A Plug for my friend, Shaun's, Sis's Cookbook

From Shaun (former The Real Me bass player):

Hey everybody. The cookbook that I contributed some of my short stories is available now on Amazon. My sister Jeanne did the recipes, Brother Dane created the artwork, Brother Grant edited it and I wrote about ten short stories about family trips and old memories. Please let all of our friends know about it. There is a link on the Merchandise page of my web site. Here is the Amazon link too. Shaun

Christmas will be here before you know and if you are like me, you don't have a clue what to buy anyone....why not order a case of cookbooks, easy to drop in giftbags and hand out to all those people who give you gifts that you didn't have a clue you were supposed to buy for. Ahh, the life of a singleton gift giver.

Honestly, who reads the directions

We live in the world of "just pop it in the microwave" or "follow the prompts on the wizard." Noone has to learn how to do anything anymore. Everything seems self-explanatory, but every once in awhile we get thrown a curve ball, where things don't work out right until we take the time to actually read the directions (skimming the directions doesn't count).

Today's example is: I order the Nutrisystem prepared meals to make my life easier and to try something different than Seattle Sutton. Seattle Sutton was simple, each box is labeled with the day I should eat it and what meal it was. Nutrisystems, though, sends you an entire month's worth of food instead of a week with no rhyme or reason to how the food is packaged. There were no quickie directions, just several books and pamplets that seemed like they would take too long to read. I skimmed through them but didn't find anything that jumped out as 'Read Me: I am the directions'. So, this morning I dug in the box and found a bar labeled Breakfast so I ate it, then a couple hours I was hungry so I snuck in a low cal, low fat chai tea. Around lunchtime I was super-starving so I ordered a shake when we drove by Hardee's. At 3pm, I finally ate the little tub of soup labeled lunch. They have an online diary where you can track all your food and drink intake on the computer. I entered all my food (including the non-nutrisystem snacks) and realized this isn't enough calories to survive on, no wonder people lose weight.

As I drove home, I thought something is seriously wrong, or this meal plan is perfect for cheats like me. When I walked in the door at home, I went through my normal routine of letting the dogs out and catching up on mail and news as I cooled off on the couch. I decided maybe I should take a closer look at the brochures from Nutrisystem....sure enough, I'm supposed to supplement each meal with a fruit, veggie, or dairy product depending on the meal. No wonder I've been starving. Maybe I should go back to Seattle Sutton, at least then I wouldn't have to think.

Back to the world of the thoughtless and numb................