Answer to My Riddle

I think I have gotten the only guess that I am going to get so here is the much anticipated answer to my riddle:

I am a GO train

(it's mostly green anyhow)

I hope you all, meaning, I hope Stinky T had fun trying to solve my somewhat obscure riddle.

What Am I?

I'm in a good mood today so I thought I'd play a little game with y'all: What am I? Everybody knows how to play so good luck (it should not be that hard because I am far from the master riddler, heck even a preschool riddle could stump me).


I am long and green and not very bold,
The rain and the wind make me feel old,
I fear the snow and the cold,
Even sunny weather puts me on hold
What am I?


That's the best I could do but at least I rhymed! The answer will come later but I am sure someone will figure this out.

Tidbits

Mistakes

Recently the lyrics to Hungry Heart by the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, have been stuck in my mind: “I took a wrong turn and I just kept going”. Throughout my life, I have made several mistakes (wrong turns) and, looking back, most times I have erred in my judgement I had a chance to go back to the spot and try again but instead I kept plugging on full speed ahead. I guess this doesn’t really matter now since things turned out alright but I just needed to get it off my chest. As the saying goes, ‘two wrongs don’t make a right’; I guess a lifetime of wrongs (albeit small wrongs) do make a right.

Beware the Army of Doves

During one night earlier last week, Tuesday night I think, the Army of Doves landed on Front Street in Toronto and affixed warning signs to pretty much everything, walls, poles, even newspaper boxes were used…or abused. I do not know what this group stands for or why they targeted Front Street, but from the way the red circular signs smoothered everything in sight, it seems this group means business. Until the Army makes their intentions known, I would tread lightly and watch your back.

Always Thinking?

I heard a news story on the radio last week discussing a recent survey. (Do people not have anything better to do than do pointless studies?). This particular study proved that we humans are always thinking. Whether it is about how that girl practically exposed herself in the train on the way to work or what to cook for dinner or if we managed to lock the door before leaving, our minds are never blank. I don’t know about any of you but I frequently feel as if my mind is blank…I guess not. I guess you can’t respond to the question ‘what are you thinking about?’ with a simple ‘nothing’ anymore.

Comedic Relief

Last week (a lot seemed to happen last week) I was telling my mom how my throat was sore again. Here’s a snapshot of the conversation:

Me: My throat is sore….again!
Mom: ….Maybe you’re allergic to something in the building at work.
Me: Like what? Work?
*after the laughing subsided*
Me: Oh wait I don’t really do any work there anyhow.

Beware the Plutonians

Many of you may have read or heard that a group of astronomers have decided that Pluto doesn’t deserve planetary status anymore. Pluto, along with the newly discovered Xena, has been classified as a dwarf planet.

In and of itself that would be no big deal; however, Pluto has been classified as a full fledged planet since it was discovered in 1930. The beings of Pluto must be right pissed at this; I know I wouldn’t take too kindly if some other planet decided Earth didn’t deserve planetary status. These astronomers may have just given enough fuel to the Plutonians to wage an inter-galactic war against Earth. It’s time for us “Earthlings” to unite and prepare for an attack.

All this could have been avoided if the astronomers would have just given Xena planetary status when it was discovered last year. But no, it was too hard to think of acronyms that included X so instead they chose to insult the inhabitants of another planet by downgrading that planets status. Shame on them!

What's in a Name?

Are you tired of getting home from work, all excited to be with anyone but those annoying co-workers, ready to sit down to a nice home cooked meal only to find out dinner is the same old meat and potatoes? Well I have a solution for you. Give your food a name. Now I bet you’re saying to yourself, what? Name your food? This guy has finally lost it! But alas, it really helps make boring food more exciting.

For instance, one day last winter I was working on making dinner for my wife and me. We usually just have meat and potatoes but for some reason, maybe the wind was blowing just right, maybe there was a full moon, I don’t know, I wanted a salad. Being creative as I am sometimes with food, I decided to cut the lettuce into wedges and top it with the vegetables I had. Even with the salad dinner was still looking pretty sad. But wait, the salad looks like the peak of a mountain and once the white potatoes are spotted with some caramelized onions, they will look like dirty snow. That night we had a “Mountain Peak” salad followed by tender pork chops with “Dirty Snow” potatoes.

That meal was a lot more exciting than it would have been without the name. To this day I am still being asked about my dirty snow potatoes. Not only does naming food make dinner interesting but it makes people remember the food, even those people who don’t eat it. If you can’t be creative with your cooking then at least be creative with the name of your food and see what kind of reaction you’ll get. I’m willing to bet you will add some excitement to your food and people will actually want to eat it.