have you any wool?

Sometimes I wonder how much more advanced our civilization would be if humans didn't have to eat or sleep. But, usually I stop wondering about that pretty quickly because I'm either hungry or sleepy.

This weekend we tried a new burger place. The Black Sheep Lodge. I read some good reviews but was fully prepared to be disappointed. I usually am.

Then, the stars aligned, pigs flew, and hell froze over. I was not disappointed!! I had the garlicky sliders, or "Little Stinkers". I hate that name. But--the tiny burgers were super good. Strong roasted garlic flavor, but not enough to scare away vampires, fresh baby greens, mustard, and perfectly cooked, flavorful patties. PLUS, I got them with overly salty tater tots. Anywhere that serves tater tots is right with me. Needless to say, I'm pretty pumped about The Black Sheep Lodge. Finally, I am not able to criticize. At least not about the food.

Post Black Sheep Lodge we went to the best sno-cone stand in town. I got a Medium Tiger's Blood with cream. Which was excellent. Cream? On a sno-cone? That's right folks, this IS heaven.

Then I feel asleep on the couch and woke up 3 hours later with a bad-for-you-food hangover headache.

So, yes. If we didn't have to eat or sleep we might all be in tiny flying pods and have a cure for cancer and heart disease (or would we not have either b/c we don't eat?) But we also wouldn't have the satisfaction of falling asleep on the couch on a sunny Saturday, baseball in the background, stomach full, knowing that an alarm clock would not wake us up.

commence blogging

20 years and 4 score (or whatever) ago there were no blogs, Tweets, or status updates. I think I liked it better that way. Which, may seem terribly ironic since I'm writing and you're reading a BLOG. I'll explain.

I'm planning to go back to school. And, since in the past two years I have only written text like "Thanks for your generous support" and/or "Hope you'll consider increasing your financial commitment to our community's health", I feel pretty out of clever and academic writing practice. I'm using this blog to get my skills back.

Feel free to criticize at will. Also, feel free to ask me to research and report on topics you'd like to hear about. But don't do too much of either or I'll erase you.

Cheers