Monday Meandersings - 4.11.2016

My wife, the bibliophile, expressed her love for Amazon the other evening. She said she particularly likes the part where - when you order a book - Amazon politely reminds you that you have already purchased said book. That makes me a fan of Amazon, too. I think.

Passed a restaurant reader board the other day that said, "Now Interviewing Dishwasher." How hard could that be? How many questions would you have to ask a prospective dishwasher? What questions would you ask a prospective dishwasher?

Noticed on Facebook that Harold Christian, owner of Harold's BBQ in Abilene passed away. Before Harold took it over, that BBQ place was run by and named for his father, Toby. I've eaten many meals there, between father and son. Years ago, Barb and I lived in Abilene and we made arrangements with Toby for a quantity of his famous chili for a class party.

Toby advertised his chili as "Hot" and "Dam Hot." It was a big party and we anticipated that a lot of chili would be consumed, so we ordered a lot of just "Hot" chili. I don't remember exactly how many servings we ordered, but when we picked up our order, there were two enormous pots of chili. I'm talking mess-hall-feed-the-army sized pots!

We had almost a full pot of chili left over, so we took it home after the party and poured it into every container we could get our hands on and put them all in our chest freezer. That stuff was so spicy it took two days for it to freeze! We ate chili, and we provided chili for our friends, and we took chili to church dinners, and we finally sold the rest of the chili to the Boy Scout troop at church and they had a chili supper fund raiser with what was left of Toby's chili! Rest in peace Harold, and Toby.

And I'll close with a dental care tip for you. Be sure you widely separate your tube of tooth paste and your tube of Preparation H. You're welcome.