Saturday night I used what I think I can safely safe was the best Chanukah book I got: The Star Wars Cook Book. The menu was:
- crackers with Jabba the Hummus (brought by Nick)
- TIE Fighter Ties (breadstick in the shape of TIEs)
- Boba-fettucine
- Greedo's Garlic Bread (brought by Leslie)
- Yoda Soda (my personal favorite)
- and Wookie Cookies for dessert
Sunday I went to the Masonic temple in Alexandria and watched the kids sled down the hill. The new fad for riding the snow is the mini-snowboard (about skateboard width), though the majority of vehicles were still toboggans. One group of kids set up a plastic ramp; the goal was to get enough air on the jump to be able to shift from chest down on the toboggan to standing upright on it. No one I witnessed managed it, though some got close.
This evening I observed focus groups for the first time in my short polling career. The topic was health care and one woman related a story that I feel the need to share.
My husband and I were both employed full-time and had health care through each of our jobs. When I was expecting we decided that I would stay home with the kid and thus should move over to my husband's health insurance. But, when I tried to sign up, they rejected me because I had a "pre-existing condition:" my pregnancy. So I had to stay on my job up until the day I went into labor to keep my insurance.
That's my definition of a broken system.
LOTD: Big Jimmy, in memoriam
Heya... Sorry, again, for wussing out because of the snow. I'll catch up with you some time soon! :) -j.
No prob, I certainly wouldn't have wanted to take 66 on Saturday either. The people who came lived much closer :)
Well, the event was so successful, I might just have to buy the Star Wars cookbook The Party Edition, and do this again.
If you do that, and you do not have them, I will up the ante and bring both Star Wars: Monopoly, and Star Wars: Trivial Pursuit. Of course, as a man who has Star Wars: the cookbook, these are likely well-worn parts of your game collection. I mean, the chances that you don't have these are probably akin to those of successfully navigating an asteroid field...
Actually I have neither of those games as I have trouble finding people to play board games with me in the first place...sometimes I feel that I have to be careful not to step too far over the "nerd ledge." Basically, I have to pick my battles (e.g., edible Star Wars references==okay).
What I really need is Settlers of Catan...