Take Off

I had "Take Off!" by the MacKenzie Brothers stuck in my head at breakfast (because we're leaving very shortly for a long weekend camping in Maine, I guess, even though a campground within an hour's drive of Portland is hardly the Great White North), and discovered in sharing this information with J. that she'd somehow missed the existence of the MacKenzie Brothers entirely, although she vaguely remembers that there was such a film as "Strange Brew" and that people called one another "hosers." I'm not sure how she avoided the MacKenzie Brothers throughout the entire 80s, but then she devoted her time to seeking out music I wish I'd been listening to then, so a point to her.

Pantry consumption update: Last night's meal was boudin blanc, potatoes roasted in onion butter, a salad with more hazelnut vinaigrette, and the remainder of the zinfandel. We're being quite carnivorous in our freezer-clearing project, since we have great stockpiles of meat and rarely eat it.

Anyway: will not be online again before Tuesday at the earliest. If anyone wishes to impart some information to me in particular, e-mail it, because catching up with 5 days' worth of friends' list posts will be beyond my power.

Happy weekend!