Pumpkin and T.I.

Before I get into this week's favorite thing, I want to send a little message to the world. IT'S NOVEMBER.  It is NOT the Christmas season! Fall/Thanksgiving comes first! With that said, this week's favorite thing is everyone's favorite squash (gourd?), the pumpkin.

I promise not to go on a Bubba Gump-esque rant about the merits of pumpkin, but there are a lot of things you can do with them.

Here in Alaska we grow really big pumpkins.

I suspect a pumpkin that big wouldn't be good for eating, but a 1700 lbs pumpkin is impressive no matter what you do with it.

Pumpkins are so useful. I mean, they are decorative AND delicious. How many other foods can you say that about? Not many, that’s for sure.

Last night I made pumpkin ravioli. I meant to take a picture of it, but it was so delicious I ate it all before I remembered.

I used this recipe for the ravioli and this for the sauce if you are interested. It was super easy.

Let’s take a second to talk about pumpkin spice scented candles. How good do those smell, right? Pure olfactory heaven.

In conclusion, I love all things pumpkin and you should too.

Hip Hop/Rap videos fall into two categories: "Look how tough (maybe even tuff) I am! I have sooo many guns! I'm not even afraid to use them!" and "Look how hot I am! I have so much money! All these ladies loooooove me. Look how big their butts are!" T.I.'s Whatever You Like is the latter. It's classic hip hop royalty: expensive liquor, private jets, vacations in the tropics, 5 million dollar homes, etc. I'm not sure how or why that gives you street cred, but apparently it does. If T.I. told me I could have whatever I'd like, I'd probably ask for a crock pot.