RULES OF THUMB

Oh give it up, I did not write this stuff, I actually am taking it from the Reader’s Digest – saves you having to buy one, eh? Whatever, some of this advice is kinda cute and you can do what you wish with it – so thar!

• To measure water for cooking rice, rest the tip of your index finger on top of the rice and add enough water to reach the first visible joint. This works for any size pot. {hell, rice in a bag is a lot faster and less measuring]
• For every day you spend in the hospital, plan on one week to recuperate. [Does this include visiting or must you be a patient?]
• To avoid lunatics on city buses, sit in the middle. The friendly lunatics sit as close to the driver as they can, and the unfriendly ones sit as far away as they can. [And you want public transportation up here– why?]
• Keep white wine in your fridge and take it out 30 minutes before serving. Keep red wine out of the fridge and put it in 15 minutes before serving. [Holy sheet, just drink beer, and yes, keep it in the fridge].
• You are wealthy enough to give some money to worthy causes when you can buy all the groceries you need. [So let’s see hands of those who do this – what? That many hands, wonderful].

Here is the word of the Month (this would be for January 2009) – ready?

Perkonomics – a marketing technique that involves adding new perks and privileges to a brand’s regular offerings, in an attempt to satisfy a customer’s need for “novel forms of status and/or convenience.”

Things do not change; we change.