Random Thursday
Category: Random Thursday...
Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 02:51 PM [GMT-6]

Inconsequentia commenceth:

• Blogathon 2007 is scheduled for July 28th! Who's in?


• I was disturbed to discover that my local supermarket rearranged the cereal aisle while I was out of town. I can't help wondering what perceived feng shui faux pas led them to believe that putting the Shredded Wheat on the south end of the aisle instead of its traditional place on the north end provides a superior shopping experience.


• I'm also not happy that my good old green Zest soap -- the soothing verde of the ocean that I grew up only 500 miles away from -- has now been replaced by a strange purple lump in the shape of an elephant's vertebral disc and bearing a silly name like Serene Lilacs of Repose. The fool thing won't even stay put on the soap dish.


• Oh, for those of you who are familiar with the good eats to be found in Santa Fe, while I won't bore you with a blow-by-blow description of our gastronomic adventures, I will provide the following list of our dining destinations and you can fill in the blanks yourselves: Pasqual's, The Shed, Harry's Roadhouse, Tia Sophia's (twice), the Stakeout Bar and Grill (Taos), the Plaza Café, the Guadalupe Café, The Chocolate Maven, and Il Piata. Oh, and high tea at the Hotel St. Francis, which despite no longer providing clotted cream with its scones, is still worth the $9 it takes to enjoy the illusion of culture.


• Speaking of Santa Fe, here's a short video clip I captured during a Sunday afternoon stroll through a neighborhood not far from Canyon Road. Forgive the quality; a hand-held camera at 20x zoom doesn't make for the most stable of images, and the back-lit setting wasn't ideal. But do make sure your computer's audio is turned up to get the full effect:

• I'm not sure I've ever seen a woodpecker in the "wild" before, let alone been in a position to capture one on film.

In closing, I'll share with you that I just finished watching One Night with the King on DVD. This movie purports to be the story of Hadassah, whose accomplishments are described in the Old Testament book of Esther. My advice is short and probably cruel: read the short book of Esther, use your imagination to fill in any perceived gaps in the story, and skip the movie which, while not awful, doesn't come close to measuring up to the real thing.