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National 🥯 Bagelfest Day 2023

Today is National Bagelfest Day. As much as I’d love to dig in, they’re currently on my highly restricted list.

🥯 Breakfast Or Whenever 🥯

Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring? ~William Cullen Bryant

LOL, perfumes = pollen. We’re having a bagelfest that I cannot participate in and a pollenfest that I’d rather not participate in.

I’m pretty bummed about the whole bagel thing. I love bagels of all kinds. Savory or sweet, plain or loaded, I like them with schmear or lox or even just butter.

Making adjustments to my dietary requirements has its ups and downs. A lot of my favorite items are completely off bounds. Some have sugar-free or low carb / keto variants.

That being said, a lot of what’s available is perfectly delicious. I like meat, vegetables, fruit and nuts in enough varieties to keep me culinarily entertained.

There’s a bright side to most things. It’s just a matter of looking for it and appreciating it when you find it.

🥯 Hey! I’m Bakin’ Here, Huh? 🥯

How New York’s Best Bagel Shop Makes 100,000 Bagels By Hand Every Week | Big Batches | Insider Food

Even though I basically can’t have them, I still love bagels. I love the texture. I love the flavors. I love the condiments. I really miss being able to gorge on bagels.

I don’t know if there’s a diabetic-friendly variant. I certainly hope so, but I haven’t found them yet.

I’ll keep looking.

Another absolute treat is my new coworker. He’s razor sharp and eager to get going.

I’ve needed someone to help share the load for quite some time now, and I’m glad he’s finally here.

🔵 Blueberry Bagel 🥯 with Strawberry 🍓 Schmear And A Latte ☕

We live in a rainbow of chaos. ~Paul Cezanne

So does Tanda Cohen. She’s got naturally blue hair because she was exposed to chaos energy in utero. She also prefers blueberry bagels with strawberry schmear and a latte. Why?

Because it’s awesome!

Also, because every writer is entitled to a bit of self-insert. It’s considered less than awesome to do self-inserts, but that’s because a lot of authors literally self-insert massive parts of themselves.

For instance, Ms Marvel is admittedly a self-insert of the original comic’s author, G. Willow Wilson. This speaks a lot to the “stay in your lane” school of writing. GWW knew what it was like to be a Muslim girl in America. So, she was uniquely qualified to write such a comic.

Another kind of self-insert that’s big in comics these days is for most of the heroic or sympathetic characters have the exact same politics (generally, loony left) as the writers. Instead of the kind of dramatic tension you’d get with a philosophically diverse cast, it becomes as preachy and annoying as an eco-hippie road block.

I’m trying to tell a story people want to read. A lot of the comics writers today just want to tell people a story they think ought to be heard. Unfortunately for the comics industry, people vote with their wallets and their feet (out of comic stores).

Who knows? Maybe I’m out of touch. Maybe I’m an old fuddy-duddy for trying to write a story that makes sense and isn’t ridiculously preachy. Guess we’ll see if I get there.

That’s all for today. I hope you’re having a productive week.