According to faceofthefuture.org, this is what Elvis would look like, were he alive today: 



Sooo---he's just Johnny Bench.

Also, that is one high-collared red corduroy shirt.

I just got done licking the spoon from the last bits of Jennifer McCann's Vegan Fudge batter.  As they say in the Vatican's stable HOLY CRAP.  That was good.  

In the recipe it says "Ricemellow is optional but soooooo good."  If something is soooooo good, it isn't optional.  Anyway, now all of our Ricemellow is gone, so I'm a little sad.  It is my fault that it is all gone, but still.  I love it.  Ben says it has a funny rice aftertaste, but I either don't notice it or don't care. 

Now I am interested in variations.  There are so many kinds of fudge that I love--peanut butter, coconut, mint chocolate, black forest--I wonder if I could experiment and just start adding stuff.  Next time--this time I just made plain old fudge.  I didn't even add nuts.

If you are looking for great vegan recipes, check out her books and blog.   She is big on taking lunch instead of buying it.  

One thing I really need to do when I go back to work is to REFUSE FREE DELICIOUS PIZZA.  Do you know how hard that is?  It's there twice a week.  And it's hard to eat just one slice.  Which is why I NEED TO REFUSE IT.  Also I am trying to stick to my vegan before dinner thing, and so far it's gone really well--exceptions being when I've been a guest in someone's home.

I want that fudge like a zombie wants brains.

 

I am always thinking about Halloween.  That's just how it is.

Anyway, I saw this picture on the beeb and thought:  THAT'S WHAT MANNING KRULL SHOULD BE FOR HALLOWEEN.



And people will say "DUDE WHAT A LAME COSTUME, YOU ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THAT" and Manning can say "You are incorrect.  I AM GARY NUMAN."
 

Ben was so nice, he let me sleep in a little (hence the Sesame Street story on his LJ).

During that time, I thought that I had not fallen back asleep, but I must have, because I had a dream.

Anthony Hopkins was dating Salma Hayek (I think this is some kind of weird 30 Rock/Anthony Hopkins IRL mashup), and they were just hanging out with me and then Sawyer (not Josh Holloway, but Sawyer) walked in and said, "I missed you!" and hugged me. 

Dream interpretation: I watch too much TV.

RED PANDA BABIES!

Justin Webb, the North America editor for BBC, said about President Obama (and his search for a place for worship): "I have suggested it before but let me lay it on the line here in black and white: THE MAN IS A QUAKER. He may not yet know it but that is where his search should end. There is a lovely Meeting House somewhere around Dupont Circle as well so he could get there easily."

This quote was in an entry called "The Sarah Palin Train Wreck."  The comments that follow the article are more interesting than the article itself--great comments about Who's a Quaker Anyway?* and Gosh Darn I'm Glad Sarah Palin's Gone.

My favorite, from a reader called "gunsandreligion": 'As a Republican, I'm glad to see Palin resign; hopefully this ends her
political career and she can move on to being a productive (my italics) member of the glitterati somewhere.'



*Quakers are fond of questions.

I have no idea if in the US there are regulations that prevent only the prettiest fruits and vegetables to be for sale, but apparently in the EU such a thing exists. 

UNTIL NOW.  I guess more 'ugly' vegetables and fruit will be for sale now.  Watch this 80 second video from the BBC--it is really entertainingly assembled and there are very interesting "man on the street" bits included.  (There is a 30 second commercial first.)

There's some messed up vegetables.
 

I think I have seen former FDA head David Kessler on The Colbert Report and was impressed with what he had to say.  (If it wasn't him, I was still impressed.) 

If you are interested in the science of overeating (or what he calls conditioned hypereating), check out the NY Times review of his book "The End of Overeating."  I love his take on Snickers (totally true) and processed food/food engineers.

For someone as analytical as me, this sort of information is more helpful than a plan.

Yesterday was a nice Father's Day, Ben's first!  Hooray!  Ben is a great dad!  

Anyway, Ben's dad and stepmom had us over for lunch, and they made tacos, which are awesome.  They made them with Quorn, which is made from mycoprotein.  I'm still on the fence about it, especially since it seemed to make my digestive system go insane, but if anyone has made it a permanent part of their diet I'd like to know about it.

I'm still STILL thinking about nachos.  While I was cruising the Bitten blog I saw a recipe for GREEK NACHOS.  OH!  Must have!!!!!  Sometime later, though. 

 

An Eater’s Manifesto

Eat Food. Not too Much.  Mostly Plants.

Eat Slowly.

Try Not To Eat Alone.

Have A Glass Of Wine With Dinner.

Don’t Eat Anything Your Great Grandmother Wouldn’t Recognize As Food.

Avoid Food Products Containing Ingredients That Are Unfamiliar, Unpronounceable Or More Than Five In Number.

Shop The Peripheries Of The Supermarket And Stay Out Of The Middle.

Don’t Get Your Fuel From The Same Place Your Car Does.

Pay More.  Eat Less.

Eat Well-Grown Foods From Healthy Soils.

Eat Wild Foods When You Can.

Cook And, If You Can, Plant A Garden.