It was Women’s Day here yesterday. Like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Valentine’s Day I celebrated without the eponym (1). But at least it was a public holiday on a Monday so Yeeehaaa, long weekend! Luckily I did not spend it on something productive. I spent the day sleeping and grazing; like a cow (2). I did not get milked. But I did do two things worthy of mention.
The culinary skills table of NO37 got an extra tick. I now do eisbein. If you read that in the wrong light it could be strange. Let me rephrase; I can now make eisbein. Did it the old fashioned way. Looked up a recipe on the internet, improvised the ingredients I did not have (all except the eisbein), and just did it. Came out very well. Meat falling off the bone, skin as crispy as the grill could make it before tripping out. Did not even need mustard to get it down. Nothing reminds me more of my German heritage than a fatty piece of pork.
The other good thing was watching State of Play. The BBC series, not the movie. At 6 hours long it has more twists than the movie. The production values are as good as normal for the BBC. Acting by John Simm and David Morrissey are brilliant. Although it has commentary on some episodes, I watched it with normal sound first. It is that good.
I received an email from my CEO today. I felt special until I saw it was sent to the entire company. Apparently I will now become a shareholder as part of a BBBEE deal. This came as a surprise to me as I only qualify for two of the B’s (3). For a short time I had this perverse idea of writing back, saying I am not interested in being a shareholder of any company willing to employ someone like me. But I chickened (4) out.
(1) Yes I know it is pompous, but I couldn’t say I didn’t have a woman for woman’s day. That would be crass.
(2) What? You wanted me to say I did a bovine impersonation
(3) I am not black
(4) Just need a dog and we have the whole farmyard
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