Sep 17, 2008
I ate a PopTart today. Specifically, it was a strawberry-filled, glazed PopTart that was toasted. It had been a while, quite a while, since I’d eaten one of these things. It was so God damned good it was scary. I felt felt compelled to drop at least two more in the toaster and gorge myself on a breakfast of..of…well, I don’t really care what they are made of…of PopTarts The key to the PopTart’s amazing goodness, is it’s combination of…
Jul 17, 2008
News out Sacramento is that the State Legislature has passed a law banning Trans Fats in Restaurants by 2010. I feel blessed to live in a state where someone is watching out that I don’t enjoy my food too much. Oddly, the morning paper somehow missed picking up this other bit of news out of Sacramento: BAN AGAINST SUGAR IN ALCOHOL PASSED (Sacramento, CALIF)—California is posed to become the first state in the union and first political entity in the…
Jul 16, 2008
I know there are people who determine who to vote for in an election based on a single issue. "Do they or do they not support abortion rights?"…"Do they or do they not support unfettered access to guns?"…."Do they or do they not support gay marriage?"… I don’t think I like single issue voters. They give me the creeps because anyone so single minded probably can’t be trusted think clearly. In my mind, clear thinking is a good thing. That…
Jun 19, 2008
One thing we’ve all learned about bloggers is that they have way too much time on their hands. What I did not know is that those who work at newspapers and in television are also inflicted with this time-related malady. Mark Fisher at Uncorked, the man who live in between these two worlds, confirms that, yes, indeed, those who work at newspaper and TV also have too much time on their hands. However, Mark alerts us to the fact that…
May 29, 2008
Joan Acocella offers an observation in the latest issue of the New Yorker that is so fundamental and so critical to those of us who possess an over abundance of interest in wine, it’s hard to believe you don’t see it noted more often: "historically [the hangover] is not a subject that has captured scientists’ hearts." For those of us with that over abundance of interest in wine, the importance of this observation should be obvious. But Acocella, in her…