You know how some people have, as part of their email signature, a little green tree/river graphic with the words “Please consider the environment before printing this email?” Well, we’re officially at peak Decorative Gourd Season, so I think I’m going to start inserting random decorative gourds at the bottom of my work emails. Things like this… [...]
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Here’s my contribution to the wonderful world of GraphJam…
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What is it about the combination of food and government antics that send journalists into a pun-frenzy? Never mind the Europeans and their food regulations. Here’s what the news ticker looks like regarding the whole White House “Beer Summit” silliness: White House “beer summit” aims to quench racial flap Beer Diplomacy: The Red, Light and Blue [...]
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The EU Agriculture Commission has announced that, in light of the dismal economy and high food prices, it proposes to slightly relax its onerous rules and regulations on fruits and vegetables in retail markets. Pages and pages of standards and specifications on things like onions and carrots will be tossed out into the compost heap. Or, as [...]
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Rare versus Well Done steak? It’s like like difference between sinking your teeth into a succulent savory treat, versus gnawing on a piece of cardboard. IMHO. Yum.
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I’ve always been a big fan of that biblical fruit — symbol of fertility, righteousness, and shrapnel-bearing anti-personnel weapons — the pomegranate. Kudos to POM for “owning the Pomegranate Story” and all that… and their Pop Art-inspired ad campaign is wonderful (POM Wonderful! )… though I’m not exactly sure how ironic this ad is meant [...]
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Great branding right here: http://www.weedflower.com/ tangentially… “If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.” – Andrew Mason cf. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Dandelion-Wine
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My favorite apple is the Cortland, a cross between the ubiquitous McIntosh and the nearly vanished Ben Davis. They are so delicious and crunchy. Here are some pictures of Cortland apples. Really, there’s no other purpose to this post. I just really like them Cortland apples. (But if you’re dying for some intelligent content, Wikipedia has [...]
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This week Herb Peterson, creator of the Egg McMuffin, died. This is one of those areas of contemporary culture that I’ve sat on the sidelines for. No, I’ve never eaten an Egg McMuffin and no, I did not know the Muffin Man, who lived on a street in Santa Barbara. But I do know that [...]
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Gas Liquid Solid Refrigerated Egg Drop Soup
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Congratulations to Justin and his Energy Drink Ratings Blog , on his recent one-year anniversary. One hundred reviews in less than 365 days… impressive. He’s well on his way to a long-tail showdown with Dan’s Energy Drink Reviews, who has a strong SEO lead over Justin. None of them can touch this guy, though, in terms of pure [...]
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