After reading all of the warning instructions on the back, I am not sure that this stuff is safe to drink.

The kids are already wearing shorts so I suppose this years selection of hot fashions won’t last long.

It may be only February but things are starting to grow.  We are suppose to have a short winter this year and that is OK with me.

Some places are now offering vitamin water as an alternative to soft drinks.  And I can hear kids now turning down pizza and a Coke for a glass of vitamin water to go along with their fresh broccoli salad.

When I went shopping for a new kitchen scale, I surprised to see that the high end ones were Bluetooth enabled.  And while I was impressed with the advances in technology, I wasn’t really sure how the Bluetooth function would work.  Does the scale have builtin speakers so that you can listen to music from your smart phone?  Does it interface with your PC so that you can record weights and measures?  Is the Bluetooth feature necessary or only a solution in search of a problem?

When I first started to work for the State of Michigan, I was told that the legislature had their own telephone system.  This was partly because of wire tap concerns and partly because FOIA requests.  They were afraid that requests for telephone records under FOIA would be given out without their consent.  In short, they didn’t have to comply with FIOA requests if they chose not to.

However, in the light of recent media events, they are looking to change their FOIA exemption.  But given the general paranoia that the legislature seems to have, I doubt that anything will change regarding FIOA requests.

Burger King is adding hot dogs to their menu.  I am glad to finally see hot dogs on a fast food menu.  Unfortunately while I love a good hot dog, I am afraid that I love the Whopper even more.

I received an email from a company offering free shipping for today only.  Wow, free shipping.   What an offer!!  Now if they had offered free shipping for the entire month or even for a week, I might have taken advantage of it.   But a “today only” offer doesn’t inspire me to place an order.  However, the next time that I get ready to place an order, I might wait a few weeks to see if they are going to offer free shipping again.

I purchased a new book on making bread.  And in keeping with the more modern tradition of making bread, ingredients are measured out by weight and not volume.   And while I appreciate the concept, I was a bit surprised when the recipe called for 11.75 ounces of flour.

My scale can measure 11.6 ounces, 11.7 ounces and 11.8 ounces, but it does not measure in the .01-.09 range.  So, I initially thought about getting a better scale until I realized that we are talking about less than a teaspoon of flour in a measurement of over a cup.  I am sure that I spill at least .01 ounces of flour when I put the ingredients in the mixing bowl.  And while a new scale would only cost about $30, I am afraid that if I had one, I would spent too much of my time measuring.  After all, I am making bread and not rocket fuel.

My wife sent me to the store to buy some cauliflower.  But since they had orange and purple and white, I decided to buy purple.  My wife has yet to recover.