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Hmmm. When you look at it like this, that chorizo really does look like salivary glands. Okay, now on to new business. I thinking about transitioning to buying groceries mainly from specialty ethnic markets. Here’s a haul I got from … Continue reading →

I’ve talked about Mike Varley on this blog before. He’s a great guy and a great writer, and right now I would like to talk about his new CD, a series of spoken word pieces about the the ’08 election. … Continue reading →

My curiosity about the creek system is rapidly turning into a shtick. It’s taking me a long time to get anywhere in town, because I’m constantly stopping at bridges and culverts and peeking over the side. And when I’m hanging … Continue reading →

First off, let me say, TWO MILLION VISITS!!! WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!! Okay, back to the food frakking… Toasterwaffel was talking earlier about making fresh sardine pasta. So I bought some sardines at the New Oriental Market (my new favorite food purveyor in … Continue reading →

There are certain stories that are close to the heart. For me, the stories that come closest to addressing who I am and where I come from are those penned by Helmut Finch. Finch was my first introduction to the … Continue reading →

I was cleaning off my desk and I found a couple of projects that have sat idle for so long that I’m going to shelve them indefinitely. They are two languages I was inventing to help make the world a … Continue reading →

During my lifelong quest to see every sci-fi flick ever made, I somehow completely skipped over the French New Wave sci-fi. A little while ago I watched Godard’s Weekend, a rambling and vague collection of violence and surrealism. On the … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about the podcasts, but then there isn’t much new that I’ve been listening to. In fact there’s a little less on my Miro feed list. For instance, I removed "College Humor Dot Com" … Continue reading →

Let’s get some of the tamer food items out of the way first, before I dip too far into my weekly recap of culinary depravity. Here’s something that everyone can get behind, A&W deep-fried cheese curds! Served hot and fresh, … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned before the food I’ve gleaned from the convenience store at 14th and Cedar, and this might be the last time I report on it, because circumstances have conspired to keep me away. Here’s a corndog I bought from … Continue reading →