Tasty Salted Pig Parts, Coffee and Topics of Conversation

I'm in love with Tasty Salted Pig Parts. Mmmmm.

This morning I'm sitting down with a piping hot cup of coffee brewed from beans roasted at the Ojai Coffee Roasting Company. Order your own pound of PNG (regular/light, or dark) today.

Now for some topics of conversation to get your week rolling.

Have you stumbled yet on Goop.com--Gwyneth Paltrow's newsletter/blog/website where she shares her take on things to make, places to go, things to do, what to get, how to be, and what to see to "nourish the inner aspect." She mentioned it last week when she appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and folks might not be talking about it as much as her shiny legs and strategic hand placement to cover up a rather revealing short skirt.

And in case you missed it, dapper and down-to-earth Brian Williams and a sizable crew from NBC spent a few days Inside the Obama White House. Brian was momentarily out of his element when POTUS asked him if he wanted a burger while standing at the counter at Five Guys. I've been to the Five Guys at Brewers Hill in Baltimore, and while it is a bit overwhelming to have so many options (In 'n' Out is more my style), I can understand how having the Commander in Chief take your order can throw one for a loop. More than nine million viewers reportedly tuned in for the original TV broadcast on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Folks are still talking about it a week later, so go play catch up if you must. Yes, there are a few bits on the new first dog, too, and someone had fun making a "Best of Bo" clip.

A shout out to my boy Stephen Colbert, in Iraq this week entertaining the troops and filming his show. It brings new meaning to the phrase, "I am America, and so can you!"

In other news, people are treading lightly about the death of David Carradine. I'm left to wonder if this is out of respect for his family and friends as they grieve, or because the media is at a loss of how to address the "bizarre questions" raised by the circumstances of his death. I give full props to Brian Alexander of MSNBC for addressing some of these taboo topics this article. You can read more of his writing in his Sexploration column on MSNBC.

On a final note, my eldest sister had a smashing birthday party last night. Here's my day after gift to you. Smooches.