Olympic Torch: Flame of Shame

Yo, people, what's the problem? The Olympics (and by association, the Olympic Torch Relay) are not about politics. They're not about whether China has some human rights issues (is the pot calling the kettle black here? Think Guantanamo, think Abu Ghraib). They're about people. People competing against other people, not against political policies.

Didn't we learn anything in the 80s, we boycotted the Moscow Olympics (is there some sort of irony here as we are now the occupying force in Afghanistan), the Soviets boycotted the LA Olympics. What did that accomplish? Nothing. The end result the only people who suffered were the athletes who didn't get to compete, and the fans who didn't get to watch the games.

It was funny really. As I read the story of the people who climbed the Golden Gate bridge to hang their "Free Tibet" sign I thought "that would never happen here in San Jose." For a bunch of reasons really. There's the obvious - we don't have a Golden Gate Bridge so there's no place to climb. But more importantly, our police don't take that kind of crap. The San Jose PD would've treated the protesters just like they treat the occasional stray mountain lion that finds its way into civilization - cap their asses.

Things that make me wretch for $100 please Alex

I was shopping with Ethel the other day. We went to Nob Hill to get a few things on our way to Whole Foods to get a few other things. At the top of our list was horse radish - with Passover coming up, those gefilte fish will need something to add flavor. Nob Hill carries Silver Spring organic horse radish - great stuff - not only is it organic, but it tastes great and has a nice kick to it.

Lucky us - it was on sale - a clearance sale though. We panicked a bit, thinking they were going to stop carrying it and thought "let's get a couple of bottles." Then we looked at the expiration date to make sure it would last long enough..

Bzzzt, wrong answer. The newest bottle on the shelf expired April 3 (that would have expired last week). There were a bunch from last October (six months ago). But the winner was this one:



Wowsers! Nearly a year old. I guess we know why Nob Hill had it on clearance, Ethel and I were the only ones who ever bought it (I'm going to go on a limb and guess that they knew it had all expired when they put it on clearance and were just hoping no one else would notice)