Political Talking Heads and Breakfast

[SwampWoman]

I got up to cook breakfast this morning, and turned on Fox to see the results of the South Carolina primary. All I wanted to know was first, second, and third in the GOP, and among the Dems, whether Clinton or Obama was victorious (since everybody knew in advance who 3rd and 4th would be).

Sounds simple, doesn't it? I did not want to see the opinions on the various Republican campaigns by the Democratic strategists, or to hear the reasons why Huckabee was finished, Thompson was finished, or Giuliani was finished by the people that didn't have any actual ideas on how to make America better or stronger but could only criticize others that were making the attempt. I did not want to see Hillary Clinton accused of "race baiting". All I wanted to know was the results and not have my intelligence insulted by the various "experts" brought in because I am quite capable of making my own analyses of the various candidates' strengths and weaknesses, thank you very much.

I switched over to the local station and instead of political coverage, learned how to make cookies from a store-bought cake mix. The news morning show website was supposed to have it posted online so I didn't write anything down, but nooooooo. So here's a link to cake mix cookie recipes if you feel the urge to experiment. The cookie recipe given was similar to #3 with the addition of 2 Tbs. of brown sugar and a half cup? of chopped cashews and a (forgotten) quantity of toffee chips. I would use a devil's food or German chocolate cake mix and use pecans, but that's just me.

I haven't actually made a cake since I started getting rounder. Maybe I'm getting rounder because I have not been eating a sufficient quantity of cake (or maybe I'm suffering from a severe shortage of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts). This begs for further research. I need to write a grant. Women everywhere need this information!

No, I did not actually make cookies for breakfast. The political coverage put me off eating entirely so I went back to bed and snuggled in the warm blankets for awhile longer. Hmmmmm. Watching Fox political coverage as the next weight loss strategy? It could work! (And another grant application is clearly in order.)

UPDATE:

The recipe is now posted at the website, and my memory was, as noted, full of holes.

There is another story from earlier in the week "Would you be a good candidate for liposuction?" Ooooh, oooooh. Do you have a fat ass or tummy? Do you have lots of cash? Then you would be a good candidate for liposuction! Yeah, I know that you're supposed to be at your optimum weight before getting liposuction, but then what would be the point?

[Robert D]

I tend to watch Foxnews exclusively. But lately every show just repeats the one before it on the political front and excludes almost all other news. Glad I have Tivo.

[no2liberals]

I had scramblized eggs, a bunch of bacon, grits, and biscuits.
I highly recommend this diet.
As for the election results, I knew them last night, and needed no news reader posing as an analyst to tell me diddly.
Think I need a Hostess Cup Cake.

[SwampWoman]

Heh. Yeah, I saw a magazine headline (in the grocery store checkout, natch) that wimmen needed to eat 2 eggs for breakfast daily to lose weight. How much weight was not specified. I like my eggs scramblized with chopped 'maters, bell peppers, jalapenos, onions, cheese, and ham. I guess it's actually an omelette for somebody too absent minded to remember to flip the omelette over once the egg starts to set and add the ingredients and so to avoid ending up with a scorched egg pancake with runny stuff on the nonscorched side, I just scramble it all together.

A competing headline said that if I only drank a protein shake (soy and whey) for breakfast and one for lunch, I could lose 86 lbs (!!!) by Easter. I think I might have to pass on that one because if I lost 86 lbs., I'd be dead or at least a good facsimile of a corpse.

Nobody mentioned the miraculous tea diet this week. I've been drinkin' tea like a thirsty horse all week and have not lost an ounce. You might think that all that running to the bathroom to pee because of tea's diuretic effect would have at least some effect but sadly, no.