Archive for July, 2006
Supersize Me? Nah.
by Susie Watson on July 26th, 2006
Getting more isn’t necessarily better, and now it seems positively obscene. Check out Grandma’s tiny dinner plates and juice glasses for a reminder of what pigs we’ve really become. A stop at Pottery Barn for 14″ dinner plates is the inspiration for a meal that would have fed four in the 50’s. Portions and servings are bigger than ever - a medium popcorn was three cups in the 50’s and now is 16. Seriously! And how about the furniture scaled to fit McMansions of our times? Music: She’s Actual Size by They Might Be Giants
Future Archeological Digs
by Susie Watson on July 18th, 2006
What will happen when future archeologists come across the remains of the homes of Susie and Barb? They have their theories, but there will certainly be some head scratching involved. And what does this say about how we view Cro-Magnon man and what he left behind? Perhaps we assign too much meaning to relics of the past. What puzzles will you leave behind?
Music: Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney from Dig Me Out
Food Fancies
by Susie Watson on July 11th, 2006
Maybe the girls are just hungry, but the topic is food: what it was, what it has become, how global we are now compared to the old days when tomato meant tomato soup or catsup. Barb shocks Susie by not knowing what a smokie link is, and Susie can’t believe Barb ate Hamburger Helper. And what are you supposed to do with turmeric?
Music: The Food Song by Gary Reynolds and the Brides of Obscurity from the album Instant Happiness
Frauds
by Susie Watson on July 4th, 2006
Not committing it, but being one - those people that skate through life getting credit for things they’ve never done. They have mythical backgrounds and vague histories that somehow never sound quite right and before they are caught, they often leave town. They are all talk and no action, and like Teflon, nothing bad sticks to them. Susie thinks there should be a course in high school on how to detect them, and Barb muses about how early in life this type develops.
Music: A Fraud by Scientific Lifestyle from the album Modern Sounds For The New Era