We’re getting tired of waiting. So we headed up to Smyrna for dinner tonight to see if Scalini’s Eggplant Parmesan has its desired effect. We’re registered there now – so if Baby Trotz comes along by 6:50 p.m. on Monday night, Amy and I get a free dinner, a Scalini’s t-shirt for the baby, and our photo immortalized on the wall, right beside clippings from People, Southern Living and other area newspapers. The food was not bad at all, and the portions huge. Amy (obviously) had the Eggplant Parm, and I had the Veal Marsala. But the whole thing may actually revolve around the fluffy rolls they serve, literally doused with warm olive oil that has about four garlic cloves chopped up and sauteed. Homer says ‘Mmmmmmmmmmm garlic!’ (so do Joey & Amy). More reports to follow…..
Half-Life2 Update Released
So after having ‘lost’ my install disc for HalfLife2, I thought I had blown the $50 I’d spent on the game and would never get to play it on my our new Dell XPS machine. Well, in our ongoing nesting in preparation for the baby, I discovered the missing install disc in a CD case beside my bed. I’d literally torn my office (home and work) apart looking for this. Anyway, that let me install the game this morning. When I launched the game, I was expecting Valve’s Steam service to apply various patches, inform me what was new in them, etc. Read on to see the amazing set of realism enhancements they added to the game in the latest release.
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First Look – the iPod Phone from Motorola
The long rumored iPhone, born out of a relationship between Motorola and Apple, has finally been leaked. Insider The Mobile Music Blog has details plus pics. It’s so simple, it’s a wonder they’ve waited so long to finally get this product together. Pure Genious!
Eggplant, Do Your Thing!
So we are +1 and counting, and we’d really like to get this thing going. So, based on what we’ve heard, we decided to try making some eggplant for dinner last night. We made a simple roast of the eggplant with lots of garlic, but it didn’t seem to help. I think we may need to go the traditional parmesan route to get the correct effect. These rumours are all over the web – that eggplant is one way of naturally helping labor get moving. This page points out that it’s probably not the eggplant – more likely the basil and oregano. Most of these stories apparently stem from a restaurant right in our backyard – Scalini’s in Smyrna, Georgia. To date, more than 300 of the pregnant women customers who ordered their eggplant have given birth within 48 hours, and the restaurant dubs them the “eggplant babies.” If it doesn’t work in two days, the moms-to-be get a gift certificate for another meal. Their walls are covered with photos of these moms and their babies. I think we may need to head up there on Saturday night! Here is the recipe:
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