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  • Raaaaar! In which Jazz discovers he's a monster!

    I just thought you should know. I've suspected it for a long time, but either the evidence wasn't strong enough or I just didn't want to face up to reality.

    Oh, the clues were there if I'd really wanted to know... waking up in the middle of the night, [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • Preventative Care is Never Stupid

    In case you were wondering how I felt about the new "guidelines" for breast cancer screening, I'll tell you right up front: I think that they suck, and that they're designed to save the insurance companies money, and of course, right now I'm pissed off at insurance companies as a' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:07am EST

  • Not At All Important

    And yet, one of the most thrilling new products of the year, for me.

    Handerpants.
    Handerpants

    Are you really naked under those gloves? For Pete's sake, put on some Handerpants! These 95% cotton, 5% spandex, fingerless gloves have the look and feel of men's briefs. [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:15am EST

  • My Hopes For the Future

    I have one major hope regarding last night's election: that Chris Christie will be a better governor than Christie Whitman was. That's not too much to ask, is it?

    I'm not expecting a Tom Kean, here.' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:14am EST

  • November 3rd

    For the record: I voted this morning. The candidates that I voted for may not win, but I used my voice.

    Have you, fellow New Jerseyan? [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:02pm EST

  • Current Events

    I watched this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live. The Rock Obama was a very funny sketch, in which they pointed out that Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize was ridiculous. I felt pretty good about that. Plus, I love Dwayne Johnson; he's awesome. [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:45am EDT

  • Give Peace a Chance?

    OK, the comments at the Washington Post about Obama winning the peace prize are much harsher than what I would say, but underneath the vitriol, there is at least a point.

    I like the President, I do. I think that he's trying very hard to turn around' [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:19am EDT

  • Well, Hello, There!

    Yeah... guess who pretty much forgot that she had a blog. Wow, that's embarrassing.' [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 4:11pm EDT

  • Why Am I Liberal?

    [rsmccain.blogspot.com] (pointed out to me by a friend who reads "Sadly, No!") For most American Jews, the core of their Jewish identity isn't solidarity with Israel; it's rejection of Christianity. This observation may help to explain the otherwise puzzling political preferences of the Jewish community explored in Norman [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 2:54pm EDT

  • In Which Jazz Gets the Mail

    I've always hated the Post Office. Not just because they are part of a an outmoded system which stretches back past the Pony Express to wandering tinsmiths who took missives scratched out with quills from people who never knew if their message would ever reach the intended recipient, up through' [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2009, 4:15pm EDT

  • In My Inbox Paradox

    From my MSNBC Daily Headlines email:
    -------------------------------
    Health
    -------------------------------

    Candlelit dinners spark romance - and toxins You may be ingesting more during those romantic, candlelit dinners than a nice cabernet and a lamb chop. Side of benzene, anyone?
    [www.msnbc.msn.com]

    Life expectancy reaches all-time high [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 7:39am EDT

  • Busy Weekend

    Meatloaf
    (meatloaf mix-meat, 1 egg, worcestershire sauce, parmesan cheese, prosciutto, salt, pepper, oregano, thyme)
    Gorgonzola Mashed Potatoes
    (baby red potatoes, butter, cream, salt, gorgonzola, parsley)
    Roasted Fennel
    (fennel, olive oil, salt, pepper)
    Roasted Asparagus
    (asparagus, olive oil, salt, pepper)
    Roasted Chicken
    (chicken leg quarters, salt, pepper, sage, thyme, oregano, olive [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 8:59am EDT

  • My Favorite Example

    Songwriters: Hamilton, Nancy; Lewis, Morgan

    Somewhere there's music
    How faint the tune
    Somewhere there's heaven
    How high the moon
    There is no moon above
    When love is far away too
    Till it comes true
    That you love me as I love you


    Somewhere there's music
    How near,' [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 1:59pm EDT

  • In Which Jazz Notes That You Never Write Anymore

    You don't write. You don't call. Are we breaking up?

    No. We're not. But it's summer time, and for reasons I can't adequately explain for you, my online activity always seems to take a bit of a downward turn, and my creative writing juices don't flow quite as quickly. [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 6:50pm EDT

  • Man, I'm Spoiled

    I was seriously annoyed when I read the condition that Homestead rebates are only available to those who earned 75,000 dollars or less (if under 65) last year.

    I am so spoiled. I don't get one of those because others need it more than I do. That doesn't [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 9:38am EDT

  • I Need to Start Losing Weight Again

    6400 calories worth of cake.

    I'm impressed that something that looks so mediocre can be so incredibly fattening.' [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 9:07am EDT

  • Whoa - They Got Caught?

    I quote the insightful Traveling Wilburys, "In Jersey, anything's legal, as long as you don't get caught".

    They got caught. NEWARK (WABC) -- Two mayors were among the dozens arrested this morning in a major federal corruption sweep in New Jersey.

    Eyewitness News has learned Hoboken's' [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 9:12am EDT

  • Tough News Night

    I noticed last night that the news was all about people being shot and dying. ALL about people being shot and dying. The local news has not been happy lately.

    If you know me at all, you know that when the going gets tough, I get baking. This [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 8:59am EDT

  • In Which Jazz Praises Joe Biden

    If nobody else, at least our Vice President has something on the ball.

    “And folks look, AARP knows and the people working here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, [...]

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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:53pm EDT

  • To the Mattresses

    OK, today I saw the question, Should We Sell Choice to Get Change? National Health Care, as a concept, apparently gets bogged down by the concept that abortions would be effectively paid for by all taxpayers.

    I answer this question, "No". We should not sell choice to [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2009, 9:49am EDT

  • Personal Blog Gets Even More Personal

    An open letter to the asshole who threw a rock through my father's front window last night:

    Dear asshole who threw a rock through my father's front window last night,

    What the hell is wrong with you? He's an old guy who was just sitting in his house,' [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 8:39am EDT

  • Weekly Posting

    OK, the sad truth is that I don't know what I can add,but I feel an obligation to post, to communicate with you stalwart few who continue to check in.

    No one ever needs to say anything else about Michael Jackson, but if I were to give an' [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:58am EDT

  • Governors Should Govern, Right?

    Today, I looked at an article about Mark Sanford, and I started to read the emails between he and his mistress. Then I stopped. Those aren't any of my business.

    I don't care who he's sleeping with, I don't. I do care that he disappeared for several [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 9:53am EDT

  • In Which Jazz Solves the Condom Crisis

    Some of you fans of the One True Tami (blessed be Her name) may not be aware of this, but when I'm not hanging out with Tami and solving the world's problems, I publish the odd article here and there on a variety of subjects, largely political in nature. This [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2009, 6:37am EDT

  • Post in Which I State the Obvious - Again

    I state the obvious whenever I think people are missing it.

    Public Health Plan = great idea.

    I want everyone to be able to get medical treatment without bankrupting themselves or the doctors. I want it to be possible, and I do NOT understand why it [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2009, 8:31am EDT

  • More News That Affects Me Personally

    Brownbailout.com is a web site created by FedEx. UPS is supporting legislation that would reclassify FedEx truck drivers as truck drivers instead of airline workers. Business Week has an article on it, which kind of slants towards the legislation, but pretty much gives the facts.The dispute involves the [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 9:18am EDT

  • Still the "Chosen People"?

    This morning I got an email pointing me to free-opinion.com, and a poll there asking whether a person supports Palestine or Israel. Palestine's winning. I don't put much stock in this, it's a "create your own poll" site, and what does that actually mean? What's the sample? Who's voting?' [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 8:02am EDT

  • In which Jazz has an epiphany on food

    And you know, the epiphany market is a bit tight at the moment. They're coming few and far between, which is kind of disappointing because I think Skynet is supposed to take over the planet in a couple of years, and I still feel like there's so much that I [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2009, 3:43pm EDT

  • Clarity

    I do not believe that abortion is murder. Not everyone agrees with me, but it is what I truly believe. My reasons are not important, right now.

    I do believe that gunning down an unarmed doctor in a church is murder. No one should disagree with me.
    [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 8:49am EDT

  • Jazz Solves the Maternity Crisis

    Just at a quick glance, I can think of the following things I've said regarding some people and their children over the years.(Paraphrased for brevity, convenience, and to make them fit my premise regardless of accuracy.)
    There really should be a test you have to take before you're allowed to [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2009, 12:44pm EDT

  • So That's My Problem

    Word of the Day for Friday, May 29, 2009
    sybarite \SIB-uh-ryt\, noun:

    A person devoted to luxury and pleasure. [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2009, 8:54am EDT

  • When I'm Down

    When something's wrong, I want to bake. When something's right I want to bake. When there's a celebration, I want to bake. When I don't feel well, I want to bake.

    This means I bake a lot.

    Yesterday I had the unreasonable urge to make cream [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 2:37pm EDT

  • Jazz Fixes Nothing

    Jazz here. (As the title might have already led you to believe.) I was on the phone last week with The One True Tami (blessed be Her name) talking for a very long time about really not very much at all, but it led me to some realizations. You shall [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 3:28pm EDT

  • Open Sea, Myself

    I'm just here to wish Jazz good luck in his quitting smoking endeavor. It's a noble pursuit. [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 2:42pm EDT

  • Day 18: No Land In Sight

    Jazz here.

    Here's a news flash which will elicit virtually no sympathy with the assembled masses. For those of you who weren't aware (and why would you care?) unlike the One True Tami, I have remained one of those disgusting people who smoke cigarettes for almost my entire adult [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 2:28pm EDT

  • Technology I Don't Get

    OK, so I'm reading an article on how in Windows, when you hide known file type extensions, people can name their viruses virus.txt.exe and change the icon so that unwary people are fooled into clicking on it.

    Why did they hide the file extensions? If I'm looking [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 3:06pm EDT

  • More Amusing Spam

    And mine is funnier.

    [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 8:33am EDT

  • Amusing Spam

    Beyond emails that assure me that they can increase the size of my manhood, I found a real gem today. It was an ad for religious schools. Whomever sent the email asserted that they could help me find a college that supported my faith.

    Poor bastards never stood [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 8:59am EDT

  • In Restless Dreams

    Jazz here... once again awakened like a shot in the dark by the same damned dream I've been having for three straight nights.

    We're in the past. Georg and I are not married yet, but the day is drawing close fast. There are problems with the arrangements... nothing serious, [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2009, 3:26am EDT

  • Free Giving - What?

    Today I got an email from Crate and Barrel saying that they were giving me 25 dollars to give away to DonorsChoose.org. I didn't get the money of I didn't immediately give it away to the charity that they named. Unbreakable strings attached.

    Donor's Choice seems like' [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:07am EDT

  • April Fools Has Come and Gone

    Nothing got me the way that flying penguins video did, though. [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2009, 8:32am EDT

  • Link of the Day

    Believe it or not, the title's a pun.

    [www.mcphee.com]

    You have to see it for yourself.' [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2009, 4:18pm EDT

  • Springtime is Food Blogging Time

    Just thought I'd let you all know that last night I put together a meatloaf.

    I took about 2 pounds of ground beef, and hand-mushed in 1/2 cup of shredded asiago, a good splash of Worcestershire sauce, salt and coarse ground black pepper (not a lot of salt,' [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 10:35am EDT

  • The Tami Underwear Conundrum

    Tami just posted today about one of the pressing issues of what is, frankly, wrong with women. And I'm sure you'll all agree. It all comes down to the underwear. Women seem to be fixated on whether or not their underwear "matches" or not. Speaking as a guy (and yes, [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 4:18pm EDT

  • Thursday Tami Update

    I don't actually have a topic in mind, but I've been posting every Thursday, so I figured I'd just go stream of consciousness or something.

    This morning someone said that I looked nice. My reply was, "Thanks. I'm wearing matching underwear today. Once you've got a good foundation,'" [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 2:47pm EDT

  • Why Newspapers are Sucking Air

    You don't have to look very far to see that newspapers in the United States are failing. Today is the last day that the Seattle Post Intelligencer will publish a hard copy, paper edition. Other papers are failing or restructuring their corporate model to stay in business. The day' [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2009, 5:22pm EDT

  • Substance Abuse, of a Sorts

    OK, Twitter turns out to be really fun. Who knew? I can't tweet from work, but I can put up little things with my phone when I get a minute here or there.

    This morning, I left my phone in the car. I work in a big office' [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2009, 8:22am EDT

  • 21st Century Gal

    OK, I've signed up for Twitter. At first, it was just to stalk Steven Page, you know, like you do, but then I found out that I could follow w00t and The Onion, as well. Awesome.

    Now it's actually useful. Who would have guessed [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2009, 10:08am EST

  • And This Is Your Life

    They were the best of times. I just wish somebody had taken a moment out of their busy day to tell me before they were gone. I looked into her eyes and this time I saw it, hiding there like a cat ready to finally hit the canary’s cage on [...]

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    Posted: February 26, 2009, 6:16pm EST

  • The Tower

    Anybody know tarot cards?

    My favorite band is no longer the same. I was at their final concert, even though I didn't know it at the time. I'm sad about it.

    I wonder what I'll find to fill in the hole.' [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 8:31am EST

  • Personal Space

    Not sure why I feel the need to do this, but I'm posting about my mom.

    It would have been my mom's 66th birthday, today, had she not passed away in 1987.

    My mom was a great lady. She was friends with every kind of person; [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2009, 9:19am EST

  • Ernie and Bert

    Anyone ever notice that down the right hand column I've got a Sesame Street "Current Terror Level Alert" button? It's been at Ernie/Bert for so long that today I wondered if my widget was no longer working.

    Well, I checked with Homeland Security, and yup, it's working.' [...]
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    Posted: February 23, 2009, 3:58pm EST

  • The Day the Miracle Whip Died

    Today we take a sad look back at the dark day in 2006 when Kraft Foods made the horrible decision to change the recipe for Miracle Whip. In one fell swoop they destroyed a classic American tradition and pushed civilization one step closer to the abyss. We've never fully recovered.[...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2009, 10:56am EST

  • Speaking of Animals

    The New York Post is running a shameful cartoon. Shameful. I don't even want to show it, here, but I've linked it in a new window so you'll know why I'm sad.

    I wrote Sean Delonas an email. OK, the cartoon with the dead chimp and [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2009, 10:46am EST

  • If I Could Talk to the Animals

    Last night I was flipping through the channels and came upon some old, black and white film where a woman very World War 2 era clothes was doing a swirl turn in front of her friend, saying, "Oh Gawd, no! I don't want to wind up being one of those'" [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 4:48pm EST

  • Apoligies All Around

    I'm back. Sorry about Jazz, with his tendencies to write about actual topics and stuff. I should have told him that I stopped doing that years ago and now just blog inane platitudes and cat pictures.

    Glad to be home, I'm sure.

    Me, with[...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2009, 3:20pm EST

  • Sarah Palin: Where the Right Went Wrong

    This weekend I was reading a quote of the day excerpt by Allah Pundit at Hot air, snipped from David Frum's analyis of Sam Tenenhaus' examination of modern conservatism. In it, he takes the useful and interesting tact of abandoning questions of whether or not Palin represented [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2009, 9:20am EST

  • Impeach Obama Now!

    We continue to plod on under the lash of a harsh master, but I must ask you... for how much longer? For seventeen long days we have labored under the oppressive Obama administration. Over the entire course of his administration job losses have been at record levels every single [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 2:04pm EST

  • Sometimes I feel like, Google is watching meeeee

    For those of us in the old fogy set who can actually remember black and white televisions hooked to an antenna on the roof that only got three channels for roughly five hours a day, it is a never ending blessing to have lived long enough to enjoy all the [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 7:35pm EST

  • The Curse of the Black Trash Man

    With the One True Tami (blessed be Her name) sailing off on vacation, I shall take this time to annoy you with some distressing news from the home front. My normal, carefully regulated, increasingly agoraphobic home routine has been upset to a distressing level. For those of you who don't' [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2009, 8:27am EST

  • Adios, Amigos

    I'm outta Jersey starting tomorrow morning for a whole week.
    This time I'm spending my time on a ship. I like ships. [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2009, 2:56pm EST

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Bush's 'War on Terror' Comes to a Sudden EndWASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the "war on terror," as President George W. Bush had defined it,' [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2009, 7:36am EST

  • Probably Not Important

    I just keep thinking that "Miracle on the Hudson" sounds like "Moscow on the Hudson".

    Really glad all the passengers got out alive.

    ...from the plane crash. I don't think that the movie had passengers.' [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2009, 11:07am EST

  • Things That Suck

    1 - War

    War sucks because it means that people are unwilling to compromise without killing each other. Usually when I have a disagreement that I can't win, I give in, although with a terrible lack of grace, and I'm bitter about it basically forever. Still, no loss [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2009, 9:01am EST

  • I'm It

    Sharon tagged me with a meme. I don't like to tag people, because I'm shy about strange things, but I hate to miss out on showing you all how bad I am with a camera phone.

    Me, right now.

    [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2009, 2:39pm EST

  • When Selecting a Mate...

    ... one thing you should always check very early on - pretty much on the first date - is that they don't have a birthday that falls in January or early February. If they do, you can date them, but you shouldn't move in with them or marry them. Because, [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 12:12pm EST

  • And a Happy New Year

    Haven't heard from me much? Too many family issues going on for me to see beyond the immediate and into the world around me. My dad's recovery is going slowly, and with many many many bumps. Taking care of all the stuff, even with help, takes a lot. I'm sure' [...]
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    Posted: December 26, 2008, 11:10am EST

  • A Voice Known to Nerds Everywhere

    RIP, Majel Roddenberry. By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer Robert Jablon, Associated Press Writer – Thu Dec 18, 6:15 pm ET

    LOS ANGELES – Majel Barrett Roddenberry, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's widow who nurtured the legacy of the seminal science fiction TV series after his death, has' [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2008, 8:54am EST

  • I Gots A Crush on Caroline Kennedy

    Unlike the One True Tami, (blessed be Her name) I live in New York, not Jersey. As such, I stand to benefit from the pending appointment of Hillary Clinton to the State Department. I don't mean "benefit" so much in terms of what a great job she'll do in convincing [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2008, 7:52am EST

  • Newsflash, December 2008

    Water is wet, and the US has been in a recession for a year. The economy slipped into recession in December 2007, the nation's business cycle arbiter declared on Monday, and the downturn could be the worst since World War Two.

    The National Bureau of Economic Research said' [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2008, 4:07pm EST

  • Gender Identity Disorder?

    Gender Analyzer says this about my blog:

    We think http://tryaches.blogspot.com is written by a man (68%).

    I remain really female, and there is no way Jazz posts often enough to skew the results that much.

    I often say that I talk like a truck driver, I [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2008, 11:33am EST

  • Unexpected Revelation

    A whole lot of people are on Facebook. So far I've been "friended" by people I haven't spoken to since high school, someone I was in Israel with my first year of college, people I speak with all the time, and relatives whom I wish that I spoke with more [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 9:52am EST

  • Derelict

    Whose job is it to take down all those campaign signs littering the sides of the roads?


    *Edited for an update: my dad got to go home from the hospital on Sunday evening. He's doing just fine, but I can't figure out when I'm going to be able [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 2:01pm EST

  • And So It Goes

    My dad remains in the hospital, but stable. There's some infection going around, and he's reacted poorly to the dye they use in cardiac catheterization, and they want to de-sensitize him to aspirin (he's been allergic), so he's not home, and it's all a giant pain in the ass. [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2008, 8:43am EST

  • An Open Letter

    An Open Letter to the people who voted "yes" on Proposition 8 in California:

    The Church of Tami no longer recognizes any marriage that makes us feel icky or threatened. I'm going to go ahead and say that's every marriage, current or future, of every person who voted "yes" [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2008, 2:53pm EST

  • Fourty Four

    Barack Obama.

    OK, we're on the new roller coaster, let's see how this ride goes. [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2008, 8:31am EST

  • Completely Inappropriate

    So I know it's completely inappropriate to talk about your father's heart attack on your blog, but holy crap, you have to talk about it somewhere! I figured if I wrote it out once, I wouldn't be talking about it all day to everyone. I'm probably wrong about that.

    [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2008, 9:32am EST

  • Always Left of Center

    Your political compass
    Economic Left/Right: -5.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36


    I was reading Poor Impulse Control today, and she posted about this under the post with the adorable picture of "Panky with Pumpkins". I can't believe how big he is! I can believe [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2008, 10:23am EDT

  • I'm Sure Liberals Do It, Too

    But this is a story about asshole Republicans.

    Cops for Bush Arrest 'Liberals,' Say Five
    JERSEY CITY (CN) - New Jersey police officers arrested five people who were posting political signs, calling them "a bunch of fucking liberals," say the five in Hudson County Court. The cops added, "It's [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2008, 9:00am EDT

  • Public Inside Joke

    Sometimes rainbows can be pretty.
    [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2008, 9:29am EDT

  • Mail Bag, October 17th 2008 Edition

    I received an email this morning entitled "The effects of the economic downturn in Britain". It contained the following image:

    [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2008, 8:06am EDT

  • Many a Day Goes By

    Made the pomegranate lamb last night, with some risotto on the side. I was going to use shallot in the risotto, but shockingly, I was out, so I just used chopped white onion. I tossed in a couple of cloves of roasted garlic and smooshed them in there, too. [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2008, 9:12am EDT

  • Random Thoughts for a Tuesday

    Thought One: Everyone thinks that their opinion is correct, especially me.

    Thought Two: Brooke Burke may have won the battle of the boobs last night, but Kym Johnson is always a competitor. That's some display she puts on.

    Thought Three: Will baking bread really be cheaper [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2008, 9:08am EDT

  • I blew Andy Warhol up

    Jazz here. I only point this out lest someone think that The One True Tami (blessed be Her name) performed a morally questionable act on a 60's pop star.

    When I was younger, I kept a series of those leather bound books full of blank paper where you penned [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2008, 2:47pm EDT

  • Nourishing My Soul

    You may have noticed that lately I'm not talking about politics, much. I'm still interested, I just can't figure out what I could say, exactly, that could help anyone. Not right now. Muffins, on the other hand, are damn useful.

    Saturday morning before the gym I popped in to [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2008, 9:13am EDT

  • Pun Intended

    Because sometimes, you just have to.

    I smell a scientific breakthrough coming. [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 2:01pm EDT

  • My Kind of Saturday Night

    Saturday night I had friends over and made fondue - the Murray's Cheese version, the recipe for which I can only find on the Rachael Ray magazine site.
    Ingredients

    3/4 pound Gruyère cheese, grated
    1/2 pound Swiss Emmentaler cheese, grated
    3/4 pound Appenzeller [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2008, 2:56pm EDT

  • Personal Leanings

    Look, I don't like Sarah Palin, and it bothers me. I say things that aren't so politically correct when expressing this opinion. Rather than continue on my bad trend, I thought I'd share something that I read today that sounds a lot more reasonable than I often do.

    [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2008, 11:43am EDT

  • In Case Ye Fergot, Arrrrr

    International Talk Like a Pirate Day, matey! [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2008, 11:55am EDT

  • Palin Quotes

    Actually quotes about Palin.

    A friend sent me this link: The 20 Most Obnoxious Anti-Palin Quotes So Far from Right Wing News. Some of them I find amusing, some distressing in their truth, and one or two I think are over the line. Still, I was inspired [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2008, 8:27am EDT

  • I Appreciate

    I appreciate people who can mock themselves.

    So many levels of funny. Loved this one. [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 3:59pm EDT

  • Listening In Is Rude

    Overheard at work: "When has anyone ever cared so much about the Vice President? Usually they're just a couple of jokers sitting around talking about education reform or whatever - nobody cares. This is one of the most fun elections, ever."

    Nobody cares? Did no one care when Geraldine [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2008, 8:45am EDT

  • Sure is Pretty

    OK, Sarah Palin is attractive, and a good speaker.

    My mom always said that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

    Do not worry, friends and family, I'm not a McCain supporter - you don't have to send me scary emails about how she [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2008, 2:49pm EDT

  • Wednesday Cupcake Blogging


    Rose Levy Beranbaum's "Down Home Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake" batter + whipped vanilla buttercream frosting + sprinkles = Happy

    I think the sprinkles are the secret. [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2008, 2:38pm EDT

  • What I Want

    I want a government that aligns with my opinions. I want a government that cares about taking care of the needy, without eliminating the ability to earn more than the average as an individual. I want a government that makes laws to ensure people's freedoms, rather than ensure that some [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2008, 10:04am EDT

  • Sarah Palin

    OK, so a black President, or a female Vice President. A year of first-first-seconds.

    Geraldine Ferraro, we hardly knew ya.

    I wonder what all the men who hate the idea of women in political office will do, come election time. I wonder if there are really that [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2008, 10:54am EDT

  • I Haven't Written Anything in a While

    I'm wondering if the bankruptcy bill ultimately helped the economy when the credit card companies weren't left holding the *whole* bag when the housing bubble burst. Does that make any sense? Am I just trying desperately to find a reason to like Joe Biden again? Am I fooling myself, [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2008, 1:36pm EDT

  • I Should Have Realized

    Of course I should have realized that McCain was good-looking when he was younger, but I was still surprised at the banner ad I saw on Slashdot:



    Doesn't he seem taller? I have no idea how that works. [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2008, 12:12pm EDT

  • If I Were a Conspiracy Theorist...

    ... I'd say that high gas prices were put in place by a coalition of environmentalists who want people to start walking more and using public transportation. Forcing us was, it seems, the only way to succeed.

    That would be my conspiracy theory. If, you know, I did that [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2008, 11:42am EDT

  • Awesome News on the Tech Front

    I can't tell you how many times I've lost an alternator on a car, which, of course means that I've lost the battery, too. This is why I am very happy to have read this:

    Team Doubles Efficiency of Thermoelectric Material: Good News for Car Electrics
    Scientists at Ohio [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2008, 8:50am EDT
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