A chink in the armour

Everyone has their faults. I suppose I have mine as well, although what those are I'm not sure of and they're probably fairly minor.

Now don't get me wrong, Katie is a hell of a cook, I just don't think her palate has developed fully yet. To me there are certain staple foods that work well in any dish - beans, onions and peppers to name a few. What is a pot of beans without the beans and what is liver without onions? Not much in my book. Katie for the most part refuses to eat some of these things and whats worse, she refuses to cook with them! Blasphemy!

Granted, I'm the type of guy that will eat anything thats put in front of him. The same guy, mind you, that once won a halftime contest at a Dakota Wizards game. The game was a ripoff of the TV show 'Fear Factor' and the challenge was to see who could eat a pickled pigs foot slathered in horseradish the quickest. You could have just as well put a gallon of Ben and Jerry's ice cream in front of Oprah because thats exactly my game. Not only did I finish mine in less than 15 seconds, I grabbed my competitors while he was dry heaving and polished that off to the delight of the crowd. Whoever the guy was that first though to pull that root out of the ground, grind it up and pickle it....... I'd like to shake his hand. Pure genius.

I'm not complaining or anything. If the fact that Katie doesn't like onions is our only difference, we're probably going to be ok. Although she is a Yankees fan. And a Celtics fan...... and a Steelers fan. I think she's a lay-fan on most of them tho. Her Steelers are going to the Super Bowl and she only seems mildly excited. If and when the Dolphins make the Super Bowl, I will lock myself in a room the week leading up to it and rewatch Dan Marino highlights. As far as the Celtics, she wasn't around "back in the day" when there were only 3 teams in the NBA - Celtics, Lakers and 76ers. Or at least thats how it seemed cuz we only got one game a week on TV and it was either the Lakers playing the Celtics or one of those two playing Dr. J and the Sixers. Kids my age loved the Lakers since they averaged about 237 points a game and the Celtics were just a bunch of white stiffs that played defense.

As far as the Yankees... I won't sway the kids thoughts one way or another. You can only hope that a young Jedi Warrior will turn away from the Dark Side and the Evil Empire that is the Yankees.