Monday, March 23, 2009

Recession in safety: Planes crashing like a dot-com Nasdaq startup

Ok, I have to take the time to ask what the HELL is happening in the friendly skies? Are there burning comets flying around, unbeknown to us, avoiding radar? Seems like when it rains it pours and this string of airplane accidents is getting a bit ridiculous and potentially scary.These aren't experimental or test flights. These aren't non-commercial pilots. We're talking MONSTROUS aircraft falling out of the sky. So I am definitely going with the hidden comet theory.

Friday, March 06, 2009

Super Chef!

We've left the infamous 9/80 program behind and it's back to working every Friday. The bonus is that my days are now much shorter and I'm going in earlier to make them "seem" even shorter (call it a "virtual" 7.5 hr day!).

Unfortunately without a full day off it will affect my ability to do things like bake Almond-Crusted Pear Tarts and create Maple infused Applewood smoke bacon. So to accomplish these tasks in a mere 48-hr weekend I am glad to have browsed my friend Catherine's blog and found that I too can be a super-hero. I chose to be a kitchen hero and here is the resulting persona: