Asleymadison.com customer #1?

Congressman Christopher Lee (R - NY) is the perfect member for ashleymadison.com, the aforementioned online dating service for extramarital affairs! I'm sure the photo of the married-with-young-child politico flexing shirtless for craigslist's dating classifieds will be great supportive material for his profile:

Read more about the not-so-bright Congressman Lee in msnbc's article.

The wheels on the bus go round and round...

I was driving down Patterson Ave. today and see this crazy school bus that I'd more expect to see in Portland rather than Richmond.

Yes! It's the Farm to Family bus, the portable farmer's market!  In addition to locally grown produce, there are various meats from local farms, milk, cheese, eggs and edible prepared foods.

This bus drives all around town, to different farmer's markets (the non-roving type), and even makes housecalls.  I was informed by owner/driver/purveyor Mark Lilly that they will come to your street Thursday-Sunday by appointment at no additional charge, but just have a minimum purchase of $25. - and not just per person, but per stop.  So if you get some neighbors together you just have to spend $25 as a group.  With so many goodies on board, it's not hard to do.  Pretty cool.

Today I bought:
- Polyface Farms ground beef (this farm was featured on Food, Inc.) - free range, grass fed
- Local hot Italian sausage - again, grass fed
- Baby potatoes
- Spaghetti squash
- Acorn squash
- Gingersnap cookies
- Valentine's heart sugar cookies
- Homemade roasted garlic mostacioli pasta
- Virginia's Goats R Us pimento goat cheese

Can't wait to get cookin'!!!

The end of split ends

Having been a longtime card-carrying member of the "Asians who go blonde" club, I'm no stranger to fried hair.  I've come to my senses (temporarily) and have gone back to dark brown, which is natural-er for me.  Under that semi-permanent gloss though, are the remnants of my straw-like former hair, which results in...duh-duh-duh (insert dramatic music)...SPLIT ENDS (insert your best Psycho shower scene scream)!!!  In addition to the obvious - great conditioner (I alternate Terax Crema and Pantene Hair Solutions Color Nourishing Treatment) - an ends-smoothing goo/serum/potion is key.  These days I'm loving Neutrogena Triple Moisure Split End Mender, available at your local CVS or Rite Aid, or, for only $5.59 at drugstore.com.  

Good stuff I tell ya.  And if someone sees Ke$ha, please tell her I'll send her one of these for free, nada, zip, zippo.  And tell her I want my feather duster back.

A dating service for cheaters?

One of the companies that got denied a superbowl ad spot was a dating service called Ashley Madison*.  It's not that Fox doesn't want people to hook up...but this service is all about the extramarital hookup.  Yes, a dating site for cheaters.  Really??  See excerpt from the site below.  It's sleazy enough to cheat on your wife/husband, but to be so lame as to require help? Ridonkulous.

*Note to husband:  Dear Husband, you may find "How to have an affair, Ashley Madison" under my internet search history. Please rest assured that this was solely research for my blog.  And the research did NOT involve contacting this company and/or utilizing their services.  Love you and can you pick up some milk on the way home? K, Thx!

Excerpt - Ashley Madison boosts your confidence so you can be a better and more efficient cheater:

"The first married dating tip on how to have an affair and most important, is be patient and don’t get discouraged. Married women tend to be reluctant to put their marriage on the line for another man, and women generally take much smaller risks and seek fewer rewards in life than men do. Keep this in mind. You may be the best looking guy on Ashley Madison and you may have the best approach for these married women, but married women are many times less likely to rush into having an affair. Not only is patience a virtue, it is the most important skill you can have while engaging in the world of extramarital affairs and searching for a cheating partner."