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Regrettably, we will not be holding our Holiday Party this year -- our travel schedule makes it impossible to pull it off. We will, of course, resume the tradition in 2010. (And who knows, we may do something else in the meantime... just not before Christmas!)

There's a lot of speculation as to why allergies seem to be on the increase, but here's a possible reason that I haven't heard discussed until now: one of the most popular current methods for diagnosing them is actually not very reliableIf you (or your kids) have gotten one of those blood allergy tests, you should understand that recent research ( Read more... )

L and I like to hit several parties on New Year's Eve (we even did four during the snowstorm last year), so we're putting together our list.

Are you having one that we should attend? Do you know of one? Let us know.

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Just a note to hold the date -- our Annual Holiday Party is going to be on Saturday, December 13th this year.

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...Peter Allen of The Telegraph, for his article "Bad French prolongs Russia-Georgia conflict ( Read more... )

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the food blogger Andrew Wheeler (http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/) thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives. It's clearly written by an Englishman, which ( Read more... )

CNN's got a story about "handbag parties" and how they're really bad because people will sell you counterfeit purses. I won't address the obvious questions like "is the world so peaceful that's all CNN could come up with to talk about," but one part of the article struck me as really dumb propaganda:

Wallrap said that people who buy and sell the ( Read more... )