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Revenge Of The Artichokes

No matter how obscure an activity is, you can find other people on the internet who do it too. Saw this in my Google analytics today: I guess I’m not the only person to battle the artichokes, and lose. Tweet … Continue reading

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All Artichoked Up

It’s been years since I ruined dinner badly enough to scrap it and order take out. Look, I’m not saying I’ve never had trouble boiling water, and there was that time in college when I set off Eric’s smoke detector, … Continue reading

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Chinese Standards

My new co-worker, David, and I both have Thursdays and Fridays off, so yesterday we went exploring downtown. “is this squid on a stick kosher?” “The next person who calls me lao wei…” The Lonely Planet mentions that Yantai #2 … Continue reading

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