Mmmmmmm, mmm, good bibimbahp!

Bibimbahp by nate
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Pshhhh, Campbell’s Soup my a**! They, the singers in those commercials, were all really thinkin’ ’bout this rainbow array of sweet, salty, spicy, crunchy, soft, and delicate combination of what is heaven on earth in the culinary world (if you don’t think so than you’re just a plain [...]

Wow

monster basil
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Upon returning home from Seattle, this basil leaf, along with a few other its size, greeted me and said: “Eat me!” And so I obliged by adding them to some gnochi and some doctored up tomato sauce. Had to eat ‘em before they withered and fell to the [...]

Compliments of the University’s Street Fair

air plants from seattle U street fair
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Okay, okay… that’s not exactly true. Well, not true at all… I bought them, allow the information pertaining to them was free (I suppose that could be considered an incurred fee).
Outta all my plants these ones, which I imagined to be the potentially easiest [...]

Whatta good lookin guy!

me in work garb
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Well thank you, but I’d have to give credit to this sharp set of clothing I’m dawning. LOL! If you came into my workplace… what you see is what you’d get… a quasi-pirate wonna be.

Interesting thoughts

Did you know that 80% of what you learn each day you’ll forget! I read that last night at an awesome Chinese restaurant (no it was not taken out of a fortune cookie, it was on a poster in the bathroom), and now… that is the only thing I can remember as of recently…

It’s not her fault; she’s ill

Upon reading about Ann Coulter’s assessment of 9/11 widows as “self-obsessed” and as enjoying their husband’s deaths (Star Tribune, June 8), one must conclude that she is suffering from a serious malady for which there may be no cure.
It is “Warped Reasoning Syndrom.” This syndrome appears to be very contagious – most people in [...]

Just another day at work

Part I
Scene: A deli part of a food co-op along with an item being sampled out on a demo table.
Actors: One employee behind counter, two women shopping independently, and one little girl from around the corner.
Cue: Little girl, who is seemingly on a quest in her pink bicycle helmet, walks straight up to the bread [...]

Puttin’ it in perspective…

The following is something I came across during some down time in Seattle…
“How long does it take to see the entire world Pa?”
“Well, that all depends upon who’s seeing it. For me it would take just a blink of an eye because my whole world is right here.”
“I can’t imagine a man as sensible [...]