1 post per year... b/c i'm just that unmotivated.

On the Spirit of Christmas
christmas, like the caste system of hinduism or the pyramidal structure of confucianism, is the structure by which society maintains civil obedience throughout the year. bah. naughty or nice? choose either and buy your own stuff, bah. oh, and BAH!

On being single in ( Read more... )

but houston is in.

the first time in 44 years. probably the only time in my lifetime.

i don't like baseball in general, but even i have to admit...

this is pretty nice.

the nickname "h-town" for houston still annoys me though.

that justice is a blind goddess ( Read more... )

gary > i prefer this curved blade, it's easier to move and i don't have to go so deep.
mom > i've been using this straight blade, so i guess i'm used to it ( Read more... )

day 1 at Whole Foods >demoed tofu egg rolls in the meat section... that lasted about 30 minutes until the meat guys literally had us removed for distracting customers from their sales. which is ok, since that place was so packed it was more like a buffet line than a demo. no time to talk = no time to sell ( Read more... )

this week was all about austin.

mon, tue, wed, and fri, sat, sun (3 day demo) was/will be spent mostly traveling to the new 80,000 sq ft whole foods flagship store/world headquarters (grand opening was on march 3). the store is on 1 floor, with the corporate offices above it.


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that was our first batch of tofu tamales we made today... rafael (banyan manager), my mom, and i took notes while abel (our certified tamale instructor) taught us how to make tamales ( Read more... )

this is the complete ward churchill paper that has resulted in a book, if you're interested in browsing it ( Read more... )

"I'm instantly reminded of a headline in the Onion in 2000: "Chinese Laundry Owner Blasted for Reinforcing Negative Ethnic Stereotypes." An excerpt from that brilliantly prescient story, once meant purely as hyperbole, is now indistinguishable from the hysteria around Hung: "this man is a degrading anachronism that has no place in a supposedly ( Read more... )

nancy pelosi and barbara boxer are foxes ( Read more... )