I've never made red beans and rice. We prefer black-eyed peas around these parts, but today seemed as good a day as any to try the red sort. I hope they don't suck.

Was anyone else mildly offended at the stories of "displaced hurricane survivors" being relocated to Phoenix, Arizona or Wherever, Minnesota and being greeted with meals of greens, red beans, cornbread, etc. etc. etc.? It was as if we were taking in people from another planet, not citizens of our own country. I suppose comfort food is what works best in a crisis, but it just seemed so stereotypical.

Installed Moveable Type for the first time. I'm really not sure if I want to convert everything over.... It seems rather one-way. I've been a Blogger user for five years. Blogger has made some strange changes (inserting odd bits of HTML into my posts) recently, but I'm still loyal.