The blogosphere has a pretty high opinion of itself. It's given birth to a lot of insta-pundits and become a buzzword unto itself, the epitome of Web 2.0 hype. There's a lot of back-patting and preaching to the choir that gives the impression of a groundswell of popular sentiment, but it only reinforces the groupthink […]
Filed under: Geek, Politics, Rants on September 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Filed under: Tender Lumplings on September 21st, 2006 | 7 Comments »
This is more proof that Weird Al is still on top of his game.
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Filed under: Entertainment on September 21st, 2006 | 2 Comments »
It's pretty hard to make a chile relleno even better. You take a chile pepper, stuff it with cheese, and coat it in a crispy coating. Well, we found a way: roll it up in a piece of chicken. I give you… the Pollo Relleno!
The best part is that such a delight is a low-fat […]
Filed under: Food, Recipes on September 21st, 2006 | 3 Comments »
If it's not one thing, it's another. A few nights ago, one of our little measuring cups got lodged in the disposal and was utterly destroyed. It was a really nice glass one for doing liquid measure too, so we ended up with little glass shards all in it. Of course, the disposal didn't take […]
Filed under: Homeownership on September 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
As BethAnn was so kind to note, today is, indeed, International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yarrr! Avast ye! Walk tha' plank! And all of that jazz.
Filed under: Entertainment on September 19th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
It's not surprising to see another renewed push to raise Utah's minimum wage to above the federal standard. It's also not surprising to see many of the advocates pulling out the same old lies and tired mantras that sound like little more than the meaningless platitudes that they are. At the heart of it […]
Filed under: Politics on September 18th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
There was an article in the paper this morning letting us know that the various block numbering systems in Utah County (23 in total) are confusing the heck out of people. Uh… duh? It took me about 2 visits down there to figure that out and that's only because I never left Provo on […]
Filed under: Utah on September 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Have any of you actually seen the prices on an XBox 360 or the constantly-delayed Playstation 3? Charging $600 for a game console seems to be taking excess to brand new heights. The real lunacy is that even at those prices, both consoles are being sold at a large loss, anywhere from $100-300 per system […]
Filed under: Geek on September 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
A judge in New York ruled that charitable donations, including tithing, can be excluded from your bankruptcy settlement contrary to the 1998 Religous Liberty Act. He's claiming that the newly-passed bankruptcy laws allow him to do so. While he might be inside the law, that doesn't make him right.
That's a big deal to those […]
Filed under: Politics, Church on September 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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