March 2009 Archives

Has anyone else noticed that Weight Watchers© SmartOnes© and Stouffer's LeanCuisine© frozen foodlets are edging away from being low-fat, low calorie? For instance, the SmartOnes© "Three Cheese Ziti Marinara" went from 5 WW Points© to 6 and they proudly announced something along the lines of "Now with more cheese!" apparently because peeps wrote in and said "hey, we want more cheese!"

I'm seeing more and more "new" meals offered that are all 6 or 7 points, and fewer of the ones that are 4 or 5 points. A WeightWatchers© Point© is calculated from the calories, grams of fat and a limited measurement of fiber. It's an easy way to gauge the "cost" of the meal. They seem to be putting more fat into them, too -- usually cheese.

The lunch I just had, SmartOnes© Lemon Herb Chicken Piccata has only 4 points, but they're chock full of carbs. Three little bits of chicken, a fingerful of finely shredded veggies, and three pounds of rice and sauce. Don't get me wrong; I like rice. I like veggies better, though, and they're not only more filling, but more nutritious.

I like these cuz they're convenient. I would prefer that they be more nutritious and better balanced.

[title idea stolen from Paula]

It didn't take long for me to tire of the "Bush Is The Anti-Christ" heavy breathing from the leftyloons, and it's taken less time for me to tire of the "Obama Is Evil" dribbling from the right wingnuts. They'll do what they do. We'll survive as we always survive. Life goes on as it will go on. Fuck sake.

Marriage -- wee discussion in facebook (under mah secret identity, to remain 'nymless) on being in favor of marriage or not, and why. Not just gay marriage, but marriage in general. I could write novels about it, but essentially I'm in favor of it for a variety of reasons. It's not for everybody, and I don't believe it has to last forever. The institution needs work. The "Marriage Between One Man/One Woman" peeps are morons.

In the "Way TMI" category, I have just scheduled my first-ever colonoscopy. I'm scared. Hold me!

If I thought my dogs would not tear it into shreds, I'd get a kitteh.

Don't think I mentioned here that I bought a MacBook. G'bye WinDoze.

My all time favorite color, dark blue, is giving way to deep sultry red and even pink. What's that all about?

Offices that have really long, convoluted telephone menu systems drive me nuts. You listen to the description of where the office is located in three languages, then the obligatory "please listen because some of our menu options have changed" and then a lengthy list of possible services, none of which seem to describe what you really need. I ended up pressing "0" and the thing hung up on me.

If your child is afraid of dogs, do not take your child for walkies to a park where people walk dogs, hello. If you do, then you should work to avoid the dogs, not yell at people who are quietly walking their dogs who happen to get "too close" to precious Lileah.

's'all.