#6 Today I learned...

1/30/12 - Today I learned that "ketchup is shunned in the hot dog world".

Not only was today a Monday, but it was an AWFUL day. I love being a teacher, but sometimes you just have bad days. Teaching, in my opinion, is much different from other professions in that it is incredibly personal. When attacked by a parent or criticized (even constructively) by a superior, if feels like you personally are being reprimanded. That day, all in the matter of the last hour of school, I had three separate things happen, all of which brought me down from my usual chipper self to tears. Parents can be brutal.

Though we usually get sushi on Monday nights, that morning my boyfriend and I had decided to make hot dogs. He is a great cook, and proclaimed that he made amazing dogs; I had been craving a good one for weeks, and so it was settled. I texted him after my breakdown, desperately imploring him to follow through on him promise. He did per usual, and was he true to his word! Great!

He is quite the hot dog connoisseur, and is full of useless knowledge about the food. Apparently, "Ketchup is shunned in the hot dog world"; in the really good hot dog stands, the won't put ketchup on your dog. Its fresh tomatoes, all the way.

#5 Today I learned...

1/29/12 - Today I learned about the Verichip.

http://epic.org/privacy/rfid/verichip.html

This implantable chip has been used for years in tracking certain soldiers in the army, as well as more recently in domesticated dogs, lest they wander off.

However, now it's being used in humans. Watch a fox news report on how it's being promoted for Alzheimer's patients. Scary Big Brother stuff!

#4 Today I learned...

1/28/12 - Today I learned that adding hot sauce to soup is a GREAT idea.

One of my favorite cooking  blogs of the moment is Closet Cooking. It's very creative and inspiring food-wise, and I have tried many of the recipes laid on on the site. I was a bit skeptical about adding hot sauce to my Buffalo Chicken Chowder,  but, as always, Kevin knows best!

The boyfriend came to join me for dinner, Waiting patiently while I finished the soup and popped a simple apple crisp in the oven for dessert. The soup is really delicious, and the bleu cheese really adds something to the spicy hot sauce. 

We cuddled on the couch afterwards, giggling at random comments, as two tired people do. As with most inside jokes, I don't know where this one came from, but suddenly we were thinking of as many words we could that rhymed with "down". Now, if someone says "You down with that", We don't respond with the typical, "I'm down." Exchanges go a little something like this:

"You down with that?"

"I'm down like a round brown clown with and upside down crown/"

"Wow. He's really down!"

Everybody is someone else's wierdo... and I am my one!