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So, don't tell him, but I've been cheating on Ira Glass. You see, my weekly this American Life fix doesn't even last me through Monday (45 miles, 75 minutes, plus parking time) and I've listened to the back episodes I've downloaded. So I've been trying out other stuff. There's Speaking of Faith, though it's often very chewy and I have to be in ( Read more... )

We were in B&N the other day, and I read the description of the new Anita Blake book, and it actually sounds pretty good (hey, it's got Edward in it, and I have a soft spot for everyone's favorite psychopath). I'm debating whether I should catch up by actually reading the books or just reading Wikipedia (sad, I know). I've heard that the books ( Read more... )

I might just do something in a spreadsheet for this, but does anyone know of a website that lets you enter your own recipes and descriptors for them? I want to be able to enter in recipes, and then tag them, say, "make ahead" "beef" "Mexican" and be able to pull out meals with specific attributes when planning a week's menu ( Read more... )

Anyone have recommended movers for a small across country move? We're not talking about a whole house; we're talking about some furniture and lots of boxes of books. Anyone to avoid? (We'd do the Amtrak thing, but when I used them, they wouldn't ship furntiure.) rhiannonstone, didn't rao have a really bad experience with someone a few years ago?