Beep, beep, beep. Is it the TV? Where am I?
It's 5 a.m. and I'm sleeping (sitting up) on the couch with the TV on. (Apparently, due to this cough, I can only sleep sitting up. If in bed, I slide down to a horizontal position and wake up, coughing.)
Anyway ... it's the microwave.
Three days ago, I was dozing and being sick with this horrible sinus infection and I hear the beeps. I go out into the kitchen and open and close the microwave. Repeat this twice. Then, nothing.
The next night, I was at my computer and the microwave turns itself on and proceeds to spin. This happened twice. Later, forgetting that it's probably broken, I try to make tea: nothing. So now my microwave is in the category of some people: It lights up, spins, makes a lot of noise, but doesn't do any work.
Back to today: I unplugged that sucker.
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Ling Ling potstickers make me happy. And I'm about to eat the last one I have. Will I brave the freezing rain to go to Costco in Springfield to get more??
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So I watching Stoop Chats on TV (MTV?? I don't know which channel.) A woman, Greenberg I think, interviews and actor/celebrity sitting on a brownstone stoop. On the very top step is her dog, Gracie. I have to say, Gracie is the real star of these chats. She is an enormous grey/white bull dog who usually just naps. But in the interview with Alan Cumming (Eli of The Good Wife), Gracie seemed to be listening intently.
Then after a commercial (of course!) the next interview was with the main guy from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (you see, I'm no good with names on paper either!). And they had a plate of cookies to go with their tea or coffee, or whatever they sip. Well! Gracie looked over at the plate of cookies and looked at "Mom" as if to say, "Uh huh. And when will you remember to give me one?" Her soundless antics watching every move, or potential move, of the cookies is hilarious. I do believe they finally gave her one, but most of that has been edited out.
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I really think I would like to be a personal chef. Yes, Mom, I know you shouldn't call yourself a chef unless you have had formal training, but that is the "new" industry term for someone who goes into a home and prepares several meals for a week. That way, you do not have to have your own commercial kitchen approved by the health department and, if needed, you can put the meals directly into the client's freezer. You can work while they are at work.
I say "new" because the term and profession has been around for years. About five years ago, I did an internet search and there is a company who will train you to be a personal chef. I'm sure you get a lot of good training, but it is wickedly expensive. And I've always felt that people here are too frugal to pay for such a service.
And my cooking is like my blog: You either love it or ... you leave it. I certainly cook a varied bunch of dishes, but not necessarily fancy.
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In answer to my question about how cruise ships get/produce so much water for drinking and showers, etc.:
The United States’ first known experience with desalination was in 1791 when Thomas Jefferson had a simple distillation process printed on the backs of all papers distributed on ships, giving sailors an option to produce drinking water in case of emergency.
The first desalination plant built in the U.S. occurred in the 1960’s at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When water supplies to the naval base were cut off in retaliation for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the base became self-sufficient, desalinating 3.4 million gallons of water every day.
Today, cruise ships and submarines desalinate ocean-water to meet the needs of their passengers, but less than 1% of the U.S. population on land currently receives desalinated water to drink. Ocean-water desalination has been in practice in the U.S. for hundreds of years, though, and as the technology continues to improve, it is becoming easier and more affordable to produce desalinated ocean-water for everyday human uses.
The first desalination plant built in the U.S. occurred in the 1960’s at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When water supplies to the naval base were cut off in retaliation for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the base became self-sufficient, desalinating 3.4 million gallons of water every day.
Today, cruise ships and submarines desalinate ocean-water to meet the needs of their passengers, but less than 1% of the U.S. population on land currently receives desalinated water to drink. Ocean-water desalination has been in practice in the U.S. for hundreds of years, though, and as the technology continues to improve, it is becoming easier and more affordable to produce desalinated ocean-water for everyday human uses.
Have I told you lately how much I love Google??
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