Unrelated Items

– My Barney Butter (ordered off Amazon.com) arrived Saturday afternoon, and I was away Sunday and Monday, so today was my first chance to have it for breakfast. It’s so good. I’ve also been experimenting with adding egg white to my oat bran (I stir it in once the bran is almost done, then stir it over the heat, so it can cook). The egg flavor is definitely in there, but it makes it taste like French toast!
– Speaking of French, today was my first French class through community ed. I studied German in school, of course, but the majority of my friends took French, and I’ve always wished I could speak that language better. I think I’m going to excel in this class, because French really plays to my strengths — namely, my tendency to trail off when speaking out lou…
– My new point-and-shoot camera (a birthday present) takes video, and today I uploaded about a minute of how Beany and I play. I’ve been trying to explain this particular ‘game’ to people lately, but I’m not sure it’s always clear what a strange cat Beany can be. I like how Booty is in the background and wanders off at the beginning of the clip and then returns at the end. Continuity. And I think my favorite bit is Beany following me off at the end. The way she looks up at me to see what we’re going to do next kills me.
– When stores started having those self-service registers, I really resented them. I had worked at a little supermarket when I was in college, and there was no way I was going to scan my own groceries without getting paid for it. But my local grocery store installed four of these ‘fast lane’ registers, and I don’t think I’ve used anything else since. I often just have to pick up a few items, and it really is so much faster to ring them up without having to wait in a line. Plus, I like doing things I’m good at, and I reckon I’m pretty good at scanning barcodes and keying in numbers — I was professionally trained back in college, after all.