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insert “me so” joke here

Posted in quick fix, tagged on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It doesn’t seem promising, a paper cup with a foil packet of “flavor” and waiting-to-be-reconstituted noodles, tofu, and seaweed. But as I sit here eating a “New York style” bagel (what’s the alternative—crappy Freezer Section style for the Jew-food-phobic?), I wish I had another cup o’ Dr. McDougall’s. Unfortunately, there are those days when you just can’t [...]

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food banks

Posted in general on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I just saw this story today: A couple in Colorado opened their fields to the public to clear out the harvest leftovers and 40,000 people showed up. Traffic was backed up for miles in the name of free potatoes, carrots, and leeks. People need food, and not everyone can buy the food they need. So just [...]

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always read your labels, kids

Posted in general, tagged , on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Pretty cool, right, tofu with vegetable bits in it? Yeah, I thought so too when I saw it at my somewhat local Asian market. And it was frozen! I always bitch that someone should sell frozen tofu slices so you can take them home, defrost, and bread. Otherwise you have to think at least a [...]

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umweltfreundliches bambus

Posted in on your person on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

That means “eco-friendly bamboo,” which is what these gloves are. Moving from L.A. meant I was going to be facing some sort of real winter, so the quest for a decent pair of gloves was on. Avoiding wool is tough when you’re looking for a quality knitted glove. Those $3 magic-stretch things just won’t do [...]

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fronch toast post

Posted in general, tagged , on November 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Every time I make this, I laugh. I laugh because I pick up my copy of Vegan with a Vengeance, open it to the recipe, and picture the mom on “Better Off Dead” trying to impress the foreign exchange student with her continental cuisine. And then I picture Ricky’s mom blowing up. Oh, ’80s cinema, [...]

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quick fix: grilled cheese

Posted in quick fix, tagged on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Again, never a big fan of cheese, but I did used to eat grilled cheese with a single, perfectly mosaic’d-to-fit-the-bread layer of Kraft fat-free American singles. These could hardly be called cheese—I once had these things in the trunk of my car for a week (long story) and they looked as perfect and happy as [...]

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i vote for an extra sunday

Posted in general, tagged , on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It’s almost time to get to bed so I can start a new workweek fresh and bright. But I don’t wanna. I want an extra Sunday. Today was pretty good. Gray but good. Tom and I got a lot of housework done and set up a desert terrarium (photos to come another day). We were [...]

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bloody cupcakes from space

Posted in general, tagged on November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

What is a week, really, but seven days? To be fair and honest and all, Halloween was eight days ago. Halloween doesn’t deserve the neglect I’ve given it. It really is the one holiday I can totally get behind. Little kids dressing up as Chewbacca and ax-murder victims and witches, love it. Fake spiders, dry [...]

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aside from the obvious

Posted in general on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have so much to catch up on—I haven’t even posted my halloween pictures yet (bloody cupcakes from space!)—but here’s a little bit of election news. Read more about Prop 2 here. It’s far from ideal, and who knows just how much it will help (some believe laws were made to be broken), but it’s a [...]

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