Reverb

I can't believe what a grumpy old man I've become.  Or maybe it's not me at all but I have noticed a but of noise pollution emanating from people and kids.  Today I was in the Beaverton Public Library and it was so loud.  A couple of idiots (adults) were chatting away on their cell phones inside the fucking library.  Who does that?  Little kids were playfully stomping and jumping, crying and talking loudly, and never a word from their parent.  The kids can be tolerated but the cell phone idiocy sucks.  I didn't see anything or shoot them the stink eye because I had decided that I had my fill of noise pollution.  

I came for the farmer's market but today I didn't bother because there was too many people.  I can't even walk anywhere because:

• People on those scooter chairs . WTF?
• People who think that carrying their dog in their arms somehow bypasses the No Dogs Allowed signs posted everywhere

Vendors have implemented the World's Smallest Samples.  Now in 2 molecule thick sizes!

I do like open air markets and booths and even the cover bands was all right even if I couldn't tell if it was a Van Morrison tunes or something by Tom Petty.  As congested as this venue gets, it's still preferable to anything in my neck of the woods.  

Sudden Craze

I can't tell you the number of times that I made banana bread.  I think I was forced into this recent baking exercise for the simple reason that I had five bananas laying on top of the 'fridge.  (Can we say "where is the counter space?),   I love bananas, and usually eat them all up, but there I was in a Cowboy Stare-Down.

In college I used The Joy of Cooking as my Bible but now there are a zillion variations on Pinterest or foodie sites.  A quickbread is probably my favorite thing to bake.   I guess it's too late for me to scream - not about the bread but I totally forgot to get some milk.   So what do I have, you ask?  Do I have fake powdered stuff or uber heavy cream?  I have a small container of ALMOND MILK.  As I'm sure you know, almond milk might as well be labelled WATER + 3 almond slivers waved over the water.   Granted, I use non-fat organic milk since I think it tastes better.  I don't need the calories of half-and-half so Almond Milk will suffice.

The Classic R&B channel on Amazon Prime has damn good music.  These songs are older than me, but they remind me of my dad.  He would've liked the banana bread.