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| This morning one of the first things my brother said to me was this:
"Why can't you write more like Bethany, quick and witty; I mean "I
don't care what they tell you in middle school....making fun of other
really does make you feel
better about yourself." That's great stuff." That isn't a direct quote, I wasn't paying attention.
To that I say. Bethany is a really good writer and in truth I'm
kinda jealous. Not only can she spin stories about her life, but
she also has a life interesting enough to write about. I mean I
have a homeless guy that stands out on the corner with luggage, she has
a neighbor who pretends to mow his lawn so his fat wife will leave him
alone.
I'm more than just kinda jealous; Bethany is better than I am. I'm just nice.
Things that happened to me today that don't make good blog material:
1) I woke up at 9:00 (the latest I've slept all summer).
2) Sam and I observed that Shipley's was closed, though it wasn't;
looked at the website for our roundabout and thought about making the
guy that seems to live on the corner the mascot.
3) I printed off
articles for class and did my little info hunt in record time.
4) Returned my movies (right after it started raining).
5) I bought a new coffee maker and discovered that you can use up to 5 Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons in a single transaction.
6) I went to Whole Foods and wasn't impressed by their produce selection as I thought I might be.
7) I wrote a paper on how libraries should be run more like bookstores
that might just make me less employable except for Neal's plans for me
to be an information broker anyway.
8) I reheated curry from Friday.
9) I watched the Simpsons
10) I participated in my little chat for my class while listening to Bethany.
11) I typed this blog.
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| I'm not generally a fan of bridal showers. You are usually
surrounded by people you don't know, drinking mimosas (the good part),
snacking on tuna noodle casserole and watching someone open gifts that
they likely won't be using for a few years. The one I went to
today though was lovely. Mostly because someone told me I look
like Mary Louise Parker.
I agree. Except I don't have that strange smile and I've never served my BBQed husband to the county sheriff.
And I agree with Mr. Neuro Guitarist. Half of the interesting
things I could write about never make it to the blog, and they
shouldn't.
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| So I'm curious. I've recently learned that tomatoes were found to
be vegetables by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1893 case Nix vs. Hedden.
Now I was always taught that contrary to popular belief, tomatoes are
fruits as their seeds are on the inside (rather than somewhere
else). Bell peppers, zucchini, and cucumbers then are also
fruits, according to Mr. Webster and just about every other dictionary out there.
Now the first question to ask is was this case overturned. In
fact it has not been. The USDA currently lists tomatoes as
vegetables on their food pyramid along with
pumpkin,
cucumbers, eggplant, and zucchini. The Food and Drug Administration
lists canned tomatoes as a canned vegetable when they tell you exactly
what can be added for them to still be called tomatoes.
Supermarkets tend to agree, though often it seems they don't really
take a stand - devoting huge sections to canned tomatoes which have
been blanched, halved, diced, blended, pasted, and sauced.
So many sources agree, tomatoes are vegetables. Perhaps the only arguement that the government has on its side is that "vegatable"
isn't really a botanical term, so maybe things can be a fruit AND a
vegetable. So tomatoes are vegetables, they all agreed... except
the dictionary. And the encyclopedia. And the Food Network. And I am left with the question, who is the last authority, what is this apple of love?
It isn't possible for the government to get something wrong is it?
This has some far reaching implications. If Americans weren't so
apathetic we could wind up in a second Civil War. It could flip
votes. Just ask fourth graders in New Jersey.
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