TV!!!!

I've managed to close my jaw from J's announcement re: cable. On to one of my greatest passions in life: television programming. There is a multitude of programming that I would point you to, but rather than overwhelm you, I'd suggest starting with the following. This list is not in any specific order.

1. SciFi Channel - on the surface, you're probably thinking, "sick!" But try it! I watch two specific programs religiously. Ghost Hunters (which happens to be on tonight) and Battlestar Galactica (which premiers its final season in April). I would highly recommend both of these shows. Ghost Hunters is good because it's real, and some of the stuff they find is creepy. Despite the name, Battlestar is a show that I honestly think everyone can enjoy. It's SciFi for non-geeks.
   


2. Food Network - My absolute favorite show is Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger. Laura and Steve got me her cookbook for Christmas, and I've made close to half of the things in it. You can see me blather on about her recipes in other posts. But, I also like Giada's Weekend Getaways.
   


3. TLC - I like a lot of the shows on TLC (mostly the ones on the weekends that deal with flipping or decorating) mostly because I feel like I am learning something for future reference. Like when I can actually afford to buy a house. But there is a lot of crap on this station, so beware! My current faves are Take Home Handyman and What Not to Wear.
   


4. HGTV - Again, lots of crap, but Property Virgins, My First Place and Deserving Design hold my attention.

Again, this is just a start. Please let me know once you have mastered my recommendations, and I'll provide others.

I'm a fat pig.

My work was nice enough to offer to buy me lunch today (see earlier post re: my birthday)! I was in process of wolfing down my homemade egg salad sandwich when they asked me, but being that I can (and do) eat just about anything, I accepted. After all, who turns down a free lunch!?

Aside: they also got me "The Simpsons Movie" on blu-ray. Aren't they nice?

Anyway, I decided on Potbelly (yes, even after I had just eaten a sandwich -- what of it?!). I ended up getting a turkey sandwich AND an Oreo milkshake. Come to find out, they use WHOLE MILK in their milkshakes! GOOD. GOD.

I don't even want to KNOW how many calories I just inhaled. Well, that's not entirely true:

Shake: 740 calories, 36g of fat (23g saturated fat -- that's 117% of my daily allowance). Not to mention all the sodium and cholesterol.

Sandwich (or, as my aunt Mary U. calls it, "sandridge"): 421 calories, 9g of fat (1g saturated fat).

So, the lesson here is, I should have stopped at the sandridge. Well, there is more than one lesson, I guess. Confucius say, stop at one lunch so your arteries don't explode.