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Food for Thought
Two supermarket products can share the same brand name, yet be radically different. For example, Tony Roma's Restaurant Style "Original" Barbecue Sauce has High Fructose Corn Syrup as its second ingredient. (It could be worse: the "Carolina Honeys" flavor has HFCS as its first ingredient, and corn syrup as its sixth ingredient.) How is that " ( Read more... ) -
Stupid Question du Jour
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A Scene I'd Like to See
"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome to the podium: The Green Lectern!"
"Green Lectern? I thought we were getting -"
"Oh, didn't you hear? The Green Leotard canceled at the last minute." -
Resist the Coming Darkness
There was a time when California led the nation, our politicians were responsive to their constituents, and respected for their dedication to public service. Those days are gone. We've destroyed our educational institutions, allowed our roads to fall into disrepair, and turned The Golden State into one great nanny state run amok.
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NY Times shocker: TV watchers can live without cable
Rabbit Ears Perk Up for Free HDTV
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/business/media/06rabbitears.html
Some people who are no longer willing or able to pay for TV have turned to the modern equivalent of the classic rabbit-ear antenna. -
It isn't easy being green
Many years ago - I won't tell you the exact date, except to ( Read more... ) -
Things I Like: Stove Top Stuffing
Many of you, no doubt, can't picture Thanksgiving without turkey ( Read more... ) -
Christmas in November
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Wag the Dog
On Wednesday, European officials openly criticized U.S. airline passenger screening procedures as unnecessary and overly intrusive. Yesterday, the TSA announced their officers were being given expanded groping authority. Today, everyone's whipped up into a frenzy over "suspicious packages" originating in Yemen. Sound familiar? It should.
Funny how ( Read more... )
