YELLOW GOODBYE
Ask and you shall receive. Or in the case of K&K, gripe and you shall not receive.
On Wednesday, we used this precious space to complain, make that kvetch, about a dump of Yellow Pages on our doorstep last week, despite the fact last year's stack was still propping open the screen door on our front stairs.
Well, it would appear that we misidentified the egregious phonebooks as coming from Telus. But thanks to a friendly message on Twitter we were informed by Yellow Pages Canada that the books are not delivered by Telus and we could opt out of deliveries simply by logging onto delivery. ypg.com. Sweet relief.
Mind you, it still doesn't explain why we received half a dozen Yellow Pages when we live in a three-suite house and last year's stack is still in plain view, but it's a start. So thank you, Yellow Pages. Our faith in faceless bureaucracy and delivery systems has been somewhat redeemed.
KEEN FOR QUINOA
Chalk another item up to our list of things we did not know - in addition to the late period music of the Spin Doctors, the taste of marmite and the ability to receive love. Apparently, 2013 has been declared by the United Nations as The International Year of the Quinoa (or IYQ for those of you who might want to tweet such things, LOL).
We first learned this while perusing the pages of the West Ender, but immediately doubted its validity since WE has steered us wrong before when it boldly declared that lederhosen would become the hottest fashion trend in Vancouver. We still suffer leather sweats just thinking about that dark, uncomfortable period of our lives.
But after some tenacious googling, we've been able to verify that, yes in fact, 2013 is the International Year of Quinoa. Not only is the so-called "super grain" on the tips of every health conscious person's tongue as of late, but rumour has it Gwyneth Paltrow and hubby Chris Martin are considering naming their next child Quinoa. Either that or Kamut.
Sadly, like most celebrities who experience the intense glare of the media's spotlight, quinoa is due for its fall from grace, followed by public backlash, drug-fuelled downward spiral, jail time and the chance of redemption thanks to either Dr. Phil or Dr. Drew, but unfortunately not Dr. Johnny Fever.
It's even likely people will start to question whether quinoa is even a grain or dismiss it all together.
"Yeah, I used to like quinoa," Main Street residents will say while sipping Pabst Blue Ribbons in some shadowy, yarn-bombed corner of the Biltmore. "But that was before it sold out and became soooo 2013. Hey, pass me some of those kelp chips. I effin' love these things." [email protected] twitter.com/KudosKvetches
