You may be wondering; the doughnut posting, has he gone mad? Not at all. You’ll understand shortly as more of my narcissistic ramblings are unveiled here on AYT. Doughnut anyone? Lets get a move on.

☞On Saturday, I walked by Fisher and Donaldson, the bakery that sells the aforementioned doughnuts.  And there they were sitting pretty in the window coaxing me. I could feel their gravitational pull and crossed the street to disengage from their power. I am telling you that these doughnuts are so good that I won’t even have one anymore. Because I can’t. You can’t. No one can have just one. They make Krispy Kreme, at the the peak of their Krispy Kremiest, seem like a Girl Scout Trefoils. My wife, the most health conscious person I know, had a fudge doughnut once and still talks about them. Guaranteed that readers of this blog who have had the doughnuts will experience something similar to the delirium tremens as they read about them. And without further ado, Fisher & Donaldson Fudge Doughnuts.

Fight the Power

And they are warm, straight from the oven. Yep, that’s right. WARM.

☞The Flaming Lips from Oklahoma have been making great music since 1983. Their albums often times seem other worldly and never can be “got” on the first listen. But if you are willing to invest with them, the Flaming Lips always payoff big. Their new album, Embryonic, is my favorite of 2009. It’s slightly experimental, it’s slightly psychedelic, it’s always intriguing. Here is the accessible, beautiful, Impulse. Now go have a doughnut.

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☞If world travel is in your future, British Airways through London/Heathrow is now a viable option. For years, travel on BA through Heathrow meant a maze of changing terminals by rickshaw, razor skateboards and a variety of other nonsense. Now that they have consolidated in one terminal, Terminal Five, travel on BA is now a breeze. Put that in your back pocket for future non-recession use.

☞The EU is slowly turning into the US. Tony Blair, once considered to be a shoo-in for the first EU Presidency, is now facing fading hopes. Predictably, all the other European states are now turning up their own candidates at the same time that they are knocking Mr. Blair. The bickering has taken on a North/South, Democrat/Republican aura about it. Sarkozy, the French president, and Merkel, the German chancellor, have failed to stand behind Blair despite their early indications of support. The way this shakes out will be very important to the US. It should be over by Novemeber end.

☞It’s November 3rd. Baseball is still being played. Anyone besides me think that the season is too long?

☞One of the things that I watch closely is the number of takeovers and mergers on Wall Street. I have always taken the view that a good sign of a bottom is when companies begin buying up other companies. I still haven’t seen much in this area but it may be beginning to percolate. Watch the news for big takeovers. It’s a good sign in this case. It means a return of confidence.

☞How about this rare moment of responsibility: a woman in Wisconsin called 911 to report herself as a drunk driver. “I don’t want to hurt anybody. I’m drunk,” said Mary Strey. The dispatcher told her to pull over, put on her emergency lights and wait for police.  She may have saved a life if not her own.

☞Time for the AYT quote of the week. This is truly one of my favorites. Resolve yourself to be a traveller and not a tourist henceforth. Museums and churches will only get you so far.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
~G.K. Chesterson

☞This should fall under the heading “Not all kisses are greated equal.” I happened across this photo by happenstance but then found a lot more blog worthy kisses here. Contain yourself.

☞Am I wrong to think that kids under 16 year shouldn’t be on Facebook? I know the social network started for college age kids and has now become a cultual phenomenom but it seems to me that the sites put undo peer pressure on kids. Making things up or outright lieing seems to be facilliatated by Facebook et al. If you want to have kids on there, then parents should police it. Maybe I’m old fashioned but I see it happen right in front of me.

☞A fellow named Bruce Buschel writes a great blog for the New York Times. Last week in one of his postings, he wrote a piece entitled One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1). I was so pleased to see #41 Saying, “No problem” is a problem. It has a tone of insincerity or sarcasm. “My pleasure” or “You’re welcome” will do. YAY!  And that’s not just for restaurant staffers, it’s for everyone. See items 1-50 here.

And there we have another wacko edition of Aye Wonder Tuesday. You may have forgotten that it was originally called Random Thoughts Tuesday. Anyway, there you have it. I am happy to be back in the USA but sad to have left Scotland.

Aye Wonder what tomorrow brings.
What about you?

Many of you seem fascinated by the Fudge Doughnut. I told you there was gravitational pull. Fisher and Donaldson in St Andrews is responsible for bringing us this amazing epicurean delight. The rest of their offerings can be found here. Who knows, maybe you could convince them to deliver.

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