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Monthly Archives: April 2009

I Want to Sell My Soul to HBO

Thursday, April 30, 2009

I was in the bookstore yesterday and I noticed there was a new cover for Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Book publishers like to update their covers every once in a while, to keep them looking fresh and modern and on code, so this wasn’t exactly a big surprise. But [...]

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Make Mine Sushi

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Lately, I’ve had a real thing for sushi. I can’t get enough of it. For dinner, for lunch… heck, I’d even eat the stuff for breakfast.
Problem is, you just can’t get sushi cheap. So last Friday I got out my much-read-but-never-used sushi cookbook and decided to give it a whirl.
My sushi cookbook, [...]

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Cracking the Code

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Whether you realize it or not, you know the code. The code of packaging. It’s the code that tells you that chips that come to you in a muted-color bag are healthier than those in a bright one. That Milano cookies are a perfectly respectable snack to serve to adults. That Target’s generic shampoo is [...]

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Man, I Didn’t Know the Economy was THAT Bad

Thursday, April 2, 2009

If you’ve ever been to Zaxby’s chicken shack, you know what it is to get lousy customer service. Zaxby’s is sort of the Anti-Chick-Fil-A; it is staffed almost entirely by stoned, sullen college students who evidently have a lot more important things to do than get me my food in a timely manner. [...]

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Three Things I Learned While Cleaning out the Fridge

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Pillsbury makes a pizza crust. Moreover, at some point, I bought one.
My refrigerator drawers come out a lot more easily than they go back in.
Yes, a jar of caramel ice cream topping can go bad. And the best way to test this is not with a spoon.

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