Category: Food
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I’m good at math
So a friend recently posted this on a message board I frequent. Since childhood, I’ve had some odd ability to do simple [operator] math in my head very quickly. The following test is exactly that: He claims they are giving this to potential office administrators and having a 50% fail rate (and, in fact, he fooled me at first). Ignore all that and take…
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When Prices Don’t Add Up
This morning I decided I wanted something other than multi-grain cereal and milk or yogurt and granola for breakfast. I wanted an Egg McMuffin. I biked 25 miles and ran another 30 this week… I can do it. Being the nice guy that I am, I call my closest coworkers and offer to pick them up something on the way. Kwabena passes, but Brian…
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I’ve been cooking
Four nights in a row now! Nothing super spectacular and only one of my own recipes, but here goes: Night #1Threw some steaks in the oven. Nothing special. Just add some Montreal Steak seasoning to two of them and salt/pepper to the other. Sides were roasted asparagus (roll them in olive oil and salt/pepper) and some mashed sweet potato (brown sugar, vanilla, butter).Night #2Three-bean…
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Semisonic Greatest Hits?
Listening to Pandora on the way in today (yes, on my iPhone), and “Closing Time” pops on. I get to the office, go to turn the music off (had it on speaker mode), and am confronted by an album cover that makes me want to scream. 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Semisonic A couple things to note here: Semisonic…
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RIP, Smalls
It is with great sorrow I share with you today that my Neon Tetra, Smalls, passed away over night. I estimate he was born some time in late 2003, making him approximately 5 years old. For those of you who do not know the story of Smalls, he was purchased at Petco in Sterling some time in early 2005. At the time, he was…
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マイケルさん
Japanese class started last night! Really awesome stuff; the teacher seems to have a great knack for making people learn the correct way. No English, no romaji. From the start we’ll be forced to understand what she’s saying based on her emotion, lots of pointing to pictures, etc. Really fun… After only one class I’ve already picked up quite a lot. Oh… the subject…