First there was Bacon Salt, now there's Bacon Mayonnaise

the end of the day cannot come soon enough.

Tom has written some excellent thank you emails!

First there was Bacon Salt, now there's Bacon Mayonnaise

There's also bacon flavored vodka. Madness.

If you want bacon you should just eat bacon.

That was an unpleasant morning, but handled about as well as can be handled.

Car overheated and died right in front of Emmett's old elementary school in the East Bay -- in the middle lane of three. Heavy traffic, but not too fast, and I could raise the hood and wave people around me.

Called 911 and got a cop over pretty quick. The car cooled down and I was able to get it off to the side of the road.

Called my Geico roadside service, and got an operator who was professional, competent and solicitous (and had a nice, honeyed, Southern accent).

Called Emmett's Mom (only five minutes away) and she came to collect him and get him to school.

Geico called the tow truck company, but they also gave me the phone number as a backup. So I did a follow up call to the tow truck to give them a more detailed location and the best way to approach the car to load it.

Tow truck driver was there in half an hour. He was quick and competent, obviously knew his job.

Took me to a service station near BART where I'd had a flat fixed before. Unloaded, handed over the keys, filled out a quick form and I was on BART by 9am after a 8am breakdown.

And (I hope) it's all fixed (affordably) by the time I get back to the East Bay this evening. We'll see.

David, glad you got off the roadway fairly quickly.

Is there a bacon equivalent for "eat a muffin, whitey"?

Is there a bacon equivalent for "eat a muffin, whitey"?

Eat some fatback, yankee?

Former McCain Advisor says Campaign is 'Smoking Crack'

During an interview on MSNBC this morning, GOP strategist Mike Murphy — who helmed Sen. John McCain’s 2000 primary bid — said the McCain campaign was “smoking crack” if it is still clinging to hopes of winning Iowa, according to The Page. Murphy also referred to Virginia as “the hole in the boat” for the McCain camp.

I have tried the bacon chocolate bar, and found it to be pretty yummy.

David, glad everything worked as well as possible, apart from the car.

WindSparrow I already have the vent duct-taped off because there's not a good way to close it. Just a very small room with no way to ventilate, really.

damn youse all. I already have lettuce and tomato. Now I'll have to stop for bacon and bread on the way home.

I seem to have escaped the appointment I was worried about; he appears to be a no-show.