just john

Today I found something I'd always suspected the existence of but never really went out of my way to track it down. I was at the Biomarkt shopping for bioproduct and I found peanut butter. Not notable for me but I have heard that several Americans miss it. However, sitting beside it on the very same shelf was peanut butter made from cashews which, I suppose, would then be called cashew butter. I really, really like cashews and this stuff is the real deal. 100% cashew with all the associated cashewyness and fat. It's good. BTW, the organic food business is well regulated here and there are stores everywhere besides the big organic section at the grocery store.

That weird radio program is on again and there's something going on about giving someone a Porsche and traffic. Radio's a bit staticky and I was close to buying a powered antenna tonight until I realized I'm supposed to receive radio stations with my sattelite. Except, oh yeah, there's something wrong with the signal I've already paid to have repaired. Of course, I have to convince the landlord, henceforth known as jackass, that it is a signal problem and not my inability to program a satellite box (in English).

Weather took a turn for the good this week and it's deceptively nice. I'm still wary of a last minute snow at this point but at least I can drink beer outside in the meantime.

Took another step into the 21st century today and bought an mp3 player. I'm still not convinced that I need to carry my entire music collection around with an Ipod but even that won't quite be enough soon. The short term solution is 90% cheaper. We'll see how it goes.