Hiroshima Day

Ben of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
and of True Majority Action.org

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In honor of Hiroshima Day, we'd like to take a minute to reflect on just how absurd it is for America to maintain 10,000 nuclear bombs. Defense experts say that many simply aren't needed, and by reducing the nuclear arsenal our country could save $14 billion dollars -- more than enough to save the lives of six million kids who die of starvation in impoverished nations each year.

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30 Scary Seconds

This has been my new thing ever since it came out. It has huge pieces of peaches and the shortbread pieces are not soggy. Every ingredient is in perfect balance.

Friday I had settled down with my Friday night ice cream and TV. The news was on TV and suddenly I heard about the B&J recall. My flavor was being recalled! I almost spit my ice cream!

Oh, I was alarmed! Was is e coli? Salmonella? Ground up glass? I listened hard and long.

And finally they said: it was ingredient mislabeling! What a relief! Go out and try this one. It is most excellent!

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Alone again

Wednesday - February 26, 2003 Alone again Danielle, Wingnut, Amy, Barb, Daisy, Sinni have all left again. I thought that I would do fine when the kids and dogs left. I did for awhile. 

My stepmother came to visit. That kept me busy and fairly content even though we discussed sad topics. She brought me a floor lamp! Now I can read in a chair! But my mood went downhill as soon as she left. 

Now, at 9 PM, I am doing better. I am remembering my life before the visits. We ate a lot. Danielle made a beautiful roast chicken; Amy made great steak and purrfect mashed potatoes! I made the best pot roast I have ever done. And every day: Ben and Jerry's ice cream. 

The kitchen faucet was replaced (but note: it is now wiggling around on the sink! Do I need to have the plumber back?): the plumber installed valves under the kitchen sink. I took photos of the updates in the house, we watched a lot of TV. It was -20° this morning. Or -23°, as NOAA reported to me. Either one, it was impressive while kids were here! It reached -3° when they left at 11:30 AM. On one of the other nights they were here, the wind was the noisiest and the most moving that I have experienced here. 

 Barb loves Chinese Tiles (OS 9) and is trying to resolve the Corners layout mystery with me. Which has gotten me to tackle it again.

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