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Foodies and Gardeners Haunt My Dreams Edition: Non Sequitur of the Day

Posted: October 13th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: asparagus, etymology, food, foodies, gardening, lex, non sequitur, wwtbam | No Comments »


Martha Washington Asparagus.”

Why?

Just . . . because. . . now I can.


Today’s Word Fun: Microsoft’s New Search Brand Not That New

Posted: June 6th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: bing crosby, dave bing, detroit, detroit pistons, etymology, food, hbo, microsoft, nba, timekillers, words | No Comments »
Microsoft Bing:

Bing Crosby:


Bing Cherry:


Dave Bing:


The Bada-Bing!:

The Machine that Goes “Bing“:


Mardi Gras / Carnival v. Fat Tuesday, in Detroit

Posted: February 24th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: brazil, carnival, detroit, food, holidays, mardi gras | No Comments »


In New Orleans and Brazil, the celebration of the beginning of Lent incorporates many parades featuring semi-naked women:

While in Detroit, we gorge on souped-up jelly doughnuts (aka paczki):

These days, ya takes what ya can gets.


I Would Have Quiero-ed This Case on Contingency

Posted: January 26th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: IP, advertising, business, food, law, marketing, michigan, taco bell | No Comments »

Remember the campaign with the chihuahua jonesing for Taco Bell? A Grand Rapids agency thought their idea got ripped off and won their trial in Michigan a few years ago. Taco Bell then sued their agency in California, and it ended up on appeal there, and on Monday, Taco Bell lost, yet again.

What was a $30 million verdict, with $12 million in interest, continues to tick-tick-tick up with new interest, the final tab running ever higher. TB should bring back the 99 cent double decker taco, sell a few dozen million and settle this thing.


Sometimes You Can Infer My Reality From My Posts

Posted: December 23rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: The Internets, dogs, food, health, lex | No Comments »

Today, I needed to check out the link below because of a circumstance which you can probably figure out, what with mucho holiday candy laying about.

So, from National Geographic: a very neat page allowing you to see how much chocolate it takes to injure your dog.

When one talks about chocolate labs, apparently it shouldn’t be, like, literally chocolate.


Timekilling Sites for a Good Cause: Slacker Saturday Edition

Posted: December 6th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: The Internets, charity, food, fun, timekillers | No Comments »

To help feed people, go to FreeRice.com.

To help feed dogs, got to FreeKibble.com.

To help feed kitty cats, go to FreeKibblekat.com.


Non Sequitur of the Holiday: Fowl History Edition

Posted: November 26th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: food, history, holidays, non sequitur | No Comments »

Heritage turkey.”

Ben Franklin would be so proud.


Fun with Pictures: Divas and Others

Posted: November 12th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: VPILF, etymology, food, music, pop culture | No Comments »
Diva:

Divan:


Dijon:


Devo:


Those Stars in Your Eyes Are From Looking At Krispy Kremes

Posted: November 3rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Election:2008, food, fun, money, pop culture | No Comments »


You’ve probably heard about the free coffee at Starbucks on Election Day, but there’s a lot of other swag to be gotten for exercising your franchise tomorrow, despite the efforts of buzzkills.

Included among those companies is Krispy Kreme. So, in addition to making and selling the greatest food product in the history of the universe, it is nice to know that it is also an outstanding corporate citizen.

Mmmmm, donuts.


Playing with Your Food As a Political Statement

Posted: October 22nd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Election:2008, Republicans, VPILF, food, holidays, hypocrisy, shopping | No Comments »
To make a statement next week with your Barack O’Lantern [sic],
you can get neat stencils from Yes We Carve.

Now, kids, no fancy schmancy knives from Neiman’s,
even if Caribou Barbie shares her clothes return credit wit ya.