Wine and pizza

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Wine, good. Pizza, good. Hubs suggested I sleep in the basement and sleep in. Better than good. Love him! While I'm over and done with summer squash and eggplant, I will surely miss these tomatoes when they bid 2012 adieu. They are so good. I just didn't have it in me to fight the pizza dough glutens tonight so went with it and all the puffiness that resulted. Delicious! A nice change of pace from our usual, thinner pies.

Following a suggestion (plea) from me, my MIL invited the boys over tomorrow. I am going to drop them off around 10 and will then return home to can apple chili chutney in peace and maybe even take a nap. Thank you, thank you, MIL.

Is Jan Brewer attending the Repub convention in Tampa? Perhaps a twister will spirit her away to some island and we'll never hear from her crazy ass again. If Joe Arpaio can be taken too, I'd be grateful. I'm not necessarily wishing them ill-will, but I wouldn't be sad if they left our country, horrible hate-mongers they are.

Top 10 people who, if spirited away, I wouldn't miss:

-the aforementioned AZ duo -all Housewives and Jersey Shore peeps -John Fund -PJ O'Rourke -Michelle Caruso-Cabrera -Ann Coulter -pretty much all of W's posse, including W -Grover Norquist -Matthew Continetti -Susan del Percio -Nick Gillespie -Eric Cantor!

Oh god, that is so many more than 10 people. But really, do you disagree?

Gumbo, plum tart, Hunger Games

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I'm a couple years late, but The Hunger Games is a very engaging story. We watched the movie recently, and I was both eeried out and riveted. It plus Friday night's Real Time made for a good week of watching though. However, have you heard of Avik Roy? He blogs for Forbes and is a Romney healthcare advisor and is one of the more despicable shills I've watched lately. Do Republican campaign leaders offer lessons in condescending smugness and associated facial expressions? Because, like John Fund, Amy Holmes and so many other awful rightist pundits, Roy had the patronizing tone based in ideology, not fact, in spades. And though Jack Kingston is more likeable with his handsome, good old boy charm, he was off the reservation too. I do not understand where these guys get their information nor do I comprehend their beliefs. Both Roy and Kingston averred that Romney was just being funny when he proclaimed that no one's asked for his or Anne's birth certificates: "they know where we were born." But it wasn't funny. It was a transparent nod to the BS birther movement and petty attempt to provoke conservatives.

Do you want to laugh at Mittens? Click here!!! Hilarious!

On a more positive note, dinner tonight was spectacular. This gumbo perfectly hit the spot -though this picture doesn't do it justice- and the mixed plum tart ended the meal beautifully. I'm stuffed and more than satisfied!