"Tim J." wrote in message
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Wolfgang typed:
O.k., so, here I am on the cutting edge of the electronic age. Yep,
that's right, I went out last weekend and bought myself a "radio" (®,
I assume). Got speakers that sit out way to the side and an honest to
God "remote control" (my first ever......no ****), and I learned how
to use it and everything. So, now I've got something to do besides
read Christopher Hitchens and keep rewatching "I Spit on Your Grave"
over and over and over and over and over and over.........

All right, I get home from the bookstores and the grocery store
today, the new acquisitions are logged in, and the jambalaya is
bubbling away merrily on the stove. What to do? Hitchens takes a
bit of digestion, so, natch......I turn on the "radio."

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Oh, dear. Wolfgang - STEP AWAY FROM THE RADIO!!.

Just in case you've reached the point of no return, I'll send a specially
made tin-foil hat your way. It should deflect most of the doom-n-gloom
radio waves, but you'll need the full body suit to ward off the remainder
of the bull-crap. Just remember, talk radio is like usenet - you *must*
listen/read/believe ALL of it.

Yeah, it was kind of a mistake. I bought it because I always have my car
radio tuned to public radio (except, of course, when on the road and out of
range) and hate missing the end of All Things Considered, Weekend Edition,
or whatever else may have been on, when I get back home. The trouble is
that sitting still and listening is easy while in the car, but problematic
at home.

This would have been a lot easier if you had just bought the CD player
instead.

Hm......that's that little cup holder thingy......right? Yeah, it's got one
of those built in. So, yesterday I went out to Best Buy and and bought 30
CDs for about ten or fifteen bucks. Played all of them......one at a
time.....took me pretty much all day. I didn't hear ****!

How was the jambalaya?

Turned out pretty good. Chef Jake, at the local Pick 'N Save store (a
genuine in house chef.....used to run his own seafood joint.....whose
presence at the store is a result of it's being forced to go upscale due to
competition from recently opened Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, as well as a
fiercely competitive local chain, Sendik's, and a highly successful food
cooperative, The Outpost) talked me into using "Better Than Bouillon"
lobster base:

http://www.superiortouch.com/btb.htm

I'd used clam juice before with good results, but this was definitely
better. Since this was an unplanned, last minute deal and I was just
cooking for myself, I also used Zatarain's Creole seasoning blend

http://www.zatarains.com/

rather than starting from scratch. Not bad stuff, though high in salt.

Wolfgang