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and to all a good night...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Like My New Banner?

My friend, Charlie, has great design sensibilities. She knows my style, because it's very much like her own (see her groovy Christmas Card). She just made my new banner, literally in about 10 minutes. Isn't she awesome??

People are Passionate About Radishes

Last night Elliott and I were discussing how much we dislike radishes.  I nonchalantly posted on Twitter about our distaste for the veggie.  Twitter also updates my Facebook page...here's the ensuing string of comments from the peanut, er...radish (?) gallery: 

Laura my husband and i both agree: radishes SUCK.via Twitter -9:40pm - 19 Comments

 Melissa Allen White at 9:45pm December 18

i'd have to agree as well

 Niki Jorgenson at 9:56pm December 18

oh, i would have to politely disagree. i love the radishes. i like to eat them as a snack.

 Melanie E Boyd at 10:01pm December 18

Spicy, colorful, and nearly no calories. What's not to love?!

 Shelly Doyle Shuey at 11:31pm December 18

I'm a fan. Wouldn't want them in my birthday cake or anything, but I like 'em.

 Joe Fay at 11:32pm December 18

Yeah, but the band Radish rocked a little. Oh, young Ben Kweller, we hardly knew ye.

 Elliott Seymour at 7:27am December 19

Well, after a lot of thought, I have decided that the reason that I don't like radishes is that they taste like sh*t.

 Melissa Allen White at 7:56am December 19

I just don't like them..probably one of the only veggies I don't like~ personally don't know what sh*t tastes like..but I will take your word for it. ;-)

 Elliott Seymour at 8:00am December 19

Hey Melissa, you know what sh*t tastes like? Radishes.

 Melissa Allen White at 8:00am December 19

OH yeah..it's early I wasn't thinking clearly!

 Laura Beaty Seymour at 8:09am December 19

little did i know that the great radish debate would unfold right here on my facebook page...

 Elliott Seymour at 8:24am December 19

Radish memories: I remember getting my first taste of the cursed radish. It was in a salad - that's how they slip them to you, ya know. Anyhow, I thought I had bit into a rotting onion...or a rat carcass. To this day, I still hate rat carcasses. And radishes.

 Joe Fay at 9:37am December 19

I think the difference between sh*t and radishes is that sh*t actually has a taste. Radishes "taste" like drywall. And by the way, why do people put f*cking cabbage in lettuce for salads!!?? It has no taste, either. And restaurants that offer a "fruit cup" that's 90% canteloupe and green melon, the cheapest and most tasteless fruits on the market. THANKS FOR THE HALF STRAWBERRY AND TWO GRAPES AND 17 SLICES OF MELON IN MY FRUIT CUP! STOP USING CHEAP FILLER MATERIAL IN OUR FOODS, A**HOLES!

 Laura Beaty Seymour at 9:49am December 19

note to self: keep radishes, cabbage, and melon away from joe fay.

 Elliott Seymour at 10:08am December 19

I like the increasing use of profanity in this post about radishes.

 Elliott Seymour at 10:09am December 19

...d*mn it.

 Melissa Allen White at 12:24pm December 19

f@ckers! ;-) This post made my day!

 Jill Marie Sullins at 3:00pm December 19

I think radishes are f-ing gross and I wouldn't eat them if they were the last thing on this damn earth. Why? Because they taste like nothing. They are almost as bad as water chestnuts. Don't get me started on water chestnuts.

 Elliott Seymour at 3:27pm December 19

Amen, Jill, Amen.

 Laura Beaty Seymour at 7:31pm December 19

this is maybe the best comment string EVER.

They Hold the Key

My Boy Painted a Tree Today

There are "things I should be doing 'online', but I'm just having too much fun with these guys:

Noel and Lennon are being super-cute fun together - MOST of the time...there are still the moments where I find Noel in the prolonged "hug" (read: strangle hold), or Lennon with a size 10 Toddler shoe in his face, but a lot of the time, it's good, and I think it only gets better. 

Today Noel painted a tree.  I'm impressed.

Noel (who introduces himself as "Noel Bowl"), age 2 yrs. 9 mo.

Tyler, We Want to Meet You!

When I first moved out on my own, I could not cook.  A gourmet meal to me was hummus and Wheat Thins.  A few years back, I worked from home.  Well, working from home for me, meant sitting in front of the TV with my laptop, working.  It was the life!  However, even with 200 channels (thank you, DirecTV), there were times when there wasn't much on TV.  I came across Food Network during one of these days, and it happened to be around Christmas time.  Tyler Florence, who was then the host of Food 911 (RIP), was helping someone make restaurant quality steaks.  I was hooked.  

We began to DVR episodes of Food 911 and Tyler's Ultimate religiously.  We tried a LOT of Tyler's meals.  We watch Tyler's Ultimate still, today, on pins and needles, wondering what amazing, incredible dish Tyler's going to show us how to make this week (sloppy joe's with squash slaw!?!)  To be quite frank, Elliott and I love Tyler.  We feel like he's our long lost brother.  He's the kind of guy you'd want to make you dinner, then hope that he'll sit down and eat with you.  We're pretty sure we'd get along with this guy like peanut butter and jelly (speaking of...).

So yesterday, I was checking Twitter, and I remebered a Fellow Twit had mentioned meeting him at the Food & Wine Festival in NYC.  I wanted to follow up and see how it was.  I confessed to her that he is my cooking inspiration...and the die was cast!  She gave me the idea to publicly ask for Tyler to come give my husband and I a cooking lesson.  In fact, I thought of an even better idea for Tyler's time with us!  I am a good cook, but my kitchen is insanely disorganized.  I'd love for him to help us get organized so we can cook his fab meals without feeling overwhelmed by our kitchen...and then, of course, we would use our new found skills to cook an insanely good meal together and eat it with him in our living room while we watch The Brady Kids cartoons or Scooby Doo.  That's not too much to ask, is it?!?  

Help me, my friends...get Tyler to come over!!!  Leave me a comment-I'll use it as a "petition".  Word is out on Twitter for anyone that knows Tyler, and I am guessing that with the power of social networking, we can get this to happen (ya know, if Tyler WANTS to *please!!*).  Thanks, everyone!!!

From the E$

I just really like this picture, don't you? My husband took it.