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Before we get to the important poll business at hand, I’m excited to see that there’s a new Clem Snide album due out this week. I’ve mentioned Clem Snide singer/songwriter Eef Barzelay here before — I really enjoy his work, and I’m fortunate to have seen him perform live. So this is good news.
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I wrote about nasty new Twizzlers last week, and also mentioned Steve Almond’s book “Candyfreak,” and now I’ve found a clip of him reading from the book. What does he talk about? Hating Twizzlers! I understand hating new sour Twizzlers, but come on, Steve…there are worse candies out there. Candy corn. Mary Janes. Boston Baked [...]

I’m in the middle of a busy round of thesis revisions so this will have to be short. I have a few blog post ideas on the list and I hope to get to them soon. For now, let me just say that I have tried the new Twizzlers “Sour Filled Twists” and they are [...]

I started fantasizing about banana bread during my drive from Tennessee to South Carolina for Thanksgiving. That’s an 8.5 hour drive, so there was a lot of time to build up an intense craving for what turned into a non-traditional Thanksgiving treat. I say “non-traditional” only to appease the Thanksgiving purists out there who did [...]

Is it possible to overdose on spinach? My body was crying out for nutrients earlier this week so I started eating spinach. I don’t know what I was doing to it, really. I heated oil in a pan. I put in some garlic. Then I put a huge bunch of spinach in the pan and [...]

It’s rainy today and I’m having trouble getting any work finished. My only accomplishment: finding a grocery store mystery bag. I bought a few things at the store, nothing special, tomato soup, toothpaste, sliced turkey, blueberry muffins, and I was pretty spacy in line so I just took the bags the cashier handed me and [...]

I apologize for the lack of posts this week. I spent most of my time in meetings, training, or at back-to-school parties. I’m also getting reacquainted with a school schedule, which means a lot of different tasks throughout the day and late nights getting ready for classes (both attending and teaching them). There’s really no [...]

The person who rented my apartment before me left a lot of good stuff: a sectional sofa, a coffee table, a loveseat/chair, shelves, dishes, and a banquet table that now serves as my desk. I use the term “good” in the broadest sense, meaning these items cost me nothing so I can overlook pesky details [...]