Seriously.

The ones who love us best are the ones we’ll lay to rest,
And visit their graves on holidays at best
The ones who love us least are the ones we’ll die to please
If it’s any consolation, I don’t begin to understand them

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Gonna make you a star
And show the world your green, green eyes
See your smiling face
Everywhere, everyplace

We could turn it upside down
We could turn it inside out
We’ll give you everything
Things that you’d never need
Things that you’d never dream
Things like eternity
Gonna make you a star

Albert Bierstadt, On the Saco (found at Laudator Temporis Acti)

This man is Kelly Keagy.

This. Man. Is.

NIGHT RANGER.

Since the kids and I were driving back home from New Hampshire yesterday, a stop to replenish the pantry seemed in order.  My usual Asian market was closed, so we stopped at the flagship Hannaford store off of the Back Cove.  I loaded up the cart with sauces, rice sticks, nam pla — whatever I thought I might never get again should the state decide to end all imports of tasty foods and demand its residents stick to the potatoes and sticks that made Maine #1 in rickets and scurvy throughout the country in the early 1900′s.  Then, on the way to the registers, I spotted this beauty:

A can of baked squid.  Not only “non-fried,” but also “crispy and fun!”  I couldn’t resist.  $2.09 for 80 grams of “Squid, Sugar, Salt, Chilli, Soybean sauce, MSG (plants), Capsicum Oreoresin (plants), FD&C Yellow No. 5 (synthetic).”  But there were warning signs:

• The UPC scan did not return a valid item or price.  The cashier called for a “price check,” but missed out on the chance of bringing me ultimate joy by fully requesting for a “price check on Mr. Squid baked squid, crispy and fun.”
• The manager on duty gave me a quizzical look after seeing the item, like it was destined for a boudoir activity.
• Upon opening the can in the car, the eldest boy said “that looks and smells just like the fish food at home.”
• The mascot on the can has a polyped head, sunglasses, ten fingers and a tail, which he is waving around in what I can only imagine is a mating ritual focused on the consumer.

We crunched forward, nonetheless.  They look almost exactly like Waffeletten without chocolate, and the initial taste is nearly as sweet.  The flavor quickly turns fishy and lightly spicy, with a light crunch.  And like most odd Asian snacks I come across, I’m hooked.

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This time of year, coastal Maine is the most beautiful place in the world. It makes up for that in February, though.

Just got the new iPhone app for Posterous.  Good gravy is it slick.  Instant uploading of pictures and video made so easy even a troglodyte like me can do it without fouling things up.

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Congratulations to the new President-elect, Barack Obama, and the Democrats on their victory last night.
Now comes the hard part.
I look forward to 4 years of enlightened, moderate, fiscally responsible and non-intrusive, liberty enhancing governance.
That’s my definition of “change” by the way.
If that’s not the case, look forward to hearing about it on a regular basis.
Until then – enjoy.

[ From http://www.qando.net/ - It’s Obama! ]

Congratulations to ajd and his Wife of Justice on the birth of their daughter Madeline! We’ll make a Red Sox fan out of her yet.

It goes without saying that they’re a much more attractive pair than the last politically relevant fraternal twins I discovered.