Pobox Book Club: Join Today!

I'm in a book club, and I keep talking about it. Kitten got mad, and told me I had to start another book club. The Pobox book club. Then, when I said we had to pick a book, she started in on, "Gosh! Wouldn't it be great if one of us had a web page that everyone read, and could leave their vote about what book to read?!" Bah.


So, we're starting a book club. Here are the initial picks. You can vote for as many books as you want. Top two vote-getting books will have a run-off vote by email. You can also submit your votes on these books by email.

If you vote, you're in the club. If you don't vote, you're not. This will be the only time we do this vote on the blog.

Th e Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Devil in the White City
Bliss
Broke Diaries

We now return to your regularly scheduled silence.

Paninis: Eating is believing.

Tonight, I finally talked Steven into opening up our new panini maker, and tossing off a couple of sandwiches.

First off, it makes something edible out of previously frozen italian bread. (Sara, did I ever tell you about the time Steven found a seltzer bottle in the freezer, and thought you had taken your "everything stays fresher in the freezer" concept to its furthest extreme?) This is especially good because we now have an endless supply of bread to freeze, since an unnamed ravioli store does not sell day-old bread.

Second, has there ever been a sandwich on earth that did not taste better with a hot, crusty grill mark across its flank? We started immediately with level 2 sandwiches: apples and cheese, and PB & N (that's nutella, duh), and oh man! They are SO good! Those little ridges! That smushy internal texture! That hard shell converting once dry, dusty freezer bread into a treat that cannot be surpassed!

Please feel free to post your panini ideas here.

Also, for my entry in the bake-off, I will simply be converting other entries into paninis. Mmm, pie panini!

Boo! I'm adorable.

All I do is try to get you to love me, and what do I get? A whole lotta nothing! It's true, I think people don't read us anymore because of our few and far between updates. Once Sara, my own flesh and blood stopped reading I knew things were going down hill from there. Never fear loyal blog readers, summer is here and blogging is my specialty. Although I'm pretty busy right now trying to watch all of Gilmore Girls Season 3 (the season of Dave Rygowski), after that's over I'll be blogging more.

Are you ready to get pumped? I mean really, really pumped?
Here's a little dialogue for your amusement or to disgust you*, your choice:
* Please don't read if you love Jesus and/or fetuses

For Prize Day at school yesterday I did the benediction to close the school year.
Helen: How did your benediction go?
Me: Oh, awesome, the whole room gave me a standing ovation, and then I was like, "Jesus is #1," as I did a victory lap around the gym. Of course after my victory lap, I walked went up to the mic, yelled out, "I'm killing fetuses all summer long. Come visit me at Planned Parenthood. Then I slapped sister in the face and took a second victory lap screaming, "Down with fetuses, up with me!"

P.S. None of this really happened, please don't protest or burn down my house.