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So tonight was Valentine’s Day. Cooked a nice dinner for the wife and I, nothing too fancy, just some fresh steamed broccoli, a serving each of Boston Clam Chowder, and some broiled Lemon Butter Catfish. Not too bad, just about 10 minutes total worth of work, and a decent night’s dinner is to be had. I picked up a bottle of white wine from the liquor store to go along with our meal. Cassie and I haven’t shared a bottle in a while, and this bottle from Rodney Strong Vineyards in Healdsburg, CA caught my attention. It’s a 2003 vintage of Sauvignon Blanc, not my normal white, but quite the tasty varitable. It’s not to strong, and fairly mellow in the flavor department. From the site:

The 2003 vintage began with a long wet spring, which delayed bloom and reduced yields for early varieties like sauvignon blanc. A relatively cool summer delayed harvest initially, but a September heat wave allowed everything to catch up, and we finished picking all our sauvignon blanc by the first of October.

Not a full on white wine expert yet (still a heavy red drinker), but for someone still working on his white wine tasting skills, I say this would be a worthy addition to my wine rack, and possible an early beginners staple to fish night here at home.

So I finally watched the film, Super Size Me last night. It put such an amazing perspective on the American idea of fast food and our own inability to control ourselves that it really should be required viewing in both Middle and High Schools throughout the country. But we all know that will never happen because the large corporations that makes billions off the food that is killing us will not let something like that be shown… they can’t possibly be evil. Look at all the money they donate to schools and public education in exchange for getting their food in schools. If you haven’t seen this movie, do yourself a favor and watch it. I think it will give you an amazing example of the extreme side of what fast food can do to a person. And if you like the movie you should really check out the series on FX, 30 Days, which is based on the same basic premise of the movie. That’s actually how I found out about the movie was from watching the show.

In my own attempt to clean up my act, I’m going to start a 30 Day trial of my own. No fast food for one month! It’ll be really interesting to see if I can keep it up, especially with as much traveling as I do at work. But no McD’s, no Burger King, no Wendy’s, no Taco Bell, nada. We’ll just have to see how everything works out won’t we. Now if all this goes well, I just have to stop drinking…