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A Love Letter Unwrapped

Posted on February 10, 2009 in Fractured Curiosity

(A Prelude To Valentine’s Day, 2009. Part 2 of 5) (For all you feed reader types looking for my travel posts, and those newly subscribed, my travel posts are now listed chronologically, and by country. Just click on the “I Heart Travel” link at the top of my main page. Enjoy.) Dear Condom, You always [...]

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Obama Trading Cards, Seriously?

Posted on February 4, 2009 in Fractured Curiosity

Yes, they exist! I discovered Topps Obama trading cards in a Floridia WalMart sitting between a box of Upper Deck’s 2009 series 1 premium baseball trading cards and a box of World of Warcraft trading cards. If I buy anything in a checkout line, typically it is a Butterfinger, Dr. Pepper, or the newest package [...]

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Super Bowl Commericals, Version XLIII. A Touchdown And An Extra Point?

Posted on February 1, 2009 in Fractured Curiosity

Who won the Super Bowl? Who cares! I sat through the entirety of Super Bowl XLIII so that in a few years, when somebody asks, as they undoubtedly will, I (and now you too) can describe one of the following commercials… Shockingly, Doritos came right back with another hilarious commercial… Valentine’s day is fast approaching. [...]

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In Defense Of Food

Posted on January 24, 2009 in Fractured Curiosity

I’ll save you the trouble of reading In Defense Of Food, by Michael Pollan. If you do, skip the first part. You’ll thank me. According to this NY times best-selling author (blah, blah, blah), there are “five fundamental transformations to our foods and eating ” that are wreaking havoc on our bodies and our cultures. [...]

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