Which leads to the soup. Get 1lb dry black eye peas. Soak overnight. Drain. Rinse. Add 4 cups beef broth. Slice and add 4 carrots. Cook,  a lb chorizo and allow to cool before slicing and adding. Mince and add 4 garlic cloves. Cook all day in slow cooker on low. Add 1 tsp marjoram leaves. Shred and add 2 cups fresh spinach. Allow to cook 30 minutes longer.

The recipe originally called for kielbasa. But I can't find any stores that are both local and convenient that have a decent kielbasa.

After partaking of this heavenly soup, I went to help my friend Kassia move some furniture around the apartment she shares with Miss E. I moved the furniture. I wish it were bigger and heavier, I hardly had to try with the exception of one book shelf which I tried to lift four feet into the air to place on top of another bookshelf. The height was no problem. Fitting the bookcase into the recess in the wall that was only a few millimeters wider than the shelf proved to be too difficult for me. Alas, no herculean feats of strength were required of me.

But it was a nice visit. The smalltalk was pleasant. But, as a working stiff, I could not stay long and excused myself to drive home.

I was interested to read in the NY Times that Evidence of deities older than Zeus have been found in Greece. That's a long, long time ago. We're talking prior to Troy.

And I don't really understand Why Conservatives don't like McCain. This one sentence says it all, ``The ideological critics dislike Senator McCain — who has an 82.3 lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union — because, it is said, he’s no conservative.'' Alrighty, then.

And Krugman continues his attack on Obama. I generally like Krugman's writing but on anything to do with Obama or Greenspan, he seems to be tossing his reasoning skills out the window on going on the attack. But I don't really get his criticism of Obama's plan when Hillary's plan will be universal in the same way that automotive liability insurance is universal in states like Ohio that `mandate' drivers carry insurance without enforcement.

This morning I went to do my daily pushups. I couldn't be arsed to care and putzed out.

I don't actually have anything to say about plankton.