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January 31, 2014

Just One Look - The Hollies



Great interviews, both old and new starting about halfway through the video.

January 30, 2014

ugsome



ugsome ug·some [uhg-suhm] adjective Scot. and North England

horrid; loathsome


Not sure where I had seen it, but I was familiar with this word; I don't think I've ever used it, however.

It should be stencilled on Nancy Pelosi's mirror, though.

January 29, 2014

Out of Place

From the now-defunct spoonsisters.com website:


January 28, 2014

NO D.C. For Me!

I'm surprised Washington, D.C. is rated as high as it is. Up to me, it would have been a negative 60%.

I'm not sure people in Austin would want me moving there, either...I'm a little too conservative for them, I'm sure.  OTOH, I'd help keep it weird.


The City That Best Fits You Is Austin

75% Austin

70% Atlanta

60% Washington, DC

60% Las Vegas

60% Miami 


 

For Your Hairy Brownies

I really like shopping on Amazon, finding it easy to get certain items without having to buy from the local Walmart and most of the time the items are less expensive on Amazon than they are at that "discount" store.

Earlier this evening, I searched for an unfamiliar candy ingredient I saw in a recipe and saw the sale listing on Amazon in the search results.  After finding out what it was, I started looking at other items on Amazon, checking out the related items.  I looked at baking chocolate and saw a high rating for a Ghirardelli brownie mix.  I glanced at the price,  reasonable enough for four boxes of premium mix, then scrolled down to read the comments when I saw a "Frequently Bought Together" listing.  Amazon has these under nearly every product and usually there's a price break when the items are purchased together.  It's mostly like items or those that compliment each other, such as several pieces of microwave cookware or a set of knives with a sharpener.  I couldn't understand this pairing, though: