good THINGS

First, my mother returned from her long trip to India with a huge freakin' sack of Indian spices, probably like a $100 run to Lakshmi. Whole cardamom! White pepper! More masala than even I could use up quickly! Mysterious little packets! And a joke gift of some beedees, so I can smoke like it's 1998.

Also, I'm playing with Google Earth again which is the best toy ever invented in the history of stuff.

kow fil-A

I would like to thank both of kitchen_life for stuffing salome_st_john and myself with food tonight, including about 1/3 of a cow, mashpo tatoes, and completely perfect asparagus. What a totally wonderful evening! You're great hosts.

Did your neighbor, like, die? I tripped on a newspaper on the stairs and they had about a month's worth of various delivered stuff on their doorstep.