Sunday, September 12, 2004
Breakfast at home with Patrick: Potatoes O'Brien with fresh yellow bell pepper, rosemary. This morning as I peppered my breakfast hash Patrick said that black pepper (as from peppercorns) was not digestible and so I shouldn't add too much. I didn't believe him, and he said, "Look it up!" So we did, but there was nothing on the Internet that would support his claim. Indeed, some web pages claimed the exact opposite—that pepper helps digestion. He says his claim is from Chinese medicine, so I'm mentioning this here in case anyone else is searching for this info. (Contact me if you find an answer, e.g., you know about Chinese medicine or herbs.) Today I logged into My Yahoo! for the first time in a long time and had forgotten how helpful it is to see local news headlines from a bunch of different cities on a single page. The cities I have on my page are: San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Boston, San Diego, and San Jose. New Orleans news is provided by WDSU, and almost without fail every headline is—or is about—ridiculously bad news. For example, today's headlines were: Police Seek Mentally Ill Man Missing Since July; Suspect In Overnight Bar Shooting In Custody; Neighbors Near Uptown Cemetery Complain Of Odor; DA: Investigators Uncover Plot To Kill 11-Year-Old Witness; $5,000 Offered For Tips On Whitney Bank Robber's Identity; and Causeway Commission Raises Speed Limit.—Exercise. Read and edited pieces for Lodestar. Downloaded more mixes from Phil Stumpf. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp quesadillas, side of refried beans.