Stats, Facts, and Randomness from Today
What I had for Breakfast: One small can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. This is actually very rare, I hardly ever eat any breakfast.
A little side note, Campbell’s Chicken Noodle was my favorite soup ever, nay, close to favorite food ever when I was a small child. I remember once my Mom trying to dampen my unbridled enthusiasm for it by telling me that if I ate too much I wouldn’t like it when I got older! I still like it, but my enthusiasm has been tempered somewhat.
Now I prefer the Cream of Chicken!!
Anyway, let me get back on track here.
Number of Octaves Spanned During Congregational Singing this Morning: Just over 3. Low E-flat, D, to somewhere around F above high C.
Number of People Amused at Above Statistic: One. Jewel.
Number of People Annoyed: Unknown. Likely the entire congregation.
Amount of Snowfall: WAY TOO MUCH!!!! 2 or 3 inches maybe, I don’t know. Sloppy wet stuff this time, often it’s really dry and powdery. But it rained some too today, so hopefully we’re getting a good start on getting rid of the stuff.
Duration of Time Between the Benediction and Actually Leaving Church: Probably well over an Hour.
Were You the Last Ones? Yes, with two other couples.
Is That Too Long? Yes, it is.
When Was the Last Time You Cleaned Your Computer Screen? Right now! It looks so much better! It’s like I turned the brightness way up!
What is Coming Up in the Near Future on Iced Tea Forever? I’m really excited about my next post! I will give specific direction and illustration on how to prepare one of my favorite culinary dishes! The concept of this dish isn’t new, but I have highly modified and improved upon it and given it my own special touch! You won’t want to miss this one.
11 Responses
February 20th, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Snow? What is snow? Oh, did I forget to say that I live in Utopia?
Too bad you have to endure the stuff. I went on a long walk this afternoon in the sunshine and didn’t have to worry about getting tangled up in a snowstorm.
EG
February 20th, 2005 at 10:29 pm
EG, that’s not nice; don’t kick a man when he’s down :) TOM! Chicken noodle soup for Sunday breakfast! What is wrong with you? (I’ll remind you of the discussion about soup.) I can’t say a lot, though. I had a slice of pizza for Saturday brunch. Whatever happened to cereal?
I’m impressed with the octaves though. Did you go through them all at once?
Would that be chili?
February 20th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
HA! That’s a funny post. I can only imagine…… The only thing that I do in church, when I allow myself to get so distracted and “unholy”, is go through and sing all the parts. We have this cousin that does that and it is SO annoying. She starts out on soprano, flips to alot about half way through the first verse, starts the second verse singing tenor, flips to high tenor…….and on and on. I only do it when I am sitting by my sister and only because I know it cracks her up. She loses control and then I follow, and there we sit, shaking the church pew. It’s a bad thing really, and I don’t do it often……but it’s so hysterical! What can I say, we have a really WIERD sense of humor.
Ag
February 20th, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Naomi Yates wants to know…
Have you kept up with the stats on your iced tea manufacturing/consuption? We drink tea nearly every day. Paul likes me to keep some cold in the fridge at all times. I make concentrate for several gallons at a time, and I still end up making/brewing tea a couple times a week. We do drink a lot of tea; and I will have to give it to Ag – water is better for you, considering all the caffeine and sugar in tea. But, for some reason, I still find that I really enjoy drinking iced tea. Anyway, Tom, I was just idly curious about the status of your tea consuption.
(Ag, forgive me for bringing this subject up again!) :)
–Naomi
February 20th, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Oh, yeah, and the “alot” in the previous comment, was actually alto. See, Tom, that’s why I can’t have a blog!
Ag
February 20th, 2005 at 11:55 pm
You people need to read the Bible! Tom, you will never find iced tea mentioned! But, you will find that drinking water is utterly in order, it is blasted through scripture! Yep! You people need to go to the Word!
Yeah, Noami! Caffeine and sugar! It’s bad for you! Oh man, one night, I went out with a friend, and I drank FIVE glasses of sweet tea. That would work only I usually drink water, my body is used to water. THEN we went to dairy queen and I got one of those mocha things. It was BIG and heavy-laden! I couldn’t sleep that night. It was TERRIBLE! I lay there twitching. Serious, I couldn’t hold still. I had to move. It was a bad experience. It was like dealing with a java jolt and a caffeine rush all in one. SCARY!
I am going to start taking water surveys in here! And then I’ll print articles, and then I’ll quote Scripture……and then…..
You people are pathetic!
Ag
February 21st, 2005 at 7:49 am
My, my, Ag dear. Five glasses at one meal! I promise you I drink my iced tea in moderation… as the Scripture admonishes us to do in all aspects of our lives. The gift of temperence, ya know. Several glasses (several meaning anywhere from approximately 2-6) of sweet iced tea a day will not hurt you, especially if you spread it out over the whole day and not just consume it all just before going to bed!! No wonder you couldn’t hold still!
Ag, I seem to recall on Tom’s Valentine post that you said, “What would the world be without chocolate?” Chocolate is full of caffeine and sugar, too!!
Tut, tut.
— Naomi
February 21st, 2005 at 9:04 am
True, but I do not consume chocolate daily in the place of, say, meat.
Ag
February 21st, 2005 at 9:15 am
Hey Tom that singing thing is soo cool! I’ve done it a couple of times in church. The one time I had my brother disowning me. The other time I had, as you said, only one person amused at my endeavours. That would have been, you guessed it, Lez.
February 21st, 2005 at 10:05 pm
….Still waiting for that dazzling new post….
Are we there YET?!
February 21st, 2005 at 10:34 pm
Maybe tonight. I know this is probably difficult to understand, but there are actually other things going on in my life besides this blog! Actually, the biggest hindrance to everything I really want to do is my job. Must be there by 6am.
And yes, I’m keeping track of the iced tea stats. Just haven’t worked out a suitable format for displaying them.