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A Sad Coda to "Kitchen Happiness", brought to you by Anchor Hocking
Longtime readers may remember how happy I was to finally find a set of nesting glass bowls with lids, by Anchor HockingIt has been a sad week for my experience with this company. The lids - despite being warrantied for 5 years as microwave safe - warped and cracked. I wrote the company, who told me the lids were not made by Anchor Hocking, were ( Read more... ) -
about Penn State and NCAA sanctions
The fact that NCAA has ruled out shutting down the football program tells me that the sanctions will not be severe ( Read more... ) -
Help - What Is This Sauce?
I have in my hands a 4oz. jar of sauce that's missing half it's label. What is it? Here are the clues:
* It's a slightly yellowish orange.
* It's apparently manufactured by Marius Renard, cuisinier en Provence* The remaining label is in French; based on my recent travel I could have bought it in France or Quebec ( Read more... ) -
Quick Easy Dinner
Or what we used to call a Stupidly Simple. It's based on a series of recipes for jazzed-up brown rice from April 09 Cook's Illustrated. All amounts and instructions are approximate. The brand names make a difference. Uncle Ben's Minute Rice is the only even half-way decent quick brown rice out there; Goya's canned black beans are head-and- ( Read more... ) -
I thought the losers were supposed to imitate the victors not the other way around
We used to mock the Soviet Union for classifying street maps and arresting people who took photos of bus stations. Now we do the very same thing.
We won the Cold War, dammit, what are we doing imitating the vanquished enemy?!? -
Um, excuse me?
Actual TV ad:
"[So and so]. Too corrupt even for Congress. Paid for by [Such-and-such] for Congress."
What my brain translated it to:
"[So and so]. Too corrupt even for Congress. Vote for me instead, I'm not quite as corrupt."
ETA: added "I'm not quite as corrupt." It seems this implication is more in the presentation than the text of the ad -
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Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a non-same-sex marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow. -
Bujold Quote Meme
from mmegaera: When you see a Bujold quote, post another Bujold quote in your LJ, and see how long we can keep it going. Such riches to choose from...
"Oh. So *that's* what integrity looks like."
Gives me shivers every time. -
Advice Solicited
My house needs some major maintenance work. There's nothing terribly wrong, just that parts need upkeep or have reached the end of their expected life ( Read more... )