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This week’s quote comes from that great sage, Tommy Smothers

“Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you!”

Okay, today I am going to share a little secret of mine that I look forward to each week, but you can’t tell anybody. Besides, they won’t believe you anyway.

Boston Market has one of the best tortilla soups in the country.

SHhhhhhh. I don’t want the word to get out cause they might raise the price. Seriously, it’s really good. And I have a tried a lot of tortilla soups in my life. They are the best tasting quickserve (fastfood) tortilla soup in my opinion without a doubt.
You see that small soup bowl over there with the spoon on it? That’s the tortilla soup. It’s got a “tomatoey” broth, onions, celery, spices, cilantro, several chunks of rotisserie chicken and here’s the best part- you add the chips and cheese when you want!
Think about it. If they added the chips and cheese it would be all melted and soggy by the time you ate it-especially if your order was to go. But since you add it yourself, you control the crunch factor. Brilliant!

But that’s not all, in addition to the soup Boston Market has a choice of salad to go with it. I used to be the Caesar guy but I tried the chopped salad and it won me over..here is a partial ingredient list:

LETTUCE, TOMATOES, DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, GARLIC, SHALLOTS, DIJON MUSTARD, HONEY, BROCCOLI, YELLOW SQUASH, CARROTS, ZUCCHINI SQUASH, RED ONION, BLUE CHEESE, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, SWEETENED DRIED CRANBERRIES.

They had me at blue cheese and won me completely over with the sweetened dried cranberries.
But, you might say, “That sounds kind of expensive!” Ah-ha, the soup and the salad AND the drink AND a piece of sweet cornbread is only $5.99.

Not bad right? Well get this…you can print off a coupon and get 1.25 off!

So your 5.99 turns into about $5.14 based on the tax rate in your area.

Now that… is a deal. And yes, I get it once a week.

Remember, this is our secret!

“The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.”
-Jane Wyman

I thought this quote might be appropriate for this day as we check out this NY sidewalk vendor contemplate his daily existence. Or maybe he just wishes he were on vacation somewhere.

And yes, the above quote is from the recently passed away actress and former Mrs. Ronald Reagan.

On a completely different note: Check out the new poll on the right side and vote for the color tie I should wear this Friday.

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”-Sir Roger Bannister

I ran yesterday. No, check that. I jogged yesterday for the first time in a long time. I have never really had what you people might call, um what is it? Endurance. I may look like I am in halfway decent shape but I get winded very fast. And no, this is isn’t some recent development and I better go have a check up (although that’s not a bad idea). No, I haven’t had much endurance since high school. The best shape I ever was in my life was probably my senior year. I ran track or rather, I high jumped and long jumped and did the occasional hurdles and maybe even the 440 relay. I ran cross country during the offseason and the time that stands out to me is running a 2 mile race in 12:30. That’s about 6. 15 per mile. And that’s my goal for this year.

Yesterday, I jogged one mile in 11 minutes at 15 seconds. I think I have some training ahead of me.

Plus I am really sore.

“Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.” -David Starr Jordan

I just found out this morning that I guy I know, died on Sunday.  The weird thing is, that I didn’t know him personally but only through his art and his blog but it still hit me surprisingly hard. I felt like I had gotten to know artist Mike Wieringo fairly well just because he updated his blog often and always included a quick (and amazing) sketch with almost every entry. He would mention his bad back and talk about bills to pay and repairs that were needed around his house.  Just regular average joe problems that you could identify with. Apparently, he died of a heart attack but the fact that he was only 44 and a vegetarian just makes the whole ordeal seem that much more difficult to understand. My condolences to family and closer friends of Mike.

The internet allows us to get more personal with people we admire but without having to really get personal by interacting with them in real life. Some say that’s bad but I have no problem with it. In fact, there are people I admire on local TV and Radio here in Dallas that I will actively keep my distance from, simply because I don’t want my illusion of who they are, to be shattered or just simply changed by real interaction. I know that sounds negative and after reading it again, I’m not sure how I feel.  Now in that same vein, I do try to keep that idea in mind when I meet people for the first time who are fans of “Good Day”.  Not that I do it every time, but I hope to leave a good impression on the minds of people who want to meet the goofy man who dances during traffic reports.

“The game of life is the game of boomerangs.  Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.” Florence Scovel Shinn- (1871-1940) Writer