Posted in review on 20 September 2007 - 9 תשרי 5768
I went to Amazon expecting to find this out of print. It’s not. 365 Ways to Cook Chicken is available again. Which means I can recommend to you one of the best single-item cookbooks I’ve ever owned.
This was one of the first cookbooks I purchased back in the 80s? 90s? when it [...]
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Posted in other geekery, review on 15 August 2007 - 2 אלול 5767
I want a cooking show…
Where the host moves slow. Where there are no ultra cool hyper fast code words. You want Extra Virgin Olive Oil then say Extra Virgin Olive Oil. I don’t need to know you’re afraid of saying “Virgin” without laughing out loud, Rachel.
I don’t need a lot of fancy jazzy camera [...]
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Posted in review on 29 July 2007 - 15 אב 5767
I said I’d wait 7 days. Seven days ago I finished reading HP7 and I didn’t like it. I liked it for 2 reasons: the outline of the story was good and there are, basically, no loose ends left.
I was disappointed because of the way in which JKR got us there.
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Posted in review, vlog on 23 July 2007 - 9 אב 5767
Spoiler Alert! (Wherein we try videoblogging on YouTube.)
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Posted in consumer, review on 22 July 2007 - 8 אב 5767
Anyone here in town want a copy of HP7? List price is $35… you can have it for the cost of hanging out. Coffee? Yes, I’m using Harry Potter as a bribe to meet a local person I’ve never met b4. That’s the cost: I’ve not met you, let’s meet.
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Posted in review on 21 July 2007 - 7 אב 5767
Page 343. The story is good but it’s kind of like a train wreck of bad writing. Like: I want to know what happens, but I’m watching with the pained fascination I had when (in 1996) the cute Cuban dentist flirted with me while he gave me a root canal.
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Posted in review on 21 July 2007 - 7 אב 5767
Albert Brooks couldn’t find comedy in the Muslim world: he’s not funny. Painfully not funny. The man wouldn’t know comedy if it tried to fast Ramadan in his apartment. In fact… that’s it: the movie was a comedy fast.
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Posted in asheville, review on 16 July 2007 - 2 אב 5767
I attended the Noon Matinee of the new HP Movie today at the local. It cost $6.50 for admission plus another $10.50 for popcorn, Raisinettes and a coke. I’m still tasting the corn and feeling dehydrated. But I love it so, especially when the Raisinettes melt and the whole thing becomes a [...]
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Posted in review on 1 July 2007 - 16 תמוז 5767
Todd and I tried He’Brew for the first time this afternoon. Hey, it’s Sunday - why not try something Kosher? Todd and I are in agreement regarding the general points following reviews although he may differ in the finer points. Once home, chilled and poured into a fine beer goblet, the drinking [...]
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Posted in jocularity, review on 21 May 2007 - 5 סיון 5767
If you want to monitor the state of - mostly white and allegedly middle class - culture in America. Watch “The Food Network”.
Bad English (along the lines of W’s “nookular”).
Bad fashion (thinkdDress-up day at Wal*Mart).
Bad food (imagine Family Circle with added salt).
Right now I’m watching a white trashy housewife (Sandra Lee) [...]
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