Things-to-Talk-AboutTuesday

1.  I'm obsessed with Pandora.  I'm too cheap to download music from i-Tunes.  And I'm not smart enough to download music illegally.
Lately, I've been enjoying my Brantley Gilbert station. I have it on my laptop, and on my iPad, and on my iPhone (remind me to never complain about my first-world problems again). 
Through Brantley, I've come to Florida Georgia Line.
I know nothing about them, but I do like their music.

Linking this up to Adventure of E Sugary Sounds!  Also, Adventure of E is having a pretty sweet Larabar giveaway.  Head over there to check it out!

2.  I have an unexplainable fear of large inanimate objects. For example, this large Santa in Fairbanks scared the living daylights out of me. 

Scott probably took this picture.  He wasn't bothered by the .000008% chance of it falling on him.

This is the giant rhubarb bush in the backyard.

That's a regular-sized push mower.

After I finished cutting the grass on Sunday, I took to cutting the stalks off that thing.  It was so large, for a rhubarb bush, that it freaked me out a little. 

Leading to #3..


3.  You can stop wondering.  I have, in fact, cut myself with my brand-new butcher knife.  While cutting the rhubarb. 

And it went down pretty much like last time.  Same thumb and all.
Oh, and I despise rhubarb.  But here's a few recipes..if you're interested...*eye roll*
Easy Rhubarb Jam (My husband liked, my parents liked it, and it's almost like a dessert sauce.)
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp (This was not that bad.  If you ignore the rhubarb and eat the strawberry part like I did.)

I'm such a salesperson.

4.  Mad Men?  True Blood?  What'd ya think?
I posted on FB about Mad Men and no one commented or "liked".  Then I realized that Mad Men was something I'd picked up pretty much from blogging and on my own.  People on my FB aren't...something..enough to want to watch Mad Men (or True Blood, actually) *sigh*
This is why I found myself hopping onto the Twitter train the other day.  Several people have told me they hide from the people of FB there.  Good idea, ya'll.
My reaction to Mad Men was, "That's it?!?".  My reaction to True Blood was, "I have to wait ANOTHER week?!"
I love the Mad Men recaps on slate.com and these True Blood gifs cannot be beat.

5.  Did you all see this??? That  Carrie Underwood supports gay marriage?

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I'm not Carrie's biggest fan, but dang!  Without giving my opinion one way or the other, I'm so glad she stood up for something.  I respect her just for that.  Thoughts??...or not..we don't have to get all political on a Tuesday.  Too early in the week for that.

One more thing!  Meg @Life of Meg is having a super cool Summer Blog Swap.  Head over there if you to get in on the action!