After a straight week of temperatures that refused to get out of the 30s and bundling up in sweaters and sweatshirts, Monday brought warmer weather. I was eager to wear a favorite Kelly green 3/4 sleeve top I got for Christmas but haven’t been able to wear much because it’s a little unseasonable for winter [...]
Archive > January 2008
False Advertising
To the advertisers of Sunsweet Ones:
In your commercial, which promotes individually-wrapped prunes as a healthy snacking alternative, one woman unwraps your product, bites into it, and says, “The kids will think they’re eating candy!” I appreciate your efforts to encourage better eating habits in a country where obesity is the new bubonic plague, [...]
LR’s List
Some while has passed since I had a cooking disaster of note (knock on wood regarding the two banana breads currently baking), but in a great twist of cosmic fate, my kitchen deficiencies seem to have transferred them to one of the other householdy chores I despise:
I can’t. bloody. grocery shop.
I’m fairly certain that not [...]
Put the Lime in the Coffee Mug
In the autumn of 2007, Mr. Burt, along with a few pretty convincing headaches on the occasion of not getting quite enough caffeine of a morning, inspired me to get un-addicted to caffeine.
I tried to slowly wean myself away, reducing my caffeine intake little by little, but I felt like such utter trash the first [...]
Irony
Yesterday an advertisement for Oprah’s Bestlife Challenge 2008 (”This is your year to end the struggle with weight!”) was immediately followed by a commercial for all you can eat pancakes at IHOP.
Should I write Oprah and let her know? Do you think she would champion me and together we could crusade against WFAA-TV and IHOP? [...]
