Noodles and Chicken
BEST USED BY APRIL 30, 2009
Recent newscasts and newspaper articles have spoken about the confusion with SELL BY and USE BY dates. Today I took the opportunity to perform my own test. Test subject: one. Trial: one.
This afternoon when neither a Brewer's baseball game nor a central division football game could hold my interest, I found myself looking through and rearranging the camping gear. I am not sure what my intentions were; other than "maybe someday... "
In the course of my moreorless aimless activity, I came across two packages of freeze dried entrees. They are leftovers from canoe trips where they served as emergency rations should we have been unsuccessful in providing ourselves with a freshly caught fish supper. I decided to make up the Noodles and Chicken to see if it was eatable. (I don't think that I will be needing emergency rations in the foreseeable future. If I should, there is a package of Mexican Style Rice and Chicken remaining with a best used by date of June 1, 2008.)
The dish simply made up according to the directions was quite good. It certainly didn't taste like it was four years too old. Then again, I have no idea what four-years-too-old should taste like. I suppose the next criterion as to whether the stuff was any good is whether or not I avoid an episode of gastric distress. That may serve as the subject for a future post or I may decide some things are best left "off the record."
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The lady of the house has been gone since this past weekend tending to family business. That means that the home front has been downsized to a one-man operation. And I mean literally a one-man operation and not literally as in not literally factual, but used for emphasis.
Even though home alone, I have been acting responsibly and tending to a number of repair, fix-it, and minor improvement projects. I even power washed the deck. I tried that once several years back; I was so disappointed in the final outcome that I have stayed away from that task ever since. A day or two before the lady left town, she expressed her dissatisfaction with the current state of deck affairs and her expectation that something be done about it. This time around, I revised my earlier deck washing technique and employed a lot more patience. The end result supports my re-assessment that deck washing can be a worthwhile venture and my inclination is to do it all over again without waiting several years and then only in response to a direct order.
It was early afternoon, and I was feeling good. There were a couple of things remaining on the most current to-do list, but I also needed some things before I could tackle those items. Why not take a trip to Menards? It is only a 150 mile round trip; I'll just consider it as shipping and handling. I also figured I earned a little time off, so why not a road trip. I consulted with the members of the household present and heard neither an objection nor a word of caution. The weather was great; one couldn't have asked for better September weather for a road trip. I will admit that if the leaves were turning, it would have been downright spectacular. A 3:00PM club sandwich lunch was an added treat; every now and then a trucker has to fuel up and check fluid levels to insure that he keeps on keeping on.
Even though home alone, I have been acting responsibly and tending to a number of repair, fix-it, and minor improvement projects. I even power washed the deck. I tried that once several years back; I was so disappointed in the final outcome that I have stayed away from that task ever since. A day or two before the lady left town, she expressed her dissatisfaction with the current state of deck affairs and her expectation that something be done about it. This time around, I revised my earlier deck washing technique and employed a lot more patience. The end result supports my re-assessment that deck washing can be a worthwhile venture and my inclination is to do it all over again without waiting several years and then only in response to a direct order.
It was early afternoon, and I was feeling good. There were a couple of things remaining on the most current to-do list, but I also needed some things before I could tackle those items. Why not take a trip to Menards? It is only a 150 mile round trip; I'll just consider it as shipping and handling. I also figured I earned a little time off, so why not a road trip. I consulted with the members of the household present and heard neither an objection nor a word of caution. The weather was great; one couldn't have asked for better September weather for a road trip. I will admit that if the leaves were turning, it would have been downright spectacular. A 3:00PM club sandwich lunch was an added treat; every now and then a trucker has to fuel up and check fluid levels to insure that he keeps on keeping on.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Is it nothing more than a distinction without a difference? If so, then it is nothing more than a sly attempt to feign tolerance.
There has been lots of commentary on the Pope's comment about gay priests--a comment made on the return flight from Brazil to Rome. With very few exceptions, the comment has been applied to gay persons in general without any reference to priests. The Pope's statement, in part,"who am I to judge?" has been parsed by Cardinal Dolan and others and rendered as "We don't judge persons; we judge behaviors." This restatement is offered as evidence that the Pope is simply reaffirming long held moral beliefs.
What criteria are used to judge a person, if not behavior, words, or thoughts of the person being judged? How can behavior be judged apart from the agent of that behavior? If the actor and the action are not inextricably linked, how can we hold one another responsible for our individual actions? If I refuse to judge other persons, I can say that a particular behavior is inappropriate for me to participate in, but I cannot say that same behavior is inappropriate for someone else. The claim that one judges behaviors and not persons is a distinction without a difference. It does not foster clarity; rather, it intentionally compounds the confusion.
There has been lots of commentary on the Pope's comment about gay priests--a comment made on the return flight from Brazil to Rome. With very few exceptions, the comment has been applied to gay persons in general without any reference to priests. The Pope's statement, in part,"who am I to judge?" has been parsed by Cardinal Dolan and others and rendered as "We don't judge persons; we judge behaviors." This restatement is offered as evidence that the Pope is simply reaffirming long held moral beliefs.
What criteria are used to judge a person, if not behavior, words, or thoughts of the person being judged? How can behavior be judged apart from the agent of that behavior? If the actor and the action are not inextricably linked, how can we hold one another responsible for our individual actions? If I refuse to judge other persons, I can say that a particular behavior is inappropriate for me to participate in, but I cannot say that same behavior is inappropriate for someone else. The claim that one judges behaviors and not persons is a distinction without a difference. It does not foster clarity; rather, it intentionally compounds the confusion.
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