Pepper
Pepper is extra dark tonight.
Read the Full PostWhat is that thing?
We just returned from a delightful dinner at my aunt’s house and there is a huge, ugly truck with a “topper” in the parking lot. The topper looks like this: The truck it’s on is a huge Toyota thing that was ugly enough. The topper just makes it uglier. Given the shape of it, I…
Read the Full PostButter’s Better
I have always been a little leery of the Hindu practice of keeping cows sacred until today. I realized that salted butter is one of mankind’s greatest inventions. I totally get it now. Well played, Hindus. Well played. (Although in complete honesty, I still think the factory is tasty and will continue to eat beef,…
Read the Full PostToday’s Menu
Sunday is my day to cook food for the week. I was feeling lazy so instead of cooking some meat, I grabbed a couple of rotisserie chickens from the store. I’ll be supplementing the chickens with some home-made lentils soup and ginger mashed sweet potatoes. The lentils have a base of fried mushrooms and mirepoix,…
Read the Full PostE-I-Email-O
Here’s today’s First World Problem: I hate it when I accidentally leave my email client running on my computer at home because it checks my mail all day and marks it read. This means I can’t easily tell which emails are new on my iPad while at work. And yes, I know that I can…
Read the Full PostDon’t be a Ding Dong, Twinkies will not go away
Regarding the Great Twinkie Disappearance of 2012: doughnut despair. My Spidey Sense tells me that Hostess and the associated brands (Twinkie, Ding Dongs, etc.) along with the recipes are too valuable to simply go away. Too much demand. There will be a period of time while the current Hostess shuts down, but also expect that…
Read the Full PostFed-Up-Ex
The World’s Angriest Delivery Man just dropped off five large boxes in our office. They’re tall, thin, and long and have lots of “do not use a dolly or fork lift” stickers. Not the easiest thing to deal with, but doable. Or so I thought. While trying to get them in the door, he got…
Read the Full PostTough Minded Optimism
This is one of the most profound blogs I’ve come across in a while. This is the philosophy I have been trying to adopt and communicate for a while now, although not particularly effectively. Life is a journey after all. TK Coleman says it far better than I can. Take a good, long look.
Read the Full PostA product I’m not sure I need
I’m not sure if it’s a sign that we, as a society, have failed, or our technology has excelled … Here’s a dishwasher-safe computer keyboard that’s got the “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval. I really had no idea this was even a need. I wonder if my current keyboard is approved? I’d hate to be…
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