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I opened a box of Cheerios a few days ago. Mind you, I'm the target market for the "supermarket pastoral" image that Whole Foods pushes, so when I buy oat-based toroidal breakfast cereals, they're usually the store-brand "Morning-O"s (tagline should be: Who doesn't like a good morning O ( Read more... ) -
Hi, my name is THE COLONEL, how may I serve you?
The KFC near my house has been undergoing a major remodel. Within the last few days, they completed the fascia on the corner, which features a large back-lit sign of the familiar Colonel, but with a big difference: he's wearing what appears to be a red apron over his usual white suit and black bow tie ( Read more... ) -
Muscle memory is...
...when you gently agitate your carton of orange juice... and then tap it on the counter to dislodge any air bubbles from the film.
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Realizations
- Oranges taste fantastic with good olive oil and sea salt. (Realized when the other half of a spritz garnish ended up too close to the salad on the plate.)
- I enjoy dining in world-class restaurants because getting the attention of the staff is often a matter of simply inclining the head or glancing in their direction with raised eyebrows. ( ( Read more... )
- Oranges taste fantastic with good olive oil and sea salt. (Realized when the other half of a spritz garnish ended up too close to the salad on the plate.)
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OK GO's song Here It Goes Again was playing at the gym tonight.
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The Week (or Two) in Review
Glancing over at my work bookshelf, I see the set of chocolate bars that remain even after I've shared several with co-workers. Work-Jennifer brought by a passel of mostly-Eurochocolates (two Lindt, two Daskalide's, a Ghiradelli, a Valor, a Perugina, and a Witor's) as a thank-you for last-minute help with a client issue a couple of weeks ago. ( Read more... ) -
Cytokines and Catalan
Damn cytokines... still sniffly, but certainly not as bad as I was on Tuesday. Throat's sore, but the honeyed tea is helping with that. Spent the last couple of days at home, since Rule Number One of the open office plan is "keep the germs at home when you turn into a virus breeding ground". I expect that I picked it up from one of my fellow 378 ( Read more... ) -
Caffe dell'Ufficio
It's nice working at a company with enough "vision" to have an espresso machine on the premises, even if it does neet a bit of tweaking (it's an automatic, and the shots it's pulling are too long). I need to bring in a wide, shallow cup so I can practice latte artBeing able to pull a quality shot is very satisfying. I mean, yeah, for every one ( Read more... )
