Not sure what’s crazier: the line at Starbucks, or the fact that I walked to another Starbucks in less time than it would have taken to get through.
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What made me think taking the bus would *simplify* my commute to an office next
What made me think taking the bus would *simplify* my commute to an office next to LAX on the day before Thanksgiving?
Remember when Cheerios were healthy?
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Food Allergy Initiative have completed their merger, and will be called FARE…
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Food Allergy Initiative have completed their merger, and will be called FARE, highlighting their focus on food allergy research and education.
Yellow clouds near sunset.
Yellow clouds near sunset. It looked like the thicker clouds were actually raining – in fact, we could see a fragment of rainbow off to the right of the frame – but there was no sign of the rain actually reaching the ground anywhere.
They came out a bit too orange, now that I look at them again. But the golden hour sunlight reflected off of the cloud cover made for eerie lightning. It reminded me a bit of being in the smoke plume of a wildfire, except for the fact that the air was clear. (Clearer than usual, actually, with the Santa Anas blowing.)
Interesting. This article is missing a few numbers, but Wikipedia’s article on the election…
Interesting. This article is missing a few numbers, but Wikipedia's article on the election places him at 0.95% of the popular vote, the highest of the third party candidates this year (though still smaller than the gap between Romney & Obama). Still smaller than Nader's share in 2000, and of course WAY smaller than Ross Perot's record 18% in 1992.
An interesting read about the structure of the internet, and how parts of it
https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-google-went-offline-today-and-a-bit-about/
An interesting read about the structure of the internet, and how parts of it are more fragile than you might expect.
A lot of standard emergency food tends to be the same foods that people are most likely to be allergic to.
Something to remember: a lot of standard emergency food tends to be the same foods that people are most likely to be allergic to. Not everyone can make a meal out of canned tuna and peanut butter.
“‘Trick or treat.’ Can you say that?” “Nope.”
“‘Trick or treat.’ Can you say that?”
“Nope.”
What really bothers me about the Lucasfilm/Disney deal
I suppose it’s silly, but after thinking about it for a bit, what really bothers me about the Lucasfilm/Disney deal is that by continuing the movie series with Episodes 7-9, they are undermining the distinction between the Star Wars *saga* and the Star Wars *franchise*.
Things you never thought you’d say: “You don’t eat noodles from your feet.”
Things you never thought you'd say: “You don't eat noodles from your feet.”
The Food Allergy Walk was a success.
The Food Allergy Walk was a success. Our team raised over $1,300, and the event overall raised about $45,000 (and that’s only the online donations.) Plus we got to hang out with family.
At Marina Green Park in Long Beach
We used to joke about toothpaste with oat bran
At the height of the oat bran craze, we used to joke about toothpaste with oat bran. I never thought i’d actually see it.
Whoa. I can think of two incidents where this could have been me
Whoa. I can think of two incidents where this could have been me: one where I could have been the subject, and one where I could have been telling the story.
First, when I was 18, I accidentally ate part of a peanut butter cookie at an event and didn’t have my Epi-Pen with me. Fortunately we weren’t very far from home (though knowing what I know now, 911 might have been a better option).
And then just last month, on vacation, the hotel restaurant messed up our order and gave our son a PBJ sandwich. Katie caught it before he ate any of it, and it’s possible he hasn’t inherited my allergy to peanuts, but we didn’t want to find out that way.
Age of the Hobbits
LOTR Ripoff, Age of The Hobbits, Claims Hobbits Are Real, Sticks Tongue Out At New Line Cinema
The Asylum (Alien vs. Hunter, Snakes on a Train, Transmorphers) is really pushing it with their titles. They’re claiming “Hobbit” is fair game because their movie is about Homo Floresiensis. Plus, y’know, dragons.
What Prop 37 exempts from labeling and why.
carighttoknow.org/exemptions
What Prop 37 exempts from labeling and why. For example: organic foods are held to a stricter standard already, and aren’t allowed to contain GMOs to begin with. And that pet food thing? It’s not the meat that needs to be labeled, it’s the grains in it, same as food for humans.
Whoa!
Great trilogy, highly recommended (and I’m not normally a zombie fan). The first book…
[Newsflesh]
Great trilogy, highly recommended (and I'm not normally a zombie fan). The first book stands well on its own as a political thriller in a world where the humans have reclaimed the earth from the living dead…mostly.
Endeavour Parked in LA
It’s amazing how early kids start rules-lawyering. I’ve been trying to teach J not to…
It's amazing how early kids start rules-lawyering. I've been trying to teach J not to pull stuff out of my laptop bag, and of course 30 seconds after the latest round, he's at it again…putting post-its *into* the bag. Because I specifically told him not to take stuff *out* of it!