the omnivore's dilemma.

Once upon a time, I went shopping at Target. My family was going on a trip for the weekend and I was picking up some necessary foodstuffs. I headed over to the hot dog section, because, let's be honest, you can't sit around a campfire without roasting some weenies. Well, I was on a special hot dog mission: to find the cheapest Angus Beef Franks. Let me tell you a little secret....THESE HOT DOGS ARE DA BOMB. As in eighth grade slang, da bomb. So delicious. Anyway, I had found my target and reached to take one package out of one of those obnoxious springy slot columns. That contraption was not letting me get those franks if had any say in it. I grabbed with one hand. Tried the other. Gave up and yanked on the package with both hands, abandoning any self dignity I had right in the middle of the meat section. If ever there was a time that the world was trying to tell me to not eat hot dogs, this was it. But by sheer will power, I won those hot dogs. That springy slot column only stood a slight chance, but it lost. 


And those weenies were good. 

anniversary.

I know you've probably run into a slew of 9/11 talking today, and frankly, the past week or so. Maybe you don't want to hear it here. Maybe you should find another webpage? I'm not going to rattle off my story of where I was when I heard about it (being driven to junior high, on the overpass, 7th grade), but I think it's important for everyone to remember.


To remember the humanity that sprang forth from that fateful day. 


Not everyone gets a chance in their life to be a hero. That day, many people became heroes in their own right. They gave their shoulder for a stranger to lean on while trying to manage getting through the enormous clouds of dust. They handed someone a cloth to breathe through. They let someone go ahead of them down the stairs which gave them a few more seconds to get out before the collapse. 


Many things went into the planning and execution of 9/11. Many things, both desirable and appalling, came out. I'd like to remember the examples of human capability to love and to help. 


There is a beautiful memorial that opened today. The website can be found here. Please visit. Take a moment and remember.