..and make some extra cookie dough for a rainy day.

Not that it was a rainy day, but there’s nothing like finding a batch of cookie dough balls in the freezer ready to throw in the oven. mmMMMmmm hot cookies.

“Are you affected by depression? Racing or suicidal thoughts? Depression & anxiety puts life on hold..”

-CSI-

-NFL-

“Call for your diabetus information pack today”

“Our biggest beef taco ever!”

“Have you been injured? Are you still waiting on an insurance claim? Our team of lawyers can…”

-Home Shopping-

“The gas-friendly SUV..”

“All you can eat for $5! That’s endless shrimp or chicken, plus our huge selection of pizza & pasta..”

-Celebrity Plastic Surgery-

“…and I approve this message.”

“..results in just 6 weeks! A Bowflex body”

“You’ll never go back to your old mop”

-Futbol Argentino-

“Debt? Mortgage? Foreclosure? Repossession? We can help”

“I’m a PC”

“..finance available for only $70/wk”

“Ask your doctor if Abilify is right for you. Side-effects may include nausea, headaches, high blood pressure.. ”

-Everybody Loves Raymond-

“…a $700million solution to the Wall St collapse”

-Cribs Marathon-

“My acne was gone in 2 days!”

“100% American beef, bacon, cheese, beef, bacon, cheese, jalapenos with our smokey bbq sauce..”

-Mythbusters (but one you’ve seen a 100 times)-

“..expected to become a category 4 hurricane as it moves north..”

-CSI-

“When diet & exercise is not enough, there’s Lipitor. ..Tell your doctor if you experience side-effects”

-Family Guy-

“Gives you 4 hours of energy without the crash of an energy drink”

-Everybody Loves Raymond (the same episode as the other channel)-

“Don’t let allergies ruin your day”

“.. the biggest breakfast burger!”

“What’s your MPG?”

“Do you know what you want? I know what I want. My foundation to match my skin tone”

-Friends … followed by Everybody Loves Raymond-

These crazy looking guys are enoki mushrooms.

Their appearance weirded me out for a while. Fungi has always been one of those things I’ve been .. well, just unsure about. I’ve been of two minds about the .. um, life in them.. aakk how to explain this…

*paces the room*

Fungi are not fruit, nor vegetable. They are closer to animal. I don’t eat animals. They make me question what I’m eating, but oh man I love eating them. Are they sentient? Are they “alive”? What ARE they?!

Mushrooms have been described as the “meat for vegetarians”, but.. well there’s my issue. Can I be a vegetarian & still eat mushrooms? Are they just a misunderstood life-form? Are we torturing a being just because we can’t hear it scream or we don’t understand where its brain is? Do I watch too much Star Trek?

The look of enoki in particular make me question this life-form even more. They look alive…

& I sauteed them up in a little garlic & salt & ate them by the forkful.

Just in case I sounded negative about driving & having a car in the title of my last post I thought I’d follow it with something undoubtedly positive today.

We went to Mt Charleston on a whim yesterday afternoon. It’s only a short drive (if you don’t miss the turn-off like we did) from here in Vegas & hard to believe that such varying landscape & climate is only an hour or so away.

Vegas, if you haven’t been, is hot & dry & flat. We drove up the mountain, up to about 8000 ft altitude & stepped out of the car. The cool air hit us hard, it was crisp & the silence was deafening.. apart from a woodpecker going hard on the tree above us. Yes, trees! We were surrounded by beautiful lush pine trees! And green grass! It was amazing. The temperature was like 20 degrees cooler up there. Perfect.

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So, we got our car a couple of days ago, meaning we’re able to explore town a little easier now.

Last night we headed downtown to Fremont St, a giant indoor street with an amazing roof of lights & crazy-loud sound system.

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