Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
I shall forever remember this day. Today my son has made me proud. He actual said the words, "Let's ask Mr. Google."
I am constantly asked questions at work, at home, at church, etc. Mr. Google has all the answers but for years, only I and precious few others know this it seems. For years at work when someone would call, email or IM me with a technical question I would simply "Google" for the answer and then repeat that answer. Everyone assumed I knew everything (and I did little to discourage this concept). Eventually, I got tired of all the questions and adopted the motto, "Before you ask me, ask Mr. Google." This is similar to another motto I adopted back when Windows 95 came out - "Don't call me until you have rebooted." Both of these mottos have greatly reduced the number of questions asked of me.
But today, today faithful readers, my son has truly grasped this concept. Tonight the wife was making spaghetti and garlic bread. The garlic bread did not come from the freezer section. She actually took some sourdough bread we bought at a local cafe and pressed fresh garlic onto it, threw on a little butter and heated it up in the oven. Five minutes later she had this disappointed look on her face and stated that we would not be having garlic bread this evening as it had turned green on the bread. She assumed that there was something wrong with the garlic. Then my son stated with confidence that before we threw out the garlic bread, we should ask Mr. Google.
We searched for "garlic turned green cook" and voila - the second link gave us our answer. It turns out that this is a reaction to an acid and is harmless to eat.
As I ate my spaghetti and enjoyed my garlic bread, I was beaming with pride. Thank you Mr. Google.
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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