Abolishinist
Abolishinist's JournalYesterday evening we attended a meet-and-greet for Jen Psaki,
who is on a national book tour promoting “Say More”, which was released last week. The event was hosted by Christine Forester, who in 2008 was listed by U.S. News and World Report as the second-largest “bundler” of contributions to the campaign of presidential candidate Barack Obama. We’ve been to a number of political events held by her and to make it even better, we live just down the street so it’s a 2 minute walk.
In the video Christine is on the left, and the person walking over is Katie McCormick Lelyveld, who was Michelle Obama’s press secretary during the first four years of the Obama presidency and she and Jen are close friends.
What to say about Jen, her rate of speech is quicker than most, and there were never any pauses or ‘duhs’ or ‘uhs’, very vibrant and upbeat. Most of her talk was not about “inside politics” but more on how she has managed to strike a work-life balance, which is apparently the overall theme of her book.
I have a signed copy of "Say More" and look forward to reading it!
I recently acquired an earworm.
After consulting a shaman, I was told if I could pass this on to someone else, I would be cured.
Anything at this point is worth a try, so please indulge me. I have NO reason why this popped into my brain and won't go away, but if I can pass it on to someone more deserving, I will forever be in your debt.
Thanks to all in advance!
This African Grey Parrot is amazing!
Hmm, I wonder, is there time to schedule a debate between Gizmo and Herschel Walker? I know who I'd put money on!
OK, I'm feeling a little bit stupid about this. I'm talking about eggs.
When I arrived home this evening, my wife had left a rather non-discrete carton on that little portion of our dining table where my 'transactions' for the day are placed... i.e. letters, bills, flyers etc.
Upon opening up the carton, to my surprise I found six eggs. They were unique as well, as there were two light blue ones, two somewhat tan ones, and two off-white ones.
She explained that a friend has several hens, and that he gave her the eggs. As it turns out, these were from three different hens. So far so good, wonderful in fact.
But here's the crux of my post... I asked "why didn't you put them in the refrigerator, they'll spoil being left out". To which she responded "they haven't been washed, so it's OK".
I must say I had not heard of this. When I buy eggs, the first thing I do is to put them in the fridge. So of course I googled this, and found the following...
https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2015/09/do-i-have-to-refrigerate-my-fresh-eggs.html
Apparently eggs are fine at room temperature, which makes sense when you think of a chickens laying eggs in the 16th century prior to cold storage. The reason they need refrigeration, which seems to be more of an American thing, is the washing of the egg.
I understand that many reading this will say "Duh, I knew this". But I must say I never knew.
Is there anyone else out there like me, or is this more or less common knowledge?
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