I hate it when I rent a movie that was supposed to be good but it bores me to tears. This was one of those movies. It did not help that all of the characters–except for two–were completely unlikable. I will say that the boxing scenes were kind of good (very realistic), but that’s about it. I guess I should have read Roger Ebert’s review before adding this to my queue. That about sums it up.
after dark
It’s already starting to get dark before I’d like it to. I’m able to garden until about 8:30pm at this point, but before you know it, it’ll be dark at 7pm and I will no longer get outside during the week, regardless of how nice it is outside. I was reminded of this fact this evening when I was harvesting potatoes from the garden–the garden is getting a bit thin. In a few weeks, there won’t be much left growing. On the plus side, at least I’ll accomplish some things in the house–I have a hard time doing all there is to do whenever I’d rather be outside gardening. I could almost be happy with the crappy weather we put up with around here if it didn’t get dark until after 8pm every day.
dodging bullets
As if I needed a reason to want to expand my garden, put up my own food, and get some livestock, too, our personal food supply has been involved in two recalls this year. And, the year’s not over yet.
Since we have a Giant Eagle Advantage card and they track all of our purchases (kind of like a “Grocery Big Brother”), we were contacted directly both times. The first one occurred in the spring and was related to salmonella-tainted cucumbers. However, we had already consumed the cucumbers a few weeks prior to the call, so there wasn’t a whole lot we could do about it. Obviously we did not contract salmonella (or you would have heard about it here), so I guess you could call it a false alarm.
The second one occurred this week. Again, Giant Eagle contacted us about salmonella-tainted ground turkey. We consumed the turkey a month or two ago with no ill effects, so, again, no action is required on our part. I’ve always operated under the assumption that all turkey and chicken products contain salmonella, so I’m not sure how all of these people are getting sick from this. I mean, unless I’m missing something, proper food handling and preparation should prevent any illness from occurring when consuming poultry products. Still, it is a shame that we have to be concerned with the safety of our food supply.
crocodile dundee
It’s strange how the movies I enjoyed while growing up aren’t quite as entertaining 20+ years later. Case in point: Crocodile Dundee. I remember liking this well enough when I was younger, but I didn’t find it all that entertaining last night. But, seeing as how we’re all caught up on watching recent “family” movies, I guess we’ll be stuck on the past until Jake is old enough to start watching the types of movies we usually watch (that is to say R-rated).
fall garden
After removing some spent plants, I ended up having a large empty space in the garden. So, I dug through my seeds to find out what I could plant for fall. I’ve tried planting seeds for fall before, but have only had luck with broccoli rabe. But, since I had the opportunity to try again this year, I went for it. So, in went the broccoli rabe, lettuce, radishes, and beets.
The soil got a fresh layer of compost, so if that doesn’t help, I don’t know what will. I noticed that the radish seeds were sprouting already. They sprouted in the past, but were rather pithy. We’ll see how it goes this year.