Memes, Yoinked

First, something Txanne has been doing for a while now: today's farmers' market haul! Adam and I hit the U District Farmers' Market on a whim, which meant I had neither cash nor bags, but I did have a three-year-old. This not an ideal combination, but everyone was very nice and took my checks, and many of them offered me big paper bags. Adam doesn't quite get that "samples" are not the same as "snacks," but I think we kept our rudeness to a minimum.

Port Madison Farm: a lump of plain chevre and a wedge of spring cheese. (Attention Annie: I think this is the same stuff we got from the meat-and-cheese-lady in Rome - remember, the stuff that looks like Havarti, but with a milder flavor? This was their last one for the year, what with spring being a long while back, and I grabbed it like a crazy person, but keep an eye out.)

Billy's: four peaches (unknown variety; Adam picked them), two wee artichokes, a bunch of basil, a basket of heirloom cherry tomatoes, and a basket of very late, super-sweet strawberries

Toboton Creek Farm: goat meat for stew - I've never tried goat before; I'm very excited.

Appel Farms: squeaky cheese curds (because Adam kept coming back for samples-onna-stick) and quark

Foraged & Found: chanterelles! We loves them, precious!

La Pasta: sage gnocchi, smoked salmon pasta, and a red sauce with cream

Sea Breeze Farm: Pesto, eggs, ricotta saltata, and a pound of Coopworth wool (very dirty)

A lot of people are selling peaches and tomatoes as seconds right now; I may go back next week and try to score some for sauce and jam. I didn't have a free set of hands this time. Plus, they seem to come in the cute wooden fruit crates!

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And, on a totally different note, a quiz from Arguchik:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Apparently I'm in ur quiz, skewing ur statistics.

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And, because it's neat: The Ampersand

Surrealist Knock-Knock Jokes

Adam: Knock knock who's there!
Me: Umm... Who?
A: Banana! (giggle)
M: Banana who?
A: Knock knock who's there?
M: Who?
A: Banana! (more giggling)
M: Banana who?
A: Knock knock who's there?
M: Who?
A: Orange! (even more giggling)
M: Orange who?
A: (giggling obscures words) Banana! (pause) Mommy, you say "knock knock!"
M: Okay. Knock-knock, who's there?
A: Who?
M: (unable to think of a single knock-knock joke) Umm... Banana?
A: No! How about tomato?
M: Tomato.
A: No! How about motorcycle?
M: Motorcycle.
A: (immoderate giggling)

How about motorcycle, indeed.

In Soviet Russia, Diggers Dig You!

A collection of quotes from the kid:

(While reading a book about construction) "That's a digger, but diggers don't dig people."

(After discussing his wet diaper) "But not a stinky diaper with brown poop!"

(singsong) "Daddy monster, don't eat my burrito anymore. And if you will stay and not eat it, then you will eat your own."

My Pants? They Are Smart.

My smartitude has been certified by an officially-recognized and accredited testing agency. By which I mean, the GRE is in critical condition, because I kinda kicked its ass.

Never have to do that again, then.

Revelation

Blasting Nazi Punks, Fuck Off when you have all the windows and doors open to cool the house down is perhaps not the done thing in my staid little suburban neighborhood.

But maybe it ought to be.