Am I the only one that has hang-ups about food? For some reason I have issues with the “freshness” of food.  I must have had an episode with bad food when I was young and it has definately influenced me as an adult.

For example, I have what I call the “3 Day Rule.” Open food items left in the fridge for three days must be disposed. Leftovers, milk, juice, etc. Anything I think might spoil. Obviously this doesn’t apply to things like margarine, but if I don’t remember how old that bottle of grape jelly is, out it goes! Things like bread I’ll inspect carefully before using.

One effect of this is that I tend to buy the smallest size of everything so that I use it up quickly. Grocery stores must love me!

Am I the only one? *sigh*

This week’s Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme is “sleeping.” I had an old photo of my daughter in mind, but of course now that I want to use it I can’t seem to turn it up.  So I had to go with a backup photo.  Just as well, there isn’t much that is as cute as a sleeping kitten now is there?!

Did anyone else see the premier of the new Showtime series “Dexter” last night?  I think I’m going to like this one. The premise is that Dexter works in forensics for the Miami PD as a blood splatter analyst.  And he’s good at his job, really good.  He’s also got a half-sister on the force currently working in vice. But that’s not the interesting part, the interesting part is that Dexter is… a serial killer.

Dexter is a shell of a human being.  He says he doesn’t feel emotions. He “acts” his way through life, going through the expected motions but not really experiencing them. His foster father, a former cop, discovered his predilection for violence when he was young and helped him harness and control it.  He still kills, but the catch is that he only stalks and murders *other* murders that the police have been unable to catch. And he’s gotten away with it for a long time.

In the premier though, another serial killer is butchering prostitutes in a very unique way. And apparently he or she knows about Dexter and is taunting him.  That storyline appears to be an ongoing arch that isn’t resolved in the first episode. Can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

It’s a strange show, but I really liked the premier…