The weekly resolution decided...
Last week I declared two resolutions- blogging 5 times a week (give or take one) and reading 50 books in 2005. I also decided I would do something else once a week, and asked you, dear reader, for your help.
Here were the finalists, along with my comments:
Find a new and unusual website each week.
Submitted by my lovely wife. A good idea, doesn't cost a cent, and doesn't cut into my time much. There are a lot of weird sites out there, so no lack of material.
See a movie a week, once a month in a theatre.
Submitted by Mikey, along with several others I considered only briefly (I liked the idea of a new Cub Scout/Boy Scot badge a week, but that would become a full-time job.) I like the thought of it, but devoting 2 hours a week to an additional project is just too much time to offer. And once a month in the theatre? With 2 kids under 2, it's a nice thought, but it would be pretty hard to execute.
Eat a new food.
Submitted by Jenny. I actually considered this one, too. I like food, and I like trying new things. Jenny also suggested that it could be a new product or an exotic food- and I appreciate the leeway I was given in this suggestion.
Learn a new word.
Submitted by Anonymous. Thanks for the suggestion, citizen. Perhaps someday I will do a blog posting on not using 75 cent words when a 5 cent one will do. So with this philosophy, enriching my vocabulary isn't near the top of my list. I considered it in the guise of "I used a new word in my blog this week- guess which one it is!", but realized that I doubt I could interest my readers in such an exercise without offering cash and prizes. I do not have cash and prizes to offer.
So ultimately, it was a new website or a new food. The website idea appealed due to the cost (none) and level of difficulty (simple as could be.) I think the easiness factor ultimately ruled it out- finding a crazy website is like shooting fish in a barrel- along with the fact that I like eating crazy stuff. When I realized I already ate a new food in the first 7 days of 2005, we had a winner.
So, my new feature, 52 Foods, will begin today, with the food I enjoyed for the first time last week. I enjoyed food #2 yesterday, and I have foods 3 and 4 in the house, waiting to be sampled. I also saw that the new Chinese restaurant that the family and I visited yesterday has a cold jellyfish appetizer, another potential entry for this resolution. I didn't try it- yet. I did take away the knowledge that jellyfish, like revenge, is a dish best served cold.
Here were the finalists, along with my comments:
Find a new and unusual website each week.
Submitted by my lovely wife. A good idea, doesn't cost a cent, and doesn't cut into my time much. There are a lot of weird sites out there, so no lack of material.
See a movie a week, once a month in a theatre.
Submitted by Mikey, along with several others I considered only briefly (I liked the idea of a new Cub Scout/Boy Scot badge a week, but that would become a full-time job.) I like the thought of it, but devoting 2 hours a week to an additional project is just too much time to offer. And once a month in the theatre? With 2 kids under 2, it's a nice thought, but it would be pretty hard to execute.
Eat a new food.
Submitted by Jenny. I actually considered this one, too. I like food, and I like trying new things. Jenny also suggested that it could be a new product or an exotic food- and I appreciate the leeway I was given in this suggestion.
Learn a new word.
Submitted by Anonymous. Thanks for the suggestion, citizen. Perhaps someday I will do a blog posting on not using 75 cent words when a 5 cent one will do. So with this philosophy, enriching my vocabulary isn't near the top of my list. I considered it in the guise of "I used a new word in my blog this week- guess which one it is!", but realized that I doubt I could interest my readers in such an exercise without offering cash and prizes. I do not have cash and prizes to offer.
So ultimately, it was a new website or a new food. The website idea appealed due to the cost (none) and level of difficulty (simple as could be.) I think the easiness factor ultimately ruled it out- finding a crazy website is like shooting fish in a barrel- along with the fact that I like eating crazy stuff. When I realized I already ate a new food in the first 7 days of 2005, we had a winner.
So, my new feature, 52 Foods, will begin today, with the food I enjoyed for the first time last week. I enjoyed food #2 yesterday, and I have foods 3 and 4 in the house, waiting to be sampled. I also saw that the new Chinese restaurant that the family and I visited yesterday has a cold jellyfish appetizer, another potential entry for this resolution. I didn't try it- yet. I did take away the knowledge that jellyfish, like revenge, is a dish best served cold.
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