New Song

Pepper-Spray Pike
lyrics and melody by Catherine Faber 2011 (shh--don't tell Pike!)
mp3 here
a capella mp3 here

Humans aren't perfect; our nature forbids
We're toys of our terrors and dupes of our ids
No humans aren't perfect, so say what you like
We'll always have people like Pepper Spray Pike.

  But they shouldn't have badges, they shouldn't have guns
  They don't need a taser that cripples and stuns
  They shouldn't have pepper-spray.  Don't make me start--
  Just spare me the cop with the criminal's heart!

If you run a college, take warning from me
Your guards are the face that the nation will see
You can't keep the secret; we may look alone,
But a camera watches from every damn phone.

The rich have the justice their money can buy,
Plus thugs, to spray protesters right in the eye.
But if they go viral while breaking the strike,
They'll be hung out to dry, just like Pepper-Spray Pike!

(Love it?  Want your own copy? Higher quality files of this performance can be downloaded at Bandcamp)

New foods

I made iche tonight.  It's like quiche, only without the crust.

Kip said the crust was his favorite part.  I said one new thing at a time; first I make the middle of the quiche  and see if I can get it to work.  (It works but next time I will add some salt as well as the spinach.)

Then I will figure out how to add a crust.

But I thought the iche was pretty good all on its own.  And it only takes about an hour to make and more than half of that is baking.