breakfastpop

Good morning, it's Thursday, April 2, 2009 and I woke up in the mood for a breakfast that required a little creativity. Today I prepared a very pretty dish of breakfast sausage and ripe cherry tomatoes. I threaded the sausage and tomatoes onto a rosemary branch whose leaves were removed, except for a little bit at the top. I was about to wrap the branch in foil to warm in the oven when I heard that President Obama presented Queen Elizabeth with the very untraditional and inane gift of an I-Pod. I started laughing so hard that...POP... the rosemary branch flew out of my hands and lodged itself in my wall!


Think about it..the President of the United States meets the Queen for the very first time and thinks it appropriate to present Her Majesty with an I-Pod made in China. It is my understanding that he downloaded some show tunes for her. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few rap tunes as well.

Is there anyone on the President's staff whose job it is to decide what gifts would be appropriate to present when meeting heads of state and other dignitaries? If there is such a person, perhaps he or she should consider another line of work. Of course, the buck stops with the President who is actually the person who presents the gift. Apparently, President Obama thought the I-Pod was a cool idea. Not surprising when you remember that he presented the Prime Minister with DVDs and a bust of Winston Churchill. I guess someone forgot to tell him that the DVDS wouldn't work in England and that it is bad manners to return a gift that England presented to America. Can we all say faux pas!

I'm thinking that I just might leave the rosemary branch in my wall. It might be a good place to hang my I-Pod!