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Taking my life from the D-list
Today is the day I start the cronicle or how I am going to make my million dollars. Well, ok put a business together. Currently I have three websites, and they seem to be more for fun than anything. I would like the ads to make money, but traffic is an issue. Check out: http://robertjonesproject.blogspot.com/, http://recipeblitz.blogspot.com/, ( Read more... ) -
Forwarded E-mails
I thought this was funny, and pretty true!
This explains why I - and maybe all of us - forward jokes. Be sure you read it to the end, it explains why we forward jokes. A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside ( Read more... ) -
Forwarded E-mails
I thought this was funny, and pretty true!
This explains why I - and maybe all of us - forward jokes.
Be sure you read it to the end, it explains why we forward jokes
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside ( Read more... ) -
Found - Stange Location for Santa Barbara History
Santa Barbara Overview
The Channel of Santa Barbara was discovered as early as 1542, but was named by Spanish explorer Sebastian Viscaino on December 4, 1602. As this day is considered sacred to Saint Barbara, the patroness of artillerymen and miners, Viscaino named it in honor of her.
In 1782, Father Junipero Serra met with California Governor ( Read more... ) -
Wartime Thrift Guide
The wartime thrift guide to survivng the credit crunch
We could learn a lot from thrifty wartime values
Rosie Millard
My mother, who has a rather witty way about her, gave me a thrilling birthday present this week - two books containing dozens of official second-world-war instruction leaflets. What a gift! The books are packed with all sorts of ( Read more... ) -
Chocolate Wine
Heston Blumenthal invents chocolate wineLucy Bannerman
Heston Blumenthal, the Michelin-starred chef and kitchen chemist who gave the world egg and bacon ice-cream, has won another award for his latest Frankenstein food - warm chocolate wine.
The velvety, frothy drink is made by whisking a £48 red dessert wine with sugar and chocolate.
A spokeswoman ( Read more... ) -
Food Science....
I love that people no longer just look at what someone is eating, and say "Oh, that looks good" or "where did you get that, I want some."
No, food in America is now being reduced to science quotients.
Example:
I sit close to the kitchen here at work and I just heard...
"What are you eating?"
(pause for reading the label)
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Infovore
Heard about this on NPR tonight...thought it was interesting, and as I am such an "Infovore" I wanted to share with you!
WHY are you reading this article when you could be watching paint dry instead? It's all because of our innate hunger for information. Humans, it turns out, are infovores.
The term was introduced into the scientific lexicon ( Read more... )
