S. and I drove out to Manor last night to eat at the MANOR CAFE 290. Yum, yum, yum.

Food eaten by me:  Fried green tomatoes, chopped steak with mushrooms and gravy, some of the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever had, green beans, part of a cherry cobbler.

Menu item snickered over by S. and me:  The “Lady Loin”.

It is one of the few restaurants in Austin where I’ve seen almost even amounts of black and white people eating, so that was a nice treat as well.  One of the first things I noticed when I moved down here was the, as my friend Kenny would put it, “lack of black”.

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Check this shit out:

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That’s from WAKE UP FRANKIE , where it’s being marketed as room decor for teenaged girls.  I think we should all contact them with suggestions for other items.  If they’re going to encourage girls to buy into horrible body-image b.s, they should be willing to go all the way, dontcha think?  I just emailed them with my idea for a portable mini-toilet made out of real porcelain for those anorexics on-the-go.  Think they’ll write back?  If they do, I’ll be sure to let you all know.

UPDATE:

Their response (unsigned):  Your comments and suggestions are extremely offensive and I can see why you are too ashamed to give your real name.

My response:  My comments are offensive?  And marketing a “Boob Job” fund jar to children is…what, exactly?  P.S.  My name is L…F…..  What’s yours?

Juvenile?  Perhaps.  I did a little research on the company and found that it’s owned by a woman who ‘regularly consults with her teenage daughter’ as to what kinds of things to sell.  Dumb, meet Generation Dumber.

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My motivation to do anything but sit in front of this computer and beat, beat, beat the keys with my fists (well my fingertips, anyway) is nil.  It’s been all I can do this week to get errands done and get my butt over to my oh-so-taxing 3-hour-a-day job.  When these fits of creativity hit, I find myself being extremely resentful of anything – work, walking to the curb to pick up the paper, peeing, breathing – that takes away from the flow.

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That’s it for today, America.  Tally to the ho, ho, ho.