Random Thoughts, the Sequel

this is bizarre. i'm no neurologist but i think there's a huge difference between zoning out and suddenly not knowing where you are. the former: not a problem. the latter: i don't know, man, i don't know. it doesn't sound right.

 

Thanks, John.

 

What exactly is pastrami? I know it's a meat, but what is it?

 

You don't want to know.

 

And how exactly does corned beef come about? Is corn involved?

 

And what's up with Oprah? She's fat, she's thin, she's fat, she's thin. Pick a body shape and go with it. (fab SNL skit)

 

pastrami is perfectly normal, unlike processed "meats" like bologna or that crazy ham-looking thing with the fluorescent chunks. yuk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastrami

 

Is it because you've fallen asleep at the wheel and are sudden farther along on the road than you thought you were? Or because you've zoned out and are sudden farther along than you thought.

It's happened to me once or twice driving an hour or so home at 1-2 a.m. after a concert. I'll be driving along feeling fine and all of a sudden I'm passing an exit and I'm saying to myself "I don't remember passing the two exits that are supposed to be before this one"

 

Pastrami is just highly seasoned, perhaps smoked, beef. Spup may have it confused with liver cheese or braunschweiger or something.

Corned beef does indeed involve corn. One takes a beef brisket, puts a boat load of salt and shit on it, and then wraps it in full ears of corn. It is then put into a 135° oven for 20 minutes or so. ;D

 

I made a million reubens while working at a McAllister's in college, but I never had an urge to try one.

 

No. But, I think you may have hit on something here when you say you miss pass an exit and don't remember passing the previous two exits.
I now honestly think, and this is a highly plausible explanation, that it is because there are no distinguishable landmarks at night where I live (Plains). That has to be it. It only happens at night. Never during the day. That's it, that's it, that's it!

 

Two of my three high schools are at the same track meet today.
Good times.