Month: February 2012
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souper
This is going to be my ramen bowl from now on. I have a ramen bowl from Japan that I’ll keep and maybe use once in a while, but this one’s going to be my regular ramen bowl. It’s just the right size, has a color scheme that’s very pleasing to the eye (the photo… Read.
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istanbul
While tinkering away at something in my basement lair last week, I was listening to swing music on Pandora when I heard the familiar melody of Istanbul not Constantinople, not as I knew it, a pop music celebration on fiddle and accordion by They Might Be Giants, but a swinging saxophone arrangement by Ken MacIntosh.… Read.
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cheddar
I have mailed cheese. When my mother asked me to mail her some cheese I guessed that this was the thing least likely I would ever mail to someone, but then I remembered the time I mailed a hamburger to someone as a joke. Bought it at the Burger King drive-through, dropped it into a… Read.
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early
A train whistle was honking in the distance when I stepped out of the house for a walk this morning. A lonely train whistle was blowing in the distance when I stepped out of the house for a walk this morning. Why are train whistles sort of romantic when they’re “lonely,” and really annoying when… Read.
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