Good Monday morning. Let us help you denizens of the REGJB who are making that long, slow slog from the parking lot to the courthouse in 90+ degree heat with 101% humidity - and for those of you whose pronouns are him/he- wearing a jacket and tie (which is lunacy if you think about it) start the week on a good note.
Monday is National Mac and Cheese Day!
Homemade is best, but when you're not feeling well, Kraft Mac from a box works fine. We like ours simple and plain. Make mac and cheese great again. MMACGA! We will tolerate some breadcrumbs toasted on top, especially at Thanksgiving. What we do not like is lobster mac and cheese. It is too rich. What we do love, which is rapidly disappearing, is a homemade mac and cheese served as a side at a southern eatery.
We used to have one of those in Miami. The S&S cafe, which was a historic "meat and two sides" classic southern diner. Wednesdays (we think?) was Turkey Day. In the doldrums of August you could go and get a roast turkey plate with stuffing, mac and cheese, and collard greens and dream of a cooler November. We went for decades on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It was like a warm-up for the big day- and the tureky was often better. It was a great place to fuel up in the mornings before court. Our favourite? The creamed asparagus on toast. It may have been the last place in the US serving that dish. The waitresses worked there 30 and 40 years and knew all the judges and lawyers and the latest courthouse gossip. We would leave a large tip for the staff every December. It was like a family, and we miss the S&S, but alas, as we often say, change is the price of survival.
And finally, take our strong recommendation on this. We are a well-known bibliophile. Audio Books are a distant second, reserved for those long drives we used to take to try cases in Deland, Florida (practice tip- avoid taking cases in Deland).
But you MUST get and listen to Project Hail Mary, by our friend Andy Weir. Weir wrote the surprise best seller novella The Martian more than a decade ago (and the movie isn't bad either). His subsequent projects were mostly a miss. Then this- Project Hail Mary. And here is the thing, the audio book is the way to go for reasons we cannot explain without spoiling the plot. It is a great story and one of the very unique ones that is better being told than read- and the narrator Ray Porter is absolutely perfect for the story- inflecting humor, panic, sadness- feelings that are more powerful when you hear them.
Do yourself a favor. Find some cool shade, get a tall glass of iced tea, stretch out, close your eyes and prepare to be taken on a wonderful journey. You can thank us later.
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3 comments:
I've got a long commute and travel all over the state, so:
Partial list of all time greatest audio books:
Lonesome Dove
All Creatures Great and Small
the Perfectionists (Simon Winchester)
The Slow Horses Series (Mick Herron)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Chris Hadfield)
The Undoing Project (Michael Lewis before he soiled himself with SBF)
True Grit
Uncle Tungsten (Oliver Sacks)
The Log From the Sea of Cortez (Steinbeck)
My Losing Season (Pat Conroy)
Two Years Before the Mast (Dana, a guy who sailed from New England to California before that canal let you cheat).
Rumpole. Your writing skills over the years is beyond impressive. You have what it takes to be an author of true crime or fiction. You have seen it all in the Justice Bldg. Thank you for so many years of looking forward to reading the Blog everyday. Sometimes multiple times a day. Thank you also for keeping it positive with the aim to achieving greater justice. We all are grateful to you as we know that this blog takes up much of your time.
Happy Bastille Day.
Down with the Monarchy.
Liberte , Egalite and Fraternite . Now Off with their heads.
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