Soy Sauce Packets & Epiphanies: The French Talk Smack, The U.S. Kick Ass...

UPDATE: HERE is a link to a video of the entire race.

in today's edition of "team usa pride," the unsurprisingly arrogant french swimmers "[we] came to beijing to win this race," or at least that's what they told a reporter in the olympic village. this race being the 4x100 freestyle relay which has been out the hands of u.s. athletes for eight years. team usa: michael phelps, garrett weber-gale, new jersey native cullen jones, and jason lezak never responded to the threat of the french beating the u.s. in the race; and held tight to a medaling position throughout it. however, in the last 5 or so meters, jason lezak gained about 2 body lengths to beat the french by 7/100 of a second. how's that for pulse pounding entertainment? i screamed so loud that my cat teo ran for cover under my bed. i then settled down and celebrated with a piping hot plate of ~~french~~ freedom fries. GO USA!!!

in further, yet brief and comincal news, the 'redeem team' beat china this morning 101-70. i think it's the first time that i have ever watched an entire basketball game in my life. (of course in the olympics, and entire basketball game is also over in 40 minutes.) there is both photo AND video of george w. raising the roof in celebration of the win; a feat that is sure to make it onto david letterman. i'd be willing to bet i'll be able to enjoy it again on tomorrow night's show.

just one more thing- who the hell raises the roof anymore? that's so 1998.

[check out nbcolympics.com]

the story behind ssp&e:

so i'm not sure if you're anything like me, but being the 'off the cuff cuisine' chef that i am, i try not to let anything go to waste. you know, when you bring home some bk or mickey d's, and after consuming your poor excuse for food, have ketchup packets or sauce shots left over that you throw in the door and forget about. same goes for chinese food, and you know they always give you enough sauce to put out a fire at the pentagon with your order. you throw them in your refrigerator door and forget about them. then one day you're trying to impress some last minute guests that have decided to stay at your place for dinner and all you have in your 'gourmet' kitchen are some ramen noodles, frozen veggies and some leftover grilled chicken from last weekend's cookout. the makings of a superb, on-the-fly stirfry. but wait, OH SHIT!, how are you going to make a sauce for your stirfry with no sauce? you look in the fridge and all you see is a bottle of ketchup, french's mustard (i use the term mustard loosely when describing french's), and a jar of pickle juice. oh no, what to do, what to do. then you bust open the butter holder, that invariably has never seen a stick of butter in it's life, and VOILA! soy sauce, duck sauce, hot mustard! packets, but instant chinkychow sauce nonetheless! each one of those packets, collected over time, came from a meal, inevitably eaten over conversation, an argument or during a lone lunch of self-reflection, came from a time and place in the past. as are our lessons learned. we learn through the years how to cope, how to inspire, how to teach, and how to live. we don't always remember those lessons, as we throw condiment packets in the fridge we throw life-lessons into the back of our heads, until one day we find ourself in a situation where it becomes relevant and we pull them from the back of our minds as to not waste the advice and lessons of the past. the moral of this story, and the linking of it to my blog- our life experiences are our 'soy sauce packets,' our hidden links to our experiences of our past...

e·piph·a·ny - noun - a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. [www.dictionary.com]

the epiphanies that we experience in life, questions or situations that we find ourselves in, and don't know how to resolve, can most often be solved my raking our brains in search of a 'soy sauce packet.' an answer to a question. a solution to a problem. and so this, this blog, is simply an ever-expanding culmination of soy sauce packets in my butter box, and the epiphanies that have helped to make room for more butter in my fridge...

Soy Sauce Packets & Epiphanies

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