A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

Much to my surprise, it looks near impossible to buy Act II Caramel Popcorn online. I found one source for Orville Redenbacher’s Caramel Popcorn via Amazon.com, but it’s too expensive. I’m just going to have to watch the sales at Kroger and stock up on Orville.
Wal-Mart was the only seller of Act II Caramel [...]

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Just learned today that fresh sauerkraut is a “probiotic” food. Yep, it’s one of those “good bacteria” sources, not unlike yogurt or other fermented products. (Sauerkraut is fermented cabbage. I know, sounds less appetizing that way. Let’s stick to “sauerkraut.”) Basically, it supports the good bacteria in your digestive system.
Read more: “Got cabbage? Make [...]

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This last week was particularly exhausting. We had a 2-day strategy “retreat” (we retreated from normal work, I guess) for our department (all 6 of us). I think we made great progress: clearly defined objectives for the next 12 months, improved the way we build strategies and tasks, reaffirmed the atmosphere of teamwork and [...]

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I stumbled across the AeroGrow AeroGarden Garden Kit while searching books at Amazon.com today. I decided to read more after spotting something about “self-watering” or some such lazy feature. It really looks interesting, though.
I have to confess a bit of a Star Trek reaction while I read the description. ….”preseeded bio-dome grow pod”….”Microprocessor automatically [...]

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So tonight I went for another one-dish meal and decided to nuke some diced new potatoes and tuna mixed together. As it was heating, it started to remind me of corned beef hash, one of my big weaknesses. When the taters and tuna were well heated, I topped it off with a couple of [...]

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