My studying world tour took me to three different Westside coffee houses today. With this kind of weather, burying your head in a book with a little java on a patio or near a large window is pure heaven. I know that I sang the praises of the rainy day, but I may just have to recant now that we are being handed this warm winter.
It's pretty damn near intolerable to watch Fox News Channel, especially when they have scraped rock bottom bringing Stephen Baldwin up as a guest correspondent on Greta van Susteren's coverage of the inaugural balls. They hit all the key topics near and dear to every American heart, like faith, seeing that "The Passion of the Christ" wins an Oscar, prayer, and how it was a no-brainer for Baldwin to vote for Bush because of, well, faith. ("No-brainer" does indeed carry a couple of meanings in that sentence.) Also, is Greta's plastic surgery the pink elephant in the room that we are all ignoring? There is something curiously gimpy about her bottom lip that, in this day and age of photogenic broadcast journalism, would have struck me as being totally unacceptable. It's not even quirky like Barbara Walter's lisp, or arresting like Oprah's ever-changing coif. It just bugs. I do remember all the fuss that was made when Greta had her face lift some years back; how viewership for FNC went up, how even Greta's own husband was thrilled with the results. I tuned in to see the good news -- and decided that better plastic surgery could be found on Joan Rivers's drum-tight face. Maybe it is better to look like the Grinch than a librarian on steroids.
This week, I'm into scones and barm brack. I'm determined to make some barm brack to have with a pot of Irish tea. Maybe around 4:00 in the afternoon, served on good Irish linen, with the instrumental of "Danny Boy" playing in the background, as I chit-chat with my guest about Sinead O'Connor and uh... leprechauns and Lucky Charms. I don't know.
It seems that the key difference between barm brack and scones is that barm brack is more like a bread than a biscuit. Well, as long as it has plenty of butter, I'm in. Oh, but scones. How much do you love scones? Did you know that it is mainly butter and cream? In heaven, they serve strawberry scones, very dry cappuccinos, and everyone has their own TiVo.
posted by Lucy Sloan @ 1:27 AM
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