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I Scream!
YAY! Zagat says it's National Ice Cream Sandwich Day! Finally, the fucktards in Congress pass legislation I can get behind.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/howtocook/dishes/icecreamcakesandwichrecipes
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Good Day, Bad Day
Good News
I had an email from the incoming president of my professional society. This is someone whom I have worked with on a committee and he wrote that he was so impressed with what I accomplished there that he wanted my suggestions for speakers to invite to an upcoming lecture series. "Not the usual suspects." he said. I'm very flattered by his ( Read more... ) -
Snow Business
It snowed overnight here in the Delaware Valley. It looks like maybe three inches on the ground and it will "taper off this afternoon" according to the forecast, so perhaps we'll get one more inch. It will all melt Monday anyway, when the forecast high is 60 F.
It is absolutely silent in my house except when the heat rumbles on. Bliss.
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There's No Business Like Snow Business
Dear Washingtonians; I know you're having a hard time with the snow. But here's a big dirty secret; even though it snows in the Mid Atlantic every winter, most drivers completely forget what to do when driving in snow for the first time each year. So don't be hard on yourself for doing barrel rolls down Dravus Street in your Volvo.
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Happy 100th Charles Addams!
Charles Addams, the lovable yet macabre cartoonist who brought us Morticia, Gomez and the rest of the truly oddball Addams Family, would have been 100 today. I adored his dark cartoons as a child and they can still make me guffaw today. Google even honored his birthday with a doodle .
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