Happy 50th, Dad!

50 years ago today Don Walsh participated in a deep sea dive to the deepest art of the the world's oceans, setting a Guinness World Record that has still not been surpassed or even tied by another human being!

Congratulations Dad!

For more, see here
or here.

The rest of the story

I heard this quote today that really caught my attention:

Without forgiveness, you never get to hear the rest of the story.

All Cereal

When my boyfriend is out of town (yes, I call my husband 'my boyfriend'), I typically subsist on bowls of cereal. It's the perfect storm of everything being a little off because he's gone + I happen to really like cereal + it only takes a bowl and a spoon.
So, I decided to post my list of the 10 best cold cereals*.

In no particular order:
Wheat Chex
Cheerios
C.W. Post (Just Bunches is what it's called today)
Corn Pops
Raisin Bran
Strawberry Fields (by Kashi)
Grape Nuts
Honey Smacks
Frosted Shredded Wheat
Concentrate (Yeah, I can list a dead cereal. You don't like it, then submit your own favorites!)

Honorable mention (Cereals I rarely buy a full box of, but enjoy occasionally or use for other things):
Corn Flakes - also great for adding crunchy coating to butter baked chicken
Rice Krispies - also great for Treats, as well you know
Golden Grahams - also great for treats
Possible new contender: Wheaties Fuel - a totally brand new cereal with oodles of fiber and vitamins AND it stays crunchy in milk. After only 1 bowl, I quite like it, but there will be no final vote until I get to the bottom of the box.


*We all know there are only 2 real hot cereals - oatmeal and cream of wheat - so there's no need to list 'em. Taps for Wheatena. (sniff)

Addendum to post on California's Same-Sex Marriage case

This week's Newsweek has an interesting cover story: "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage: The Republican Lawyer Who Won Bush v. Gore is Fighting a New Battle: Equal Rights for All".
It's a really interesting view, and it certainly piqued my curiosity.

C'mon California, you can do it...

The Courts are reviewing claims that the recently passed Prop 8 in California is unconstitutional, while the state is defending the voter-approved law.

Meanwhile, I'm just hoping that the issue can be argued on the most basic issue: Telling any two people that they are legally forbidden from doing something because of the gender of one of those people is - simply - discrimination on the basis of gender.
W+W = bad
M+M = bad
W+M = good
Just swap out one gender for another in the first two equations, and you can see pretty easily that the core problem is because one party is a woman but "should" be a man (or vice versa). That is no more or less than discrimination on the basis of gender.

We find this repugnant in every other setting, and have gone so far as to put laws in place to ensure this doesn't happen!
We can't discriminate in employment on the basis of gender, for instance, nor do we allow gender to determine who can drive a car, become a doctor, teach our kids, fix our computers, or fly our planes.

Why would it be okay to discriminate on the basis of gender in the romantic relationship between two adults?

So, come on California, get this one right. You can do it.

Phoenix Cereal!

If you happen to remember a granola-type cereal called C.W. Post - which has been gone from the shelves since the mid-90's - then I have some good news!

Much like how the show Soap led to the spin-off Benson (that's right, I just made that reference, you love it!), Post cereal's Honey Bunches of Oats has led to the tastier Just Bunches... the closest thing to C.W. Post there has ever been on the market.

Sweet crunchy granola bits, stays crunchy for a long time in milk, great on yoghurt,.... in short, it's OM NOM NOM!

Heck, I even wrote Post a letter thanking them for making another good granola cereal.

So go get your tasty flashback cereal today, and no need to thank me.
Just keep buying it so they don't discontinue this one, too!

Cereal - it's not just for breakfast any more.