Happy Gobble Day

Happy Gobble Day from the Shawster.  I hope you get to eat all kinds of goodies and enjoy time with friends and family.  Is anyone traveling anywhere this year?  I get to stay put this year as the parents are coming here.  They are traveling in today.  

On a food note, this past weekend Jules and I went to Greenhills to check out our new health food store called Trader Joe's.  It was quite a neat place and the prices were very reasonable.  They had all kinds of stuff that looked really good.  We sampled some cider and cranberry gel and both were quite tasty.  If you have one in your area, go check it out!  Trader Joe's 

Shaw's shout out of the day:  Spotted Dick Pudding?!?!?

Today's shout out goes to my BFF and her hubby for sending this one on to me.  I have to say I got quite a laugh when I saw this.  Apparently this is a real product produced in England.  It is called Spotted Dick Pudding as you can see from the photos.  Now who's gonna eat that!?!  I guess the Brits huh, Ha Ha.  They bought this in a grocery store in their area and of course the bag boy had to laugh about it!  I told her she needed to fix this and try it!  So lookout maybe this is a dessert they will bring to their Thanksgiving outing!   Have any of you ever heard of Spotted Dick Pudding or have ever tried it?  Looks like it has raisin' s in it, thats all I can tell from the label.

Where did I go?

Howdy folks. I've not blogged in a long while. I've been a bit busy. The group I work for goes to a big conference in the fall. I've been very busy these past few weeks printing for them. This time around I had the largest group I've ever had for this conference. So I've been a bit out of it lately. But I'm now resting up and getting back into normal life again.

This is old news now, but I am quite excited about our new president elect. I am happy he got elected and I believe Obama will make a lot of positive changes this country needs right now. It may take some time for changes to take place but I think it will get there maybe sooner than we think.

Shaw's Shout Out of today:
To a very snazzy store I like to go into here and there. It is the perfect woman store. It has clothes mixed in with kitchenware and housing ware and is all very hip and well designed. The store is called Anthropologie. Here in Nashville, there is one in the Hill Center over in Green Hills. Go check it out.

Brain Science

So did anyone see this on 60 minutes last night? I just happened to walk into the living room and saw it on TV. Since I work with numerous neuroscientist I found this very fascinating. Basically the guy in the main story, who happens to be a neuroscientist himself, has been paralyzed from a disease and can not move anything but his eyes and he can smile. He can not speak, but his brain functions just fine. They put this cap on his head and it contains sensors in it that can record brain waves, or neurons firing up. He then looks at a computer screen filled with flashing letters and thinks about the letters he needs to create words, and the computer records the brain waves from the cap and writes the words for him. Now that's pretty darn cool! It really was very amazing, he is basically thinking, and the computer is picking up his thoughts. You can read the entire story here.

Shaw's Shout Out - to the Obama slognator again. Because it was just so much fun the first time around I have to do it again! Also its a reminder for tommorrow to go cast your vote!

Generate a Barack Obama Quote!

"You know, there's a lot of talk in this country about Starbucks prices. Well I think Americans are tired of the same old dead bugs. Ordinary Americans believe in clouds, they want less
fart stink, they just aren't sure if their leaders believe in smaller bootys."
Generate your Barack Obama quote at Buttafly.com

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloweenie from the Shawster. If your going out trick-o-treatin with the kiddies enjoy it! Or if your going to a Halloween party have fun. Don't eat all the candy at once. I did not dress up this year. We didn't have a costume contest at work this year. Not enough interest this time around, mabey next time. That's ok, I didn't have any good ideas for a costume this year anyway.

Shaw's Shout Out:
To my favorite candy bar at Halloween time - Twix. What's your favorite?

Go vote early!

Today I went and did my civic duty early this time around. I went and voted for the next president this morning. There have been record numbers of Tennesseans voting early this time around. There have even been lines for early voting as well. So that could be a sign for whats to come Tuesday next week. I decided to cast a vote early and I'm encouraging all to do the same. Your vote does count. If anything, it could cancel out your neighbors vote with the annoying sign in their yard!

Shaw's shout out today:
Today's shout out is to my favorite Dream Dictionary online. You can plug in key words from things in your dream, and see what the meaning is. Pretty insightful at times.

Dream Dictionary Link

Tree Nads

Well thanks to Jules for informing me about the "large balls" that are falling off of thoses tress I've been seeing. They are called Osage trees and the balls are sometimes referred to as Hedge Ball, Horse Apple, Green Brains, Monkey Balls or Mock Orange. I googled it and have learned squirls enjoy pulling them apart and making a mess, big surprise. And apparently cows occassionally try to eat them and choke on them. So I wonder if the cow wanders under the tree, one falls off and hits it on the head and knocks it out. It wakes back up and sees a large yellow thing infront of it and decides to try to eat it. I also learned Lewis and Clark sent seeds and planted some of these along their way. Didn't realize this would be a history lesson as well.

Shaw's shout out
Todays shout out is to the Starbucks Oracle. This is one angry cup folks. Heres what it said about my favorite drink of choice, which happens to be peppermint hot chocolate.

THE ORACLE OF STARBUCKS

The all-knowing Oracle of Starbucks	Behold the Oracle's wisdom: Personality type: Clueless You don't go to Starbucks much; when you do you just tag along with other people since you have nothing better to do. You would like to order a Tazo Chai Crème but don't know how to pronounce it. Most people who drink Grande peppermint hot chocolate are strippers. Also drinks: Wine coolers Can also be found at: The mall

Large Balls

What are these things and has anyone every been killed by one droppin on dare head? I don't want one droppin on my head! I black barred it for its protection.

Shaw's Shout Out Today:
My shout out today is to my fav Woodchuck Draft Cider. Can I have one now!
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