Break from the doom and gloom
Posted on September 17th, 2008 – 6:26 PMBy Kara McGuire
So…I’ve been thinking all day about what I wanted to blog about and realized the reason for my writer’s block.
I’ve had enough of the financial markets. I’ve had enough of the economic slowdown, enough of being a tightwad. And enough uncertainty.
What can’t I get enough of?
Mad Men. If you have cable, you have no excuse. The characters have plenty of money. Don Draper and Co’s shortfalls lie in other areas. But boy do they look good. And the 1960’s cultural stuff is fascinating.
Eggs Benedict. Is there a more perfect breakfast food? Who has the best hollandaise sauce?
Fail Blog. Speaking of failures, here’s a site dedicated to them that will make you laugh. Thanks to my husband for introducing me to this hilarious, bizarre photo/video blog documenting failures of all types. This is user-generated content, so if you fail to find sometimes juvenile and crude humor amusing, take a pass.
This weather. Played outside with my kids for hours this morning. Like this market nonsense, this too shall pass. So turn off the TV. Drop the financial statement. Enjoy it while you can.
8 Responses to "Break from the doom and gloom"
And if you don’t subscribe to cable (because of the cost) you can download Mad Men each week for a total of $22! *Totally* worth it.
Oh boy, thanks for the suggestion on failblog.org. I’ve been staring at it for 1/2 hour. So addictive and funny!
Lake Elmo Inn has a great Eggs Benedict.
The Longfellow Grill and the Highland Grill have fantastic hollandaise sauce, but in that case it’s best put on their fantastic crab cakes.
I used to eat a lot of Bennies at the Sunnyside Cafe. Their weekend benny specials rock. Marriage & kids have put a damper on that habit…
The Saint Paul Hotel, with a Bloody Mary.
When I’ve had enough of all the bad news or just having a stressful day, I love:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
If you scroll through to page 3, my favorite picture of the week is captioned “Hedge Fund.” Timely!
The Happy Gnome has absolutely fantastic Eggs Benedict!
