Archive for April, 2007

Little tiny heaven-flavored morsels

grilled version at coleman
It seems impossible that I’ve never had these before: bacon wrapped around dates in little bites of sweet-and-saltiness. Some friends brought these to brunch on Sunday and they might as well have brought a plate of crack. Except that would have been really inappropriate.
Not only are these little things delicious, the friends/dealers [...]

Shameless plea for a show I like. Go watch it.

“How I Met Your Mother” cast
What’s a blog for if not to yammer on about one’s opinions? Even better, it’s for yammering on about how network executives are stupid. How I Met Your Mother is a HI-freakin-larious, witty, quotable, bringer-of-joy comedy that CBS is considering canceling. Every time Beth and I watch it, we say, “This [...]

Stuff I hate vs. Stuff I do not

omop at method
I hate irresponsible design. Sandwiches wrapped in paper, then boxed, then bagged? Come on. Giant cereal-sized boxes that hold one CD worth of software? WTF? And all cleaning products that use “sanitation” as an excuse to sell disposable “refills”: I particularly hate those.  I reserve special venom for disposable toilet brushes like the ones from Clorox, [...]

Yo quiero…um…sofa pillow

dog pillow at rare device
I want to pet him, and hug him, and call him George. I also want to stage a battle between him and my cat. I would include sound effects and perhaps dramatic lighting. And event t-shirts.
I’m also very tempted to try to make something like this myself. In fact, I could [...]

DIY Denny’s Menu

Visual reference: It makes things so easy. You see “Moons Over My Hammy” on the menu, point to the picture, satisfaction ensues. Two a.m., post-revelry munchies aren’t the only things made easier by pictures. So, my friends, are old house repairs. Enter the Black & Decker photo series.
The thing about repair work is that there’s [...]