Food, Music, and Beer

• Raleigh NC has banned new sink disposals because too much kitchen grease is accumulating in the sewers and it costs too much to clean it out. Of course, people are upset. I, however, think this is brilliant! I mean, it's not exactly the most difficult thing in the world to scrape your plate into the trash after you eat, nor is it hard to drain the cooking grease out of the frying pan into a jar for later disposal. I can't tell you how many times in my life I've seen people put grease (and other things like cereal, lettuce, etc) down the drain. If you've ever had the unfortunate experience of a backed up sewer line at your house, you probably feel the same disdain I do about food in the drain. Drains are for water not food! Start a compost pile and become an even more friendly citizen.
• The bloated beast known as SXSW is finally over. Yours truly managed to avoid the mayhem and come out the other side in one piece (although I almost hit a couple drunk pedestrians, through no fault of my own). However Baby G scored a wristband and saw some shows! Maybe she'll even post a little something about it here....??
• Dublin Ireland hosts its annual St Patrick's Day Parade. Whaddya bet they don't drink green beer, instead going for the good stuff? Indeed!