hooray it's monday
Lots of movement happening at the office, I hope to go into more specifics later. I love arriving early and shocking the east coast people by replying to their mails and calls right away. In order to make that happen, though, I had to leave the house without making lunches. I have something horrid here in the MS freezer (something ending in "bowl") that I will probably eat after my starbucks bacon sandwich finally digests. However, I did have the presence of mind this morning to throw a roast chicken in the oven before leaving. Yes, early morning chicken roasting. It had been marinating in a bag all weekend, french onion soup mix, misc italian sausage de-glazings. I just dumped it on the rack and left the late risers to throw it in the fridge once the timer went off. Love that 2 day marinade. My hopes are high.
I'm constantly surprised at how little people talk about food. It's everywhere, and in a loaded weekend like this one it becomes a social anchor: what are you doing for lunch? for dinner? Particularly the MVP conference last week, I have seen no mention of what must have been a monotonous Eurest-fest to end it all. Even my parents who no longer have taste buds get bored with one meal of Eurest. It's another example of a controlled environment, and unconscious eating. In case you haven't noticed, I'm into consciousness of all kinds.
Still on a high from having completed a very cool feature last week.
I was pleased to see David Allen talk about food in his weblog. I have no geiger counter for other aspects of his work, but I love to see people become aware of how central eating can become to entertainment. Although, David, you need to cool it on the chilean sea bass, that mercury will make you extra stupid, no joke. Just look at this post for example.
Since I'm obviously linking today and not thinking, I need to link to whatisnew.com with some observances on women at the MVP summit. Anyone interested in thinking more deeply about the topic should read Brenda Laurel's pamphlet called Utopian Entrepreneur. Brenda ran Purple Moon, a video game production house with a focus on girls. She is an excellent writer, and this little wonder is worth at least your library queue, if not a purchase. Run a search on her name too, what you get is tons of human computer interaction and industrial design insights.