Chicago at dusk

Dear Mom,

Remember a few years ago when you tried to stop me from riding a bicycle across the Nevada Desert by myself?  Well, here's a girl who's headed across the desert by unicycle.

I wasn't so crazy after all.

Godspeed, Gracie.  And keep blogging.

Please select from the following:

Raghav

Where's the beef?

I was always careful as a child.  But one day, I cut myself.  I went to the school nurse.

"Wow," she remarked, "looks like you lost a big piece of meat."

"Yes, Ma'am," I agreed.

"Well, where do you think that piece of meat is right now?"

I shrugged.  I really wasn't sure.

She went on, "Now don't you think you ought to go find that piece of
meat?"

I had to agree that it might, indeed, be an attractive nuisance for a small
child.  How careless of me to run straight to the nurse.  I went back
to the room and searched for half an hour.  I couldn't find the meat anywhere.  Finally, I found a secretary who gave me a Band-Aid.

The tough part of getting older is that there isn't always someone looking
out for you.

I like pickles

I want to eat them for breakfast lunch, and dinner. I want to grow hundreds of them around my house. I want to have them for wallpaper in my bathroom. I want to trade them with my friends. I want to hide them in secret places where no one can find them. I want a car that looks like one. I want an inflatable one filled with tomato juice. I want one that I can ask questions to when I'm uncertain. I want one as a brother-in-law. I want one made of caramel. I want one shaped as a constellation. I want one painted like a hot dog. I want one in the way I want myself wanting one. I want one that loves me. ;)

Big Texan opens a Raghav-cam

If you want to watch someone trying to swallow a 72 oz. steak in one hour in order to save a few bucks and impress his friends, here's your chance.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post highlighting The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. Since that time, my picture-links to the the restaurant's website have been broken. Always copy your pictures onto blogspot if you don't want them to disappear.

Big Texan is still offering free, 4 1/2 lbs. steaks to anyone who can eat the whole meal in one hour. Watch it LIVE.

New Raghav webcast

Tune in at suppertime, watch Raghav eating dinner.