Who You Wearing

I understand a very well-known and wealthy designer offed herself in middle age this week. Suicide is nothing funny. If you are considering it, get help (not help in killing yourself, but in dissuading yourself from the permanent solution to the temporary problem). I heard this designer hanged herself with an Hermes scarf. Hermes certainly would never endorse suicide, even if the person that kills themself is a competing designer.

Hickory Versus Mesquite

I like barbeque. I was raised on hickory-smoked meats, which is typical around my hometown of Nashville. Tennessee-style bbq is still mighty enjoyable, but as a teen, I was introduced to Texas-style bbq smoked with mesquite at a place near the former Hickory Hollow mall called Texana Grill. I found mesquite to be just as enjoyable as hickory. I would say that mesquite holds its own with hickory, although it is relatively rare around Nashville to find a restaurant using mesquite. I imagine out West that it is rare to find a restaurant using Tennessee Hickory. As much as I like bbq, I would never say no to either.

Mixed Bag Decision

In America, religious liberty still trumps hurt feelings, at least for the moment. So-called "gay marriage" is the law of the land, but people can not be compelled to participate in it (yet). Two justices voted to force compliance to whatever homosexual activists demand. Freedom is in peril on many fronts, and the Supreme Court is not the defender of liberty it once was.

Markets Moving Monday

Some years back, I made a call that the markets would rise sharply at the start of a particular week. Instead, they took a tumble. A bit later, I was certain the markets were going to sink on a particular Monday. They actually rose over a hundred points. I figured the only thing I could pretty much count on was that the markets would move. I could not predict up or down- but the markets were certainly going to go one way or the other on a particular Monday. That day the market actually closed unchanged.

Captain D's Sunday

Our family's Sunday tradition was fried fish from the West End Avenue Captain D's. I was the kid that dug malt vinegar on everything. I not only poured it on the fish, but on the fries and hushpuppies as well. I don't know if I loved the food, but I sure did like that malt vinegar! What I loved most of all was four generations of my family being together. I sure miss those Sundays.

Saturday at Greer

I remember those lazy Saturdays taking in two at Greer Stadium. Maybe it wasn't Major League baseball, but it was baseball and that was mighty fine. It was great if the Sounds won, but even if they didn't, it was still baseball. If Nashville won both, you left walking on sunshine. If Nashville split, that was better than nothing. If Nashville, dropped both, there was always the next game to buoy our hopes. The only thing that dampened our joy literally was a rainout.

Best Tasting Products

Stouffer's lasagna and macaroni and cheese are about as good as I have ever tasted without having to expend the effort to make them from scratch. I used to buy the huge family-size lasagna from the freezer case and eat it by myself in two settings. Remarkably, I kept my weight between 140 and 169 pounds back then on a 7000 calorie a day diet, but I guess I had a much faster metabolism back then. Now, I walk past the freezer case in the store and gain a pound without eating a bite, but that is another story. I don't think there is such a thing as bad mac and cheese, but if it isn't really great, I add Worcestershire and hot sauce and that makes the macaroni delicious. With Stouffer's, I never have to add anything to savor the mac and cheese. It stands on its own as a great tasting product.