treehugger
I have already mentioned treehugger, but I have to mention it again. Their site contains too much good information. This one entry makes me wonder. A search engine called Blackle has been recently developed because apparently google could save 7500 megawatt hours a year by making their background black. Because of my love of good design, this sounds like a ridculous thing to change. On the other hand, if that much energy really could be saved, it is not at all ridiculous. This makes me wonder about all of the world's websites. Should all web designers be encouraged to eliminate the white space on their pages? This makes me glad that okay noodle does not have an all white background.

Speaking of design, check this out. Yes, martha stewart has come up with another brilliant way to make us give her our money. My mom held out the weekly Michael's ad to me so that I could take a look at the center section which featured a photo of their new martha stewart aisle. It was beautiful.

I caught the very beginning of the movie "East of Eden" the other night. I didn't stick around long because I am currently nearing the end of the book and I didn't want to ruin it for myself. The shocking thing to me was that the movie began with Cal and Aron Trask as teenagers. They are not teenagers until about 3/4 of the way through the book. I'm curious as to whether or not the movie flashes back to the previous 3/4 of the book or if they skip the growing up of their father and the birth of the boys. Some day I'll have to rent it and see.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 1:11 AM

 
good food again
First, I must say that the worst thing to ever happen in television occurred last night. America's Funniest Home Videos aired on Nick at Nite.

Do I need to explain to you how awful this is?

Growing up, I watched mostly early morning cartoons and Nick and Nite programming. Some of my favorite shows ever are still shows that I know about only because of Nick at Nite. I was upset enough when they began airing Rosanne and Full House, but only because it made me feel old. Now I just feel sick. I hate how America's Funniest Home videos allowed parents to set up their young children to do stupid things. Nick at Nite is meant for classic sitcoms, not this.

Also, now that the excitement is over, I had better mention Heather Mills before it is too late. I love how the Breakfast with the Beatles news corespondent constantly complains about her actions and her appearances on Dancing with the Stars. Now she is off the show and comparing Paul's parenting to Alec Baldwin's. Isn't their child only 2 or 3 years old? I doubt that anyone would yell very much at a child that age. Mostly I just want to share with you this great line from the L.A. Times. They said (not exact quote), "not only is Heather Mills the first contestant on Dancing with Stars to have only one leg, she is the first woman with one leg to marry a beatle. Way to go Heather!" As appalled that I was that that line came from the pages of the L.A. Times, I could not stop laughing.

More praise for good food:

If you enjoy eating, you need to listen to this program NOW. After being out of town, I just finished the easter episode. Basically everything that they talk about is wonderful and entertaining. The farmer's market report from the prior week's episode featured cherimoyas, white asparagus, and fava beans. The easter episode continued on from egg health benefits, to the development of gluten-free communion wafers, to a report on homey food in China, to an artist who makes a living painting Ukrainian eggs, to an expert on peeps, to all about jelly bellies, and ending with a recipe for brioche. What better ways could your ears spend an hour?

Speaking of jelly bellies,


the woman on the show was supposedly in the 5th generation of the jelly belly family. This is not really true. I was disappointed that this fact was not better explained when I went on a tour of the factory in Fairfield, CA. Goetz candy company now manufactures jelly bellies, but they were invented by David Klein. He now sells Sandy Candy in Covina, CA. I was thrilled to see that Wikipedia has the facts correct and that one of Alhambra's few claims to fame is not lost. Fosselman's, the best homemade ice cream ever, was the first place to ever sell jelly bellies. If you are reading my blog for some reason, live in L.A., and have never been there, go there now! Try Mr. Fosselman's favorite flavor lemon custard, the memorably delicious raspberry, or the cocoa heavy dark chocolate. Yum.

This entry included a lot of commands. I'll break that up with some life news next time.

See, now good food is talking about lard and how delicious it is. See, I am not wrong. Look, they are even saying that it is not worse for you than butter. Awesome.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 2:00 PM