Free KFC

I guess Operah bought KFC's new Kentucky Grilled Chicken for everyone in the US (heavily subsidized by KFC, I'm sure). Still, you can print out a coupon for a free 2 piece chicken meal here:
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download

You have to download it by the end of the day on May 6th. I know Grandma loves KFC and for some reason I always think of my friend Krik Meyers when I go there. He was the props master for God's Army II and he smoked more cigarettes in a day than anyone else I've known. Anyway, he would buy a giant bucket of KFC at the beginning of the week and put it in the fridge. I think the only things he consumed throughout the week (besides cigarette smoke) was that bucket of chicken and Mountain Dew. He has at least 12 stints from heart attacks.

Bird's Nest Soup

Aunt Dee gave us a copy of the Planet Earth series (BBC version for aficionados) and we just watched the cave episode. Yikes! Above and beyond all the gooey, creepy, crawly stuff was the description of cave swift. More particularly, the cave swift's nest and 'the measure of it's creation.' First of all, the nest is made from saliva. Yeah, bird spit. THEN people harvest it for a Chinese delicacy called bird's nest soup. Truer to its name than I had ever imagined. And, yes, we did eat this while we lived in Singapore...and I loved it! Don't vomit on your keyboard here but I have a sick desire to taste this once again now that I know what it's made of. That's right - bring on the bird's spit and bless the crazy Chinaman who thought "I bet I could boil that bird's house and eat it."