No, it's not with some cute 21 year old techno girl...you can't truly love one of those, at least according to my friend Scott.
Shepherd's Pie
aaaaggggghhhhhhhh
Yesterday was the exact 6-year anniversary of my arrival in Germany. I decided to celebrate by having the most non-German experience which is possible in Leipzig....going to an Irish Pub which is owned & run by a short Irish guy named McCormack, drinking Irish beer and eating a proper Irish (or English, as it may be) meal. On the menu - shepherd's pie. Never had one of those things. It sounds good....ground lamb, mashed potatoes, covered in cheese and baked in an oven. Gee, I might as well try it!
Holy fucking hell on an unsanded fuckstick!! Why did it take me 31.5 years of living on this planet to discover this culinary wonder?
There's no way around it, I'm forever changed.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Nasal Love
Having a "nose shower" for the last month and a half, and using it every morning first thing when I wake up and every night before I go to bed has taught me 2 scary things:
1. the unbelievable mass of snot that can build up in your sinuses during 5-7 hours of sleep (I've been able to stop buying peanut butter for my morning toast).
2. the interesting flora of colours that snot can take on during a 5-7 hour gestation period in your sinuses, from the constant evaporation and replenishment of snot, leading to some sort of super-concentrated snot (that fortunately gets washed out in the morning).
OK, I'm being somewhat misleading about #2 - the word "flora" would indicate a number of colors appearing from my nostrils. What gets washed out of my nose is usually some variation of green, off white & yellow.
Everybody should have their own nose shower - it provides so much entertainment (and brekky!) in the morning.
Oh, and a little naming note: The Germans refer to it as "Nasendusche". IE, "Nose Shower". Logical, simple, descriptive. This might seriously be the best German word ever. In fact, it IS the best German word ever. Period. Words like this are why the German language was invented.
In English, it's called....get this...."Nasal Irrigation". Eh? I never saw my nasal cavity as some sort of field that needed to be plowed and irrigated. A day in the life in the nasal farm...
"Hey Pa, we gots us somethin' blockin' the irrigation! I thinks it's a dead armadillo."
"Well Ma, flood it out and let's have us some armadillo chilli tonight!"
"Yeehaw!"
I'll stick with nose shower.
1. the unbelievable mass of snot that can build up in your sinuses during 5-7 hours of sleep (I've been able to stop buying peanut butter for my morning toast).
2. the interesting flora of colours that snot can take on during a 5-7 hour gestation period in your sinuses, from the constant evaporation and replenishment of snot, leading to some sort of super-concentrated snot (that fortunately gets washed out in the morning).
OK, I'm being somewhat misleading about #2 - the word "flora" would indicate a number of colors appearing from my nostrils. What gets washed out of my nose is usually some variation of green, off white & yellow.
Everybody should have their own nose shower - it provides so much entertainment (and brekky!) in the morning.
Oh, and a little naming note: The Germans refer to it as "Nasendusche". IE, "Nose Shower". Logical, simple, descriptive. This might seriously be the best German word ever. In fact, it IS the best German word ever. Period. Words like this are why the German language was invented.
In English, it's called....get this...."Nasal Irrigation". Eh? I never saw my nasal cavity as some sort of field that needed to be plowed and irrigated. A day in the life in the nasal farm...
"Hey Pa, we gots us somethin' blockin' the irrigation! I thinks it's a dead armadillo."
"Well Ma, flood it out and let's have us some armadillo chilli tonight!"
"Yeehaw!"
I'll stick with nose shower.
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