Apple has done it again. Are they trying to break me? They have created a new iPod, the iPod Photo that not only holds all your music but now also holds all your photos. I really like the idea of having all my photos on an iPod that I could take with me places. I could easily connect it to anyone’s TV and show them my work. Granted, I have my web site for that but it doesn’t have all my photos on it. I currently have over 2000 photos in my iPhoto library. Apple says this new iPod could hold 15,000 songs and up to 25,000 photos. That’s a lot of photos! They also say that the battery life is up to 15 hours. That’s a huge increase over my current iPods. I’m lucky if I get 4 or 5 hours out of my current iPods. I already have two iPods. I use the iPod Mini when I do my walking and it’s great and all. But add the bonus of having all my photos on the iPod makes me sweat and want to get one. It comes down to the old adage, do I need an iPod Photo or do I want an iPod Photo. Well, of course I want an iPod Photo. What would I do with my two other iPods? Any ideas? Maybe I’ll wait and get it for Christmas…a gift to myself. But can I wait? I’ve always been one to get the latest and greatest things that Apple produces and then deal with the credit card later. I need to think about this more. But I want one.
I woke up an hour before Homer did this morning so that I would be ready for work in time to drop him off at the metro for his return trip home. He got up an hour later and amazingly, he was ready in about 30 minutes. I don’t know how he does it. I take forever and he can get ready in 30 minutes. And that included eating breakfast! (Sorry for the picture, Homer, I couldn’t resist.)
I dropped him off at the metro at 6:15 this morning. We hugged and kissed goodbye in front of a cab AND Homer grabbed my ass right in front of the cabbie! Of course it was HIS ass I should have been grabbing. Ah, good times.
Tonight I did a load of dark clothes. Turns out Homer mixes all this clothes together and doesn’t separate! Anyway, when the load was dry and I was folding the clothes, I came across a pair of socks that were not mine. Oh, a little memento from Homer’s visit. How those socks got in my laundry basket, I’ll never know. Maybe Homer left them behind on purpose. Or maybe they were left there on Sunday when I did a load of laundry for him. I thought I had gotten it all but maybe I forgot that one pair. Sorry, Homer. I’ll hold on to them until you return to DC or I make a trip out to Arizona. You’re welcome at my place anytime.
Bloggers are a special bunch of people. You follow a guy’s blog for a year and you learn so much about him. Meeting Homer was a treat. There were no awkward silences. We had no problems chatting or just hanging out. He’s a special guy. I’m glad I got to meet him and spend time with him. All the men in Arizona should be knocking down his door to get him.
Today’s episode is on cooking breakfast for dinner. This is a simple task if you have all the ingredients and you know what you’re doing.
Our special guest Chef, Homer decided to cook pancakes, eggs, and hash browns for Archerr. Homer shredded the potatoes, put oil in the pan, and began frying them up. Uh, oh, did you forget to drain the excess water from the shredded potatoes before putting them in the pan? If this happens, you will soon get mush. While Homer was working on the potatoes, Archerr combined the rare, and unusual organic ingredients to make the pancake batter. Once the griddle was at the precise temperature (350 degrees F for those who need this information), Archerr ladled the battery onto the griddle in the shape of of the solar system paying close attention to the size of each planet and not forgetting Uranus.
After the commercial break, Homer, our guest chef, realized the hash browns were turning into potato pancakes. Being the flexible and experienced chef that he is, suggested we continue cooking the hash browns on the griddle and turning them into potato pancakes. Brilliant! Once the potatoes were on the griddle with the pancakes, Homer moved his attention to the eggs from caged free chickens. After a quick whip with a whisk he began stirring the eggs while the heat began turing them into fluffy piles. Archerr continued creating the solar system and managing the potato pancakes at the same time. Would all the buffet items be ready at the same time. Stay tuned!
After our final commercial break, we see Homer spooning the fluffy piles of caged free scrambled eggs decoratively onto two shiny dinner plates. At the same time, Archerr is retrieving the last of the honey brown pancakes from the solar system and adding them to each plate. Finally, the hash browns which are now potato pan cakes are added on the side. With the right condiments, and the right vintage of apple juice, the meal was complete. Archerr and Homer sit down with napkins on laps and begin the feast. The smells, the flavors, the atmosphere…just divine! Well worth the work.
But who will clean up the kitchen?
So far Homer and I have had a pretty good visit. We didn’t do much today. I think I might be a boring host. I didn’t plan to take him anywhere or see anything. He’s been in DC before and has done the museum thing already. I’ve been a bad host when it comes to meals. I’m not a cook and I didn’t know Homer was a vegetarian so we’ve eaten out every meal except breakfast. Next time he visits I’ll make sure I have more meals planned. After having some breakfast we basically lounged around all day. We watched some of the morning show, Homer read the paper, we had some “stimulating conversation”, then decided to shower and think about lunch.
We went to Panera Bread for lunch. Luckily they had something we both would eat. While eating we scoped out all the cute guys and we were even scoped out by an obviously gay couple having lunch. I learned that besides basically liking white bread, I don’t really have one type that I’m attracted to. When we got home I played on the computer reading blogs and such while Homer took a nap. After his nap he let me take some photos of him alone and us together. It was fun. We watched some TV and discussed the plans for the rest of the day and tomorrow. I have to work tomorrow but Homer only has a few hours of work to finish up. I gave him an extra set of keys and directions to the Metro, etc. Then we made plans for dinner and how to get him to the BlogJam: The Homo Speak that Jimbo organized.
Since it’s a school night and I go to bed so early, I didn’t plan to go to the Blogjam. We went to Taco Bell for some quick dinner and then I dropped him off at the Metro. The metro has a cool site that not only gives you directions as to what trains and stations to go to to get to your destination, it also gives you walking directions to your location once you get to the station. I was impressed and Homer was happy he wouldn’t get lost getting to the Blogjam. I’ll be in bed asleep when he gets home but I told him that if he meets any hot men to bring home to call ahead and wake me up so that I could play too! He He He If anything happens, I’ll be sure to write about it tomorrow.
