A little gamey

Anyone watch Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern? The premise of the show is that Andrew visits locales all over the world trying foods that normally wouldn't be eaten by the average tourist. He'll try anything from smoked sheep eyes to putrid mystery meat in eggs to brains to giant worms. It's actually a pretty good show. Shortcake and I have made some observations though. He must have the microphone placed right in his mouth because when he eats something, you can hear every noise he makes. It's kinda gross. To be an accomplished food critic, he's not very good with adjectives. Everything is either "gamey" or "fishy". He also makes the universal nod and "Mmmm" sound with every bite he makes. It's a good show. Check it out.

Bookwormz redesign

I'm redesigning Bookwormz. I'm adding some new features and am looking to complete the project by the end of the month. I have a sample of the new design here. I still have some interface tweaking to do but let me know your thoughts. The right side of the page will list the most recently added stores and some other new features.

Tennis anyone?

So shortcake (my wife) and I took up tennis about a month ago. I've always had an interest in tennis so I asked shortcake and my sister to look for some tennis rackets at some yard sales. They found 4 tennis rackets for $1 each. These rackets were solid wood and made back in the 70's. They still worked so we started playing and playing and playing some more. We're now completely addicted to tennis! So much so that we bought new rackets (Wal-mart for the win), wristbands, etc. I even bought new tennis shoes (not sneakers).

We actually had some comments on our 70's rackets from other players. They were amazed people still played with them. It was like we were still using a rotary telephone.

We are getting better and it's a great form of exercise. Once I lose some more weight, I'll probably join a league. In the meantime, we're looking to take lessons.