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Bush says the war with Iraq will cost $75 billion dollars. $75 billion. I wonder if they considered just paying Saddam $30 billion to leave. I mean, think of the… Read more »

I’ve had my years of being broke and massively in debt. But, thanks to some combination of luck, hard work and persistence, I’m happy to be financially stable today and… Read more »

This weekend I went to the grand opening of a coffeeshop in San Leandro. The proprietor of the shop is a dear friend of mine, and a former co-worker. He… Read more »

The last three weeks at work have been alternately hellish and amusing. About three weeks ago, I found out that I was being invited to an offsite hosted by my… Read more »

I find myself craving a weekend away with you; away from the stresses of work and home, an opportunity to wallow in my senses. I want the time and leisure… Read more »

Over the course of Christmas and my birthday, I have received: “Best Recipes” cookbook from those fine folks at Cooks Illustrated “Cordon Bleu” cookbook A subscription to Cooks Illustrated Two… Read more »

Sigh. My nephew sent me one of those “Buy magazines through my school so we get money.” Which I would love to support, but… their list is such weak-ass magazines…. Read more »

Today I heard two women deriding some poor guy for going through a “mid-life crisis”. I took the opportunity to offer them both some (unsolicited) insight into this phenomenon. Let’s… Read more »

… but it’s from something that I cooked, so I guess that’s self love. Tonight was my first attempt at making eggplant parmesan from scratch, and it was splendiferous, even… Read more »

Remind me who won in the election, the Republicrats or the Democans? I think the most insidious thing about the last fifty years of American politics is the pretense that… Read more »