Love that second link (and the third), but this
It's a refreshing combination of sweet and cold, sure, but how does something that's simply tasty become the unofficial beverage for an entire region? Well, there's this: The South reveres its traditions, and sweet tea is one of them. Dixie has had some embarrassments in its time: There's that whole Civil War thing, the whole Judge Roy Moore thing, that whole Naples, Fla., Swamp Buggy Queen thing, to name a few. Getting your nose rubbed in your own traditions too many times makes you cling to those that aren't, well, illegal. And you revere them as much because they have proven resistant to change as you do for their particular qualities.
I want to marry and have lots of traditional, embarassed children with it.
Timelies all!
My folks are here, so that's what's happening this weekend.
Oh, as soon as I saw the sweet tea article I KNEW that I had to post it here -- didn't we
just
have a sweet tea conversation?
Another link found on Readerville - is it only my love of notebooks that makes the linkable notebook fascinating? Or is it an actual good idea?
I am oddly entertained by the silent video of guinea pigs and cucumber. Huh. Their little nibbly nibbling!
I saw "linkable notebooks" and immediately thought internet. I was so disappointed when I looked at the site and saw that's not what they're about.
I actually don't like sweet tea, but I love Luzianne with Too Much Lemon. Still, it's a tradition in my family too.
As a reward for such good links, sumi, I give you Freddy the fox It's this guy's amazing flickr set of a fox that visits his Colorado home.
Ooh, now I want sweet tea.
Today is never going to end, is it?
Not from where I'm sitting.
Oh! But I just found jackass designer (who, by the way, was out of here at 5 on the dot) is outta here for good next week! And not because of anything I said, since I said it all to you.
(Although I think I shocked my new manager when she told me and my response was "oh thank god, I was about to stab him.")
Huh, I've gone to dinner and come back and still people are working?
I touched base with a very good recruiter who seemed actually excited to work with me. Trying not to get too excited in turn here. And the HR guy from my old job is still trying to get my medical insurance cancellation revoked, so at least there's a smidge of hope there, too.
