Two Bits

• Neti Pot. If you haven't heard of it, you will. I bought one and have been using it. It is a small piece of equipment that facilitates a sinus wash. You're thinking: gross. Well, weird is a better descriptor. But I'm kind of converted to the sinus wash concept anyway, and this is so much easier than snorting warm salt water. (Gross works here.) Would Wayne ever have used such a thing? No, as they say, way. But, then, his concerns were centered in another body system.

• Yesterday I pulled the two unfortunate tomatoes off the plant and brought them inside. Quite green and not likely to ripen now that it's autumn. And it was supposed to be in the low 30s last night. They are now wrapped in newspaper and sit on my kitchen window sill. I should have thrown them away, but I just couldn't. I'll wait until they turn red, if that ever happens. Then I'll slice them, taste them, and then throw them away because I'm pretty sure they won't taste like home-grown tomatoes. No bacon needed.