January 2012
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December 2011
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Reusable Coffee Cups
I drink a lot of coffee. And I work from home once or twice each week, lingering over a cup for hours sometimes. I finally grew tired of my coffee getting cold in a standard, open-topped mug. I also drink a fair amount of Starbucks, so when I decided to buy myself an insulated mug, I went for one of theirs, so they’d use it for my coffee when I went in. I figured, be environmentally friendly...
Dec 31st
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Never Say Never
From 2005-2007, I worked for a great company. Everyone cared and we were well-respected in our industry. But all things change, and when we were acquired by a huge international corporation, they systematically destroyed everything that was once great. When they announced layoffs for the US, I started looking elsewhere, knowing my job was easily done by existing people outside of the US. That...
Dec 30th
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Dec 25th
THE BAD DEAL: Some Idiot Purchased Groupon's... →
baddeal: Groupon has advertised a $25,000 deal with Todd English and someone has actually purchased that deal, proving that Grouponomics, the emerging science of making irrational decisions in an over-leveraged world of credit card debt and sovereign debt, is worthy of a Nobel Prize. The deal…
Dec 24th
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“I would never vote against my conscience,” the book quotes Mr. Gingrich as...”
– That quote might be the single best explanation of Newt Gingrich that I’ve ever read… Conservatives Remain Suspicious of Gingrich - NYTimes.com
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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Polishing Up Latkes With Apples - A Good Appetite... →
feinsodville: If I’m going to be completely honest with myself, I’ll probably never make these, but they do seem delicious. Saw this article and these sound great; they might be on our list for this year. Might I also humbly suggest a sweets & beets latke? Replace your regular potato with shredded sweet potato/yam, replace the onion with shredded beets, using roughly the same ratio of...
Dec 15th
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“I completely believe in slavish devotion to culinary tradition,” she said. “But...”
– Mama in the (Restaurant) Kitchen - NYTimes.com
Dec 14th
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Dec 11th
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Mike Doughty Opens 'Book of Drugs,' Says J.Lo &... →
feinsodville: Interesting.  Can’t wait to read this. This is a must-buy… I’m still a big Mike Doughty fan.
Dec 8th
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