Gordon F***ing Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay. I was hooked the first time I saw him on BBC. Profane and homely as a mud fence but its fun to watch him yell at stupid and stubborn people who think they are all that and more. I also love hearing the British spoken language. Who here in the US calls somebody an "ignorant prat"? I've wanted to. I've never been able to tell if Ramsay can really cook. He doesn't do much of it on his shows but if there were a Michelin award for profanity he would hold 4 stars. According to Wikipedia he must be a good chef: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay since he does have a number of the real Michelin stars in his personal galaxy. I did get a new view of him tonight during my first view of one of his programmes (BBC spelling) called "The F Word". He had one of the marginally talented, former pop stars from the Spice Girls on and he was giggling like a girl. Made me wonder if he was awkward as a youth.

First of the new Blog

I've been on Facebook for a while now - well only a month or so - and its been fun. Imagine people who never used the one primitive computer in the math department at the Milaca High School now connecting and communicating via the internet. It's been like a reunion of sorts. So great to hear from people that you haven't heard from in 20+ years and surprisingly they often aren't the ones you really "hung" with. If someone had told us on Graduation Day that we would be taking pictures with phones that weren't connected by wires and that we would be exchanging instant mail, pictures, movies and such over invisible networks we would have said "yeah sure". That explains why none of us are internet millionaires. We never anticipated more than 5 TV channels.

Now a Product Test! Montana doesn't have nearly the mosquito problem that Minnesota does but this spring we have have had lots. They are small and fierce. So I tried the OFF Powerpad Lantern so that I could sit outside in the evening for a while. Good news! It works quite well. Last summer I tried a citronella candle in a bucket and it really worked only so-so. The OFF Lantern was easy to assemble and worked within seconds to change skeeters buzzing and biting all around to none at all. It would be terrific on a patio or deck. The downside is that it is pricey and a candle and pad lasts only 4 hours. Your first purchase of the lantern has some coupons in it. But it does work better than expected and much better than cirtonella. Worth the price.

http://www.offprotects.com/mosquito-repeller/