents all over the Menlo Park area caused back up in every direction. It took an hour just to get to 280, and another hour to get home from there. Sucko.