30 Apr
The domain name says it all….
http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com/
Archive for April, 2004
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29 Apr
From today’s desk calendar from The Onion
God Proclaims Rasberries ‘Now Even More Berrilicious’
HEAVEN - Seeking to boost sales of His tart, fruity product, God announced Monday that starting March 1, the great taste of rasberries will be “even more berrilicious”. “Get ready fir a whole new taste sensation.” God said. “Soon rasberries will be bursting with so much with [...]
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29 Apr
Laundry label calling president an “idiot” a hit
This really tickled me today.
Laundry label calling president an “idiot” a hit
Thu Apr 29, 2:44 AM ET
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Insulting a president can be profitable, a Washington state bag maker has discovered, but it is best if the insult is written in French and tucked away on a tiny laundry label.
Labels on most of the [...]
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28 Apr
Book Quiz
You’re Siddhartha!
by Hermann Hesse
You simply don’t know what to believe, but you’re willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you’ve spent
some time in every camp. But you still don’t have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It’s
time to [...]
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25 Apr
Butter Issue
A few months ago I started using Peluga (or something like that) European style butter. For most things I love it. Its excellent on baked potatoes and in mashed potatoes and other things. But, in making cookies, I have had a few issues. I know the European style butter has a lower moisture content [...]
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23 Apr
Yay for Benton Co. Oregon
From ’s journal.
For the moment, I’m very proud to live in Benton county:
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) — In a new twist in the battle over same-sex marriage roiling the United States, a county in Oregon has banned all marriages — gay and heterosexual — until the state decides who can and who cannot wed.
Full: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/03/23/marriage.ban.reut/
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20 Apr
McDonalds Gets a new CEO
On a private mailing list today a young friend had asked why were were discussing the new CEO of McDonalds and why it mattered. I think it was meant to be rhetorical but it made me think a bit and I ended up writing this answer.
1) Why?
Because McDonalds, as an entity, is one of [...]
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20 Apr
Learned something interesting
At least I found it interesting. Yesterday on my drive home from the author of:
Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America
by Laura Shapiro (Hardcover - April 2004)
was being interviewed on NPR. The book is a food history study of the many foods that came out of military use in WW2 and [...]
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