Ice ~ Land That Made Me Me ~ Medical Terms ~ Mike ~ New Lens ~ Bruise & Dude ~ Cilantro Edamame Hummus ~ Nurses

Good 34º morning. Ice on barn roof and I can hear the wind generators coming from the vineyards across the road.   This came from Brian Cook (LASD ret worked Temple with Jerry).... if you are my age (or older) you will really appreciate this video! https://www.youtube.com/v/J55S38xwxnQ This is funny. Love it! Came from Mike Nelson (LASD ret who also worked with Jerry at Temple). Thank for the laughs Mike! Medical Term Irish Definition Artery - The study of paintings Bacteria - Back door to cafeteria Barium - What doctors do when patients die Benign - What you be, after you be eight Caesarean Section - A neighbourhood in Rome Cat scan - Searching for Kitty Cauterize - Made eye contact with her Colic - A sheep dog Coma - A punctuation mark Dilate - To live long Enema - Unfriendly female Fester - Quicker than someone else Fibula - A small lie Impotent - Distinguished, well known Labour Pain - Getting hurt at work Medical Staff - A Doctor's cane Morbid - A higher offer Nitrates - Rates of Pay for Working at Night, Normally more money than Days Node - I knew it Outpatient - A person who has fainted Pelvis - Second cousin to Elvis Post Operative - A letter carrier Recovery Room - Place to do upholstery Rectum - Nearly killed him Secretion - Hiding something Seizure - Roman Emperor Tablet - A small table Terminal Illness - Getting sick at the airport Tumour - One plus one more Urine - Opposite of you're out Yesterday Mike came over and weed-eated a whole lot more. Fence lines and the creek bed....   I mowed abut 2 acres. The sun came and went. It warmed to 67º. Of course we knew it was going to rain, PJ washed her car! I got a new lens for my camera. It's a 17-50 mm. I took the following with it... The Bruise and Dude were watching Mike...   Cilantro Edamame Hummus   Traditionally made with chickpeas, this hummus has a new twist using  shelled edamame. Serve with pita chips or celery sticks. Healthy!   1 (12oz) package frozen shelled edamame (green soybeans) 2 cloves garlic ½ cup tahini ½ cup water ½ cup packed cilantro leaves ¼ cup lemon juice 3 T olive oil 1 t. kosher or sea salt ¾ t. ground cumin 1/8 t. cayenne pepper   Place edamame in large pot of salted water. Put over med  heat and bring to simmer. Cook til tender, about 5 min. Drain. Puree garlic in food processor until minced, add edamame,   tahini, water, cilantro, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, cumin,  and cayenne. Blend until smooth.

Historically this date....

1960 – Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

1964 – Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F-27 airliner, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.

1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.

2004 – American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. 

The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

And births this date include....

1885 – George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)

1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)

                       

1922 – Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006)

1948 – Susan Atkins, American murderer (d. 2009)

All I know. Happy Hump Day. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 7th

This is National Nurses Week and today is

National School Nurse Day

My hat is off to all nurses for the jobs they do.

It's certainly not something I could do!