I know about the crudites, Zen. I seem to be able to manage raw much more easily than cooked. Cooked veg is...packing material, mostly. I get as much enjoyment out of styro peanuts.

The steamer is H's gadget; I'm perfectly happy steaming rice on the stove. But the top basket does come in handy for steaming things, so you get twice as much food for the energy used to cook it.

Cooked veg is...packing material, mostly. I get as much enjoyment out of styro peanuts.

Heh. Exactly. At least the styro peanuts are fun when the cats chase them.

And by coincidence, moments after posting on LeBron, I ran into this from The Nation on SubPrime Dan, the owner of the team Bron left [link]

Speaking as someone who has spent time in Cleveland, the fans there are extremely sensitive about departing sports [people/teams], after the Browns moved to Baltimore. That was EPIC. Also, Cleveland is close to Detroit in its level of economic woes; it feels a bit like kicking people who are down.

Boing moved their headquarters out of Washington State

This should totally be the company name. Who wouldn't want to fly in a Boing?

while I am still not at all calmed down yet, I did just realize that I will be able to soak in the tub with the bathroom door open and music on tonight. AND I can stay in there as long as I want.

This should totally be the company name. Who wouldn't want to fly in a Boing?

Oh, ha. I thought he meant BoingBoing.

I have Maine Pictures! [link]

Including some of a person you know: [link]

I've only ever seen one brand of commercial kale chips, and they were at a health food store and ridiculously expensive and not very good.

Somewhere or other, I just saw a review of some new falafel chips made of chickpeas, as well as some other chips made out of beans, but I can't remember where.

I'm ambivalent about LeBron James. Having lived in Ohio during his high school years and his entry to the NBA, I am not sentimental about him. He struck me as a smart kid, having leveraged his skills early and positioned himself to make a lot of money and to take care of the people around him. But watching his mother (who lived in public housing and used food stamps) go out and get a loan for a Hummer for his 18th birthday based on his future income alone was sort of eyerolly. He's a businessman, essentially. I understand that all of Cleveland thinks they nurtured him, and in a way, they did. But he made the best deal he can in order to win a championship.

His NBA pay is nothing next to his endorsements, which shouldn't take too bad of a hit over his move. And I'm sure he bargained for a lot of perks--like getting some of his entourage hired by the Heat and travelling expenses on the road for his family.

I don't know that the lack of state taxes played very heavily into his decision. I think he wants to play with his buddies and win a championship. That doesn't bother me.

The hour long television coverage of his announcement was lame, though. And grossly self-serving. ESPN should be ashamed of itself over that whole fiasco.