It's hot, have a salad (redux)

I wish to pay respect to Caesar Cardini - the 1924 inventor of the Caesar salad. Genius. And also to whomever perfected it by adding grilled chicken.

We've been getting lots of lettuce in our CSA box; four heads of romaine this last week. So I thought I'd try making a Caesar salad from scratch for the first time.

It's surprisingly easy. The dressing is essentially basic mayonnaise, although I added garlic and a couple anchovies in the food processor. It was a faboo way for the two of us to eat an entire head of lettuce. I would have added chicken, but we'd run out. It was still incredibly good.

As I plan a desert visit

I just bought tickets for an Arizona Diamondbacks game. In Phoenix, in August. Am I out of my mind?

Well, yes, but you knew that. This is the first step in my visit-two-new-ballparks-per-year goal. I have a college buddy who lives in Phoenix who it'll be good to see. He's not a baseball fan, but his tax dollars helped build the stadium so he's willing to put me up for the weekend.

I've always wanted to use that line.

I called the local bookstore to order a book coming out next month.

Person:	May I have your name?
Me:	madbaker (using my first name).
Person:	The madbaker?
Me:	No, just a madbaker. I come in six-packs.

(Bonus points if you correctly place the line, but not very many. It's an easy reference.)