Last couple hours of July. Good-fucking-Bye.
Longest week of my life. July certainly went through a lot to try and not end.
So glad to see it go though.
Til Next Year July.
Eat it.
~AJ
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Delaware Vacation in Review
Just a quick review of vacation.
Saturday I visited Pat in Danville Pennsylvania. It was a fun trip, I met his girlfriend of the last decade for the second time (at least that I recall). She was nice. We all (Sarah was there) went out to eat and then walked down by the river. After some relaxing at his place (and some really really filling rhubarb pie Shannon had made from scratch) Pat, Sarah, and I went out to the Pub II where we kicked BDGirl’s ass in trivia (although we absolutely sucked at the British Music Section). This was then followed up by late night trip to the Old Forge Brewing Company for some delicious hand made soft pretzels. Pat had raved about them earlier and he was right for doing so.
Sarah and I got up early on Sunday and finished out drive to Bethany Beach. This was by far the hottest year in a while. We didn’t got an hour on the beach without jumping in the water (usual Delaware trip is a swim, followed by an hour or two of reading and relaxing on the beach, some more swimming, relaxing, etc.). This year you had to continually get in the water, it was just that hot. We saw dolphins, sand critters, Ghost Crabs, seagulls, pelicans, and other animals. We even saw a ghost crab eating a sand critters (pretty cool site). We swam and got sunburned and played with my niece and nephews (soooo much fun). Anyways, it was a lot of fun seeing my family, Sarah got her fill of crab at the Blue Crab (all you can eat = 7 crabs… at least for Sarah), and I got my donuts from Fractured Prune.
Random Pictures (I know there’s a Pat and me picture out there that I need to get ahold of):
Dear Pennsylvania,
Dear Pennsylvania,
I am writing to tell that a “highway repair focused” economy is awful. Don’t try to hide it. I know most of your economy comes from the constant, and what I suspect as unnecessary, highway repairs you have going on all over your state at all times. Its obscene really. It makes visiting your state, even just driving through, a god awful experience. Any appreciation of your natural beauty is lost by the anger and frustration one gets from driving on your highways at speeds considerable slower than 65 miles per hour because of the constant construction.
I wish I could drive around you without doubling the time and distance of any road trip.
You suck,
AJ
I am a man….
but I sure do love the scent of the Juicy Pomegranate and Mango Infusion body wash I use.
French Cinnamon Muffins
I downloaded the Betty Crocker cookbook for my iPhone. It was free and I was curious. First thing I looked up was French Cinnamon Muffins. These were my favorite thing to bake all through middle and high school. Essentially you make fantasticly delicious muffins, then dip them in melted butter and then in a cinnamon-sugar mix.
I never said they were good for you, just amazing.
Candy, or not candy
Listening to NPR this I was a little shocked at what states are now defining as candy. States like Colorado and Washington are now going to tax candy as a way to fill in budget deficits.
In order to do this they first have to define what is candy; and the determining factor as to what is or is not candy, is flour. That’s right. Because Twix and Kit Kats have flour in them they are not candy. But a Snickers bar that is devoid of flour is candy. I find it the most bizarre arbitrary way to define something as candy.
However I am envious of the guy who gets to sit there and have candy sent to his office to see if it is taxable as “candy” or not. I wonder if he makes secret deals with his favorte candy company to be supplied candy for life if he deems it not taxable.