Ultimately, it came down to the fact I want to remember this picture. If you’ll read the blog, you’ll see one salient theme - it’s about stuff I care to remember.

This photo came from the same photo essay as earlier. You need to hit “show more images” a few times to get all the photos. It’s great work. The original caption was:

Senator Obama was doing press interviews by telephone in a holding room between events. Sometime later as he was getting ready to begin his event, he asked me if I was photographing his shoes. When I said yes, he told me that he had already had them resoled once since he entered the race a year earlier. Providence, R.I., 3/1/2008.

The Recipe -
2 cups of Peanuts, salted and roasted (in other words, peanuts you buy most anywhere.)
1.5 teaspoons of some type of oil. I’ve seen vegetable, peanut and olive recommended - we used Olive Oil.

Add half of the peanuts and half the oil to a food processor. Use a metal blade, and let it run for approximately 2 minutes. Then add the remainder, and mix for another 2 minutes. If you want thinner peanut butter, let it run for longer, or you can add a little more oil. Be very careful, as a little additional oil really thins it out. It will thicken when you put it in the refrigerator.

According to what I’ve read, it will keep for approximately three weeks.

I find it funny they (Republicans, Rove, etc.) call Barack Obama an elitist. It’s scary that people believe it. I can’t remember where I got this, but it’s pretty good stuff.

1 pound dried spaghetti

4 slices thick bacon or pancetta, minced

1/2 small onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 can (about 14 ounces) chickpeas, thoroughly drained

1 lemon, sliced into rounds

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

A few sage leaves, torn if large

1/4 cup pine nuts, lightly toasted

Grated Parmesan cheese, lemon zest and crushed red pepper flakes for garnish

Set spaghetti to cook in heavily salted boiling water.

While spaghetti is cooking, saute bacon in medium pan over medium heat until crisp. Remove to a paper towel to drain, leaving about 1 tablespoon of fat in pan. Add onion and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic, chickpeas, lemon slices and olive oil, reduce heat to low and cook until spaghetti is cooked to just barely al dente.

Drain spaghetti, reserving about 1/4 cup of the cooking water. Add cooked spaghetti, reserved cooking water, torn sage leaves and pine nuts and toss to coat.

Pass grated Parmesan cheese, lemon zest and red pepper flakes at the table, plus a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil for garnish.

– The Denver Post via The Seattle PI

I’ve always felt cleanliness is next to godliness.  There are many, many other reasons, but really, cleaning up after yourself? That’ll get my vote every time.

Do you think the current president has ever cleans up after himself?  I’m pretty sure Barack (and the rest of use) will be cleaning those messes up for a long time to come.

The original caption, from HERE

I loved that he cleaned up after himself before leaving an ice cream shop in Wapello, Iowa. He didn’t have to. The event was over and the press had left. He is used to taking care of things himself and I think this is one of the qualities that makes Obama different from so many other political candidates I’ve encountered. Nov. 7, 2007.