(Actually) Live from Opening Day

Dice-k. Detroit Tigers. World Series Ring Ceremony. Me.

What do these things all have in common? They are all at Fenway Park today for the opening day game of the 2008 season. Dice-K is pitching, the Tigers are looking to break their beaten streak (doubtful), the rings are being handed out before the game, and I'll be there to catch all the action.

Tradition dictates sushi for lunch. What a great day. Too bad it couldn't be about 10-15 degrees warmer...

I am a Tall Drink of Water

Does the expression, "you are what you eat" really make any sense? Sure, I acknowledge that whatever we ingest becomes a part of us, but most food nicknames for people have negative connotations. If you are not that smart or are plain stupid you're called Meathead - not because you like sweetbreads. If you are inactive or actually can't move or think you're a Vegetable - not because you had a green salad for lunch. If you ate too much or eat a lot all the time you're a Porker - ok, maybe that one is accurate.

So if it were the case then after today's lunch I would be one cold chicken. I had a fabulous chicken chili that my wife had made over the weekend from a recipe she had gotten from a friend from another friend from a party from the internet or Betty Crocker or something. I love how recipes move. Some people are real sticklers for recipes. "I can't make this, I don't have a pinch of Kosher salt." Others (maybe someone like me) never followed a recipe exactly - "I'm sure it will be fine with a beer in it instead of plain old water!" My wife had no hesitation substituting almost half of the recipes prescribed ingredients. Why? "Didn't feel like going out to the store. "

Good reason. I like that about recipes. They allow for originality. Or at least creativity. So if you are what you eat then its a compliment that depends on who created your meal - is it a meatloaf that uses ketchup and Lipton onion soup mix? or a meatloaf that uses diced tomatoes and fresh parsley?

So if I eat Fruit Loops tomorrow...