Well, I see that Kim has linked to this blog.  How incredibly geeky we are *pushes glasses up his nose*.  Please don’t judge Sweet Release by the contents of this here blog; these are my dorky ramblings.  Her ramblings are much more clever because, while a highly educated woman, she hasn’t had her creativity wrung out of her by repeated exposure to academic writing.

The kitchen is moderately tidy today, ready for the onslaught tomorrow.  The problem with doing the market on Saturday is that Friday-night socializing is pretty much gone for us.  We might have a beer, but at times Kim needs to stay sharp, and won’t partake.  A few weeks ago, when K was taking stuff to the market that she had made earlier in the week, we actually had a really nice, early  night.  But most of the time it’s up until 1am, and then we get up again at about 6:30 (unless, like me, you quickly become poor hero support).

Today, being a self-confessed academic, I am trying to figure out how to incorporate blogging into my teaching.  I do have students doing reflection journals in some kind of hard copy–maybe I’ll give them  a blogging option.  How would that work?

Enough about me; back to the purpose of this blog.  We are trying to get a sense of what sells at the market.  Kim, the fountain of creativity, and I, a fountain of mundanity, if that’s a word, come up with random ideas on the fly.  Yesterday she made ginger bread men in boxer shorts with hearts on them, and a big sleazy grin on their face (K called it the Leisure Suit Larry smile).  Previous to that, I, when we were at our favourite bulk food store, saw little tiny heart shaped candy sprinkles and immediately thought of heart-covered boxer-short-shaped cookies.  Those are coming (I hope) so stay tuned.  Until then, if someone wants to chew on boxer shorts (get that image out of your head) they’ll have to eat a lecherous ginger bread man….

(Okay, I just found out that this blog thing has a spell checker.   That’s good, because kids these days can’t spell.)

I should be reading for work tomorrow.  It’s the big Friday afternoon fourth-year course.  It’s a good course, but it requires considerable amounts of prep.

Today after the market we went to the Merchant Ale House and sat with the brewmaster John and had a nice long yammer, which was a nice change.  Often when I see John he’s either running around like crazy, or pounding them down like crazy.  Either way it’s tough to have a good conversation with him.  Today we just sat and talked about all sorts of stuff, including, I have to confess, I told him about our dastardly plan of stealing some of his beer, turning it into yummy desserts, and then feeding them to him so that he’ll serve them at the pub.  He was actually pretty open to that idea.  We also talked about the reason the Merchant is so successful.  Really, the secret is in the management.  That leads to good staff, feeling comfortable and in turn being genuine and making the customer feel comfortable, too.

Okay, random yammering is over.  I have to do some work.

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