Trader Joe's Wonton Chips

Note to self: Trader Joe's Wonton Chips do not fall into the category of "things to keep on hand in case there is a serious storm and you can't get out of the house for weeks."

Aside from their complete lack of nutritional merit, it is way too easy to keep eating just a few more, just a few more, just a few more.

And, yes, I am still doing Holidailies entries over on Areas of Unrest. Today's had to do with both the real version of my group's holiday luncheon and the dream I had about it. The dream was particularly distanced from reality as I have never seen any of the following at Tyson's Corner: 1) a Vietnamese market, 2) a giant cobra, and 3) a tiger.

Explaining the Name

It occurs to me that I never explained what "fauxklore" means.

You have to parse it as "faux" + "klore" which makes it pronounced like "folklore." Except it's less folk than faux-k. It's a word I made up a long time ago (i.e. more than a decade) to describe some of the stories I tell. They sometimes start out as actual folk tales. But they tend to morph and I often look back months later and am astonished at how little of what I tell is actually in the traditional story.