Day: December 15, 2005

  • Swallow, don't spit! And sentimental reminiscing on an exploding CD Rom

    I bypassed the Dole salad bag as it was down in the double digits (way down) in popularity. A curious sort, I clicked the link at Amazon to get a look at the top 100 gourmet items being ordered this Christmas. Lo and behold the 99 spot is occupied by… a $7.45 box of cinnamon…

  • Ok, how about this?

    You see, I typed into a search in Gourmet Foods (at Amazon) the search term “European” just to see what might come up, rather than, y’know, buying everyone Xmas steaks (haha) or something like that. The truffles came up. Too expensive. Next page was this gourmet European item. 10 ounces of Dole European Salad in…

  • Young Actress with Roses (digital painting)

    Young Actress with Roses 14 by 28 inches digital painting 2005 Our power went off last night. Off and on. Off and on. Off and on. We were all just getting to sleep and I heard this wild distant sound and the power went off. Then the power came back on. Then there was again…

  • Fast Food Hell

    “Find Furby at BK! You can collect all 100 FURBY toys!” That’s what it reads on the little blue box which today’s Furby came in. H.o.p. had been hoping instead for a King Kong at Burger King. Instead the Furby arrived with the meal. “Did you tell them I’m a boy?” H.o.p. asked. Burger King…