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Burger Size
These days, the smallest regular burger you're likely to find at most places (not off the kid's menu or value menu) is a quarter-pound. That means that the meat patty, before cooking, weighed 16/4 = 4 ounces. Last week I mentioned to Shawn that the size of McDonald's original burger was much smaller - about the size of Wendy's Junior hamburger ( Read more... ) -
Study: Telus Bill Too High
EDMONTON - A new study has discovered that city residents are paying too much for basic land-line phone service. The investigation involved a survey of one man's latest bill, which ran to the princely sum of $28.17, despite not including call forwarding, call display, voice mail, or even a long distance package. "If I tried to call Calgary, it ( Read more... ) -
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My opinion: Torchwood is too gay
Torchwood is a Doctor Who spinoff, based on the premise of a government agency that fights aliens in the present day. This so-called "Doctor Who for Adults" is based in Wales, so if you consider Doctor Who to be too London-centric, Torchwood is even more implausibly Cardiff-centric. But that's not the point, nor is the weak character development ( Read more... ) -
Would you like a little cheese with that whine?
Man alive, what a terrible month. I nearly killed myself trying to get my main project out the door before Christmas, and I didn't even succeed. The 12-hour days, noisy co-workers, and my new 4-plex "cubicle" just about crushed this camel's back. According to my calendar, I only used 3 vacation days so far this year. Fortunately this year is ( Read more... ) -
Futurama: Bender's Big Snore
Holy smokes, this latest entry in the Futurama series was awful - nearly unwatchable. While watching, I kept checking to see how long the movie was, in the hopes that it would be over soon.
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Shaka, when the walls fell.
There are some cliches I love, because they're such a fast way of expressing exactly what you mean ( Read more... ) -
Glowstick at 365+ days
Last October I bought a couple of glowsticks from the halloween supplies at Save-On-Foods (2 for a dollar), bent them to start them glowing, and played with them for a while. After I got bored I chucked them in the freezer to slow down the reaction rate and save them for later ( Read more... ) -
My first-ever banning!
I've been on the Internet for about 12 years, and I've been posting to forums for maybe 5 years, but I've never been banned from a site before. Yesterday, I was banned from Feministing.com after only posting about 5 comments. It wasn't that I said anything particularly outrageous, but I was accused of being a sock puppet.
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