Hobbit-ish Potpurri

Good evening humble readers...

Here's just another round of the randomness that flows through my brain. Nothing of big import, just what I'm thinking about tonight...

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The Calgary Flames are getting their butts kicked this evening and my poor beloved is in a bit of a funk about it. If they don't win tonight they are done for the season. But on the upside, I won't be a hockey widow anymore.

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You've heard of sun showers? When it rains while the sun is shining brightly? Well, today we had a sun snow storm. For about 15 minutes this afternoon the snow was swirling in the bright sunlight. Crazy!

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I made a recipe from the new Bobby Flay cookbook last night, Greek burgers! Yummy! Too bad my sweet potatoe oven fries didn't turn out so hot. White Chili was on the menu tonight and I'm happy to say that it turned out pretty good too. It was missing something, tho. I just can't figure out what.

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I'm going to talk about it more in detail when I do my monthly reading list post, but the new Michael J. Fox book is really incredible. It's made me really think about my stance on embryonic stem cell research. I love it when book makes me use my brain just a little more than usual. :)

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Black thumb update: the little parsley plant is doing so well I'm half tempted to go buy a few more herb plants. We'll see if I'm still motivated in a week or so, when we finally get spring weather.

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My beloved and I watched Frost/Nixon last night. Incredible movie! I will confess to the fact that I knew very little about Nixon before last night (actually all I knew was that Watergate is a hotel, and that he left office the month before I was born). I don't pretend to fully understand US politics, but it was very interesting.

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I had one of those moments at work last week... one of those moments where I really need to be managerial, detached but supportive, for one of my staff. She came out of the staff room looking very upset. I asked if she was ok, and she nodded but didn't say anything. I asked if she was going to be ok to work her shift, and again she nodded. Finally, I asked if she needed to talk about anything. Her eyes welled up with tears, and I was expecting to hear at the very least that a guy had broken her heart. I will confess that I was not prepared for what she told me. This precious little 17 year old cashier, very studious, very serious, looked at me with her eyes brimming with tears and told me...

...that her fish had just died.

Now, I'm not normally a cold-hearted biotch, but it took every ounce of strength in me not to burst out laughing. I'm not kidding! I was biting the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing in her face. Apparently, I said all the appropriate things and I remember giving her a hug. I then immediately had to go and grab the other manager who was on duty, dragged her to the office, and told her the story while laughing my face off. I felt so awful for laughing at this poor girl, who was obviously grieving. I'm a terrible person... ;)

I guess that's it for tonight. Calgary has scored, but I think it's too little too late.