Cabbies w attitude.

I had a cabbie ask me where I wanted to go... and then kept driving!

Can they do that???

Comfort Food

Utahns do a few things pretty well, funeral potatoes, jello w/ carrots, salt water taffy, Mormon Muffins. But, I wasn't brought up on anything resembling comfort food. I didn't even know what cream cheese was until I was 14. I ate a lot of vegetables and wheat bread growing up and I'm sure I have very strong bones because of it...ya da ya da ya da....

I still eat a lot of veggies and wheat bread but sometimes you just need some cheese, eh.

Which brings me to COMFORT FOOD.

I have a co-worker who is from the south. A while back we were talking about cooking (I don't, I bake) and laughing about how the only thing she makes is Mac & Cheese. Well she made some for me and holy cow it was good. SO GOOD. And I really favor the stuff with the yellow powder from the box.

Well she gave me the recpie last week and I made it on Sunday. I messed up the order of the ingredients, but it was still pretty fabulous. Can't go wrong with cheese, cheese, milk, butter and more cheese.

MMMMM.....

No you can't read that!

I want to create another blog, instead of turning this one private, I think I'm just going to create a separate blog and have it always be private.

BUT, someone has already taken my blog name.... I don't know who Under the Dome is, but they haven't posted since 2004.

I wonder how I get in touch with them and convince them to deactivate their blog...

Ideas welcome.

My favorite movie

I'm home sick today. blah.
But, things are looking up... TOP GUN is on reruns!!

I love this movie.

It blends everything that is good in life; Tom Cruise {before he went nutty} and Val Kilmer {before he got old} some really good music and a whole lot of fast planes. If there was a snowboarding scene, it might just be the perfect flick.

This trailer is SO 1986, but it's so good.

Tell me about yourself...

So, class started again. I had very high hopes for this professor, but I think it may be a long semester. He seems like a really smart guy who has been around a lot an knows that he's talking about, but he pretty much just talks about himself as the object lesson.

I don't do well with people like this because I don't really think they are smarter than I am, just older and more experienced. I like to be taught by people who are smarter than I am (not too high of a bar) but nevertheless, I don't want to listen to you talk about how wonderful you are for 3 hours every week.

Ug. National Security Decision making through personal stories of an ex-CIA operative. Could be fun, or not.

Jordan Rocks.

Embassy of Jordan staff volunteer in Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School Beautification Day

Washington, DC- August 21, 2009- In commemoration of two distinct historic occasions, the Tenth Anniversary of His Majesty King Abdullah II’s Accession to the Throne and Sixty years of diplomatic relations with the United States of America, the Embassy of Jordan in Washington, DC will volunteer at Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School as part of Beautification Day activities which officially kick off August 22, 2009 across the U.S. capital.

The Embassy is partnering with the DC Public Education Fund (DCPEF) in coordinating Friday’s volunteer activities with Ludlow-Taylor Elementary. DCPEF aims to dramatically improve student achievement in the District of Columbia by serving as a strategic partner to businesses, foundations, community leaders, and individual donors in supporting and investing in high impact programs with the District of Columbia Public Schools.

His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad, Jordan’s Ambassador to the United States, as well as the Embassy’s diplomats and staff will join teachers, the principal and community leaders in volunteering various beautification tasks from cleaning up to painting to gardening the schoolyard at Ludlow-Taylor.

The Embassy will also donate 17,000 USD to help the school pursue a comprehensive landscaping plan and purchase the needed play structures for Ludlow-Taylor’s students.

“Inspired by both His Majesty King Abdullah II and Her Majesty Queen Rania’s leadership in promoting education, empowering the youth and encouraging the spirit of volunteerism in Jordan and beyond, we chose to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Their Majesties accession to the throne by lending a hand to our American friends here in Washington at Ludlow-Taylor Elementary,” said Prince Zeid. He added, “This is truly a modest token of appreciation for the friendship our two countries has enjoyed over the past sixty years.”

"Since becoming Chancellor of DC Public Schools I've had the honor of meeting with the Ambassador, as well as His Majesty King Abdullah II," said Michelle Rhee. "Their commitment to education in the US and abroad should be commended – and we're grateful that the Ambassador and his colleagues have chosen to support one of our schools in such a positive way."

"Partnerships like this one with the Embassy of Jordan are essential to our success in transforming DC Public Schools," said Cate Swinburn, President of DC Public Education Fund. "We thank the Embassy for its support of the Ludlow-Taylor community and for its dedication to supporting the students of Washington, DC."