The grass is soaked, trees are smiling and cattle are mooing with joy.

It’s a genuine WINTER WONDERLAND here in Dallas today! We’ve had steady light rain showers since breakfast with a high temperature of 77° … and it’s still AUGUST, people! Holy crap! The grass is soaked, trees are smiling, cattle are mooing with joy and Lake Ray Hubbard is so full that all our local Einsteins can go ahead and drown if they want to! For your possible interest the following map indicates: A) Howdygram headquarters in Mesquite; and B) Lake Ray Hubbard. An actual photo of the area in the dotted pink rectangle appears below the map.

 

And now, since my blood sugar is probably a little low and I’m genuinely starving, I thought I’d post the following photo of a mistranslated — at least I hope it’s mistranslated — Chinese menu. When I see stuff like this I laugh so hard I could crack a rib. God bless Engrish.com.

This actually makes me want to limp into the kitchen and pop open a teeny can of tasty braised gluten! For the record, this is a yummy little treasure that’s mostly healthy and shockingly CHEAP. I order them from Asian Food Grocer for $1.68 each and keep a big stack in the pantry for occasional braised gluten emergencies. (I would never joke about this.)

It was nice of you to stop by. I think I’ll go watch a few “Millionaire Matchmaker” and “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” reruns and maybe put my feet up. I’ve had a long day not doing much of anything, although folding socks is a definite possibility after dinner. Mostly white ones.

Thank you for reading this.