a Wednesday

I did get a Boston Butt pork roast for $5.01.....as it says in the store ad "perfect for pulled pork".....and I'm going to try the store brand "golden" bbq sauce this time....a mustard based type....and I got some good looking yellow squash and zucchini.....and corn, and bag salad....so the actual holiday weekend can be pulled pork and veggies....and other dinners can be chicken parmesan with pasta and veggies, and pan-seared shrimp with a whole-wheat pasta side, and green salad side.....I found online a very good shrimp-searing guideline, so they don't come out either chewy or gooey.....should be another fairly mild and pleasant day, was nice enough out for the walking this morning, before and after the shopping.....the 120 Musgrove address has opened now as a pizza place, with also Italian and some American entrees, plus the bar over the alley is open again....live music sometimes......at the other end of town, there's another pizza and subs place, with beer and wine and live music sometimes just opened too......in the Clinton paper today, there was a guy talking about the job-training center Piedmont Technical (think community college) is opening over in Laurens....his good quote was that we needed to invest in is getting a decent industrial labor base because "We can't compete by selling each other pizza."

Labor Day ads

came in the mail....the grocery store ad has good prices on Boston Butt, and on pork loin.....I might do pulled pork for my holiday weekend last of Summer thing.....I sort of try to observe a holiday, even though all the days are the same to me for all practical purposes.....they have fresh corn advertised too, I'll get some of that and use up more slaw and with the pork call it a BBQ.....though I'll just do the meat in the crock-pot, a lot easier that way.....maybe buy a can of beer to pour in there......

ceiling fans turned off

they have been on pretty much all the time since June.....well, in the room I'm in at the time, if you see what I mean.....this morning it's bordering on chilly, compared to the way things have been.....so I cut the grass out front after I got back from my first walk, and I'll count that as enough exercise for right now.....I had tuna and peas on toast yesterday for supper, and there's another helping of that left over.....I should make a list for Wednesday shopping.....maybe this week I'll slow cook a chicken and make a box of cornbread stuffing, haven't done that in a while....they had whole hens cheap last week.....or maybe a pork roast.....I'm out of eggs.....and I need a loaf of bread.....today is predicted to get to 85, which is normal for this time of year....three weeks roughly 'til Fall?

kinda late at night

and there's lightning flashes to the south I can see from the front porch....but the only stuff showing on the radar is way down near Augusta....is that what I'm seeing? Don't hear any thunder....cool enough this evening, nice out.....I got some good looking library books this morning, something to read.....they are saying it might rain on Labor Day, so have your picnic earlier in the weekend.....

cool down

nice this morning with mild dry air and some breeze.....I'm going to go walk around the park, and then go to the library.....I might make shrimp and pimento cheese grits for supper.....I've got slaw I should use up, maybe have some with lunch.....

good-bye Irene

South Carolina dodged the bullet by about a hundred miles.....that seems to be the summation of our encounter with the hurricane.....today it's clear skies and gentle breezes.....this week the weather should be seasonal.....that's to say, more normal temps than we had for most of the month.....looking for highs 80's instead of mid-90's......Saints at Raiders is on at 8 tonight, so that's 5 in Oakland? Should be blimp shots of bay bridges, etc.....see what Brian's weather is like....I've got tuna and peas penne salad for an easy leftover supper.....lunch will be a pimento cheese fish slider, with bread and butter pickle slices.....Sunday breakfast was french toast with ham......

DEVO live in Japan 2003

amazing what you can find on streaming netflix if you just keep poking around.....very good show....enough to restore your faith in humanity.....still some artists out there not afraid to speak the truth.....de-evoluntionary: in the beginning was the end.....that sums it all up .......