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Two Bald Boys and a Brisket
Great Texas brisket can be a life-altering experience, right up there with shaving one’s head or birthing a child. All three of those life-altering experiences played into our Memorial Day weekend. Before you get all excited, my personal pitmaster-for-life XFE and I are responsible for the brisket, but not the baby. Well, sorta. We started…
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Friday Linkage: Big Cats Find Love on Metro
Want to get even closer to the sweaty intern swaying next to you on the packed Blue line this summer? Now there’s a dating website for DC metro riders. Giving new meaning to “weekend track work.” (I have no idea what I was insinuating there. Doesn’t really work, does it? Look! Something shiny!) Speaking of…
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I’m Going to Recommend You Not Swat At That TNT-Coated Bee
Bees are crazy interesting creatures. For example, did you know a honey bee can fly for up to six miles and as fast as 15 miles per hour. And to make one pound of honey, a bee would have to fly around 90,000 miles, which comes out to about 3 times around the globe, and,…
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Infographic: Surviving a Baby Shower
In a truly shocking turn of events, I went to a baby shower this weekend that was not awful. Actually, it was quite nice. Well, I’m not willing to totally go against character and put my curmudgeonly persona into a coma — it was quite nice for a baby shower, let’s say. I mean, there’s…
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Friday Linkages: Why Not?
I’ve never tried one of these link roundup things before, but there’s just too much for me to tackle in individual posts. My adult-guardian-for-life XFE will be going out of town on a work trip this weekend, so I will, of course, hole myself up in the house, eat too much cheese, and watch too…
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How Do I Put This Delicately?
For someone who is not involved in the medical or porn industries, I’ve certainly seen more than my fair share of …ahem…lady bits lately. For the record, “more than my fair share,” would be anything over the number one. And, again, for the record and clarification, I’m talking about nether regions. Boxes. Muffs. Putangs. I’m…
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Hotel Crashing: Two Starwood/Libertador Hotels in Peru
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on the blog before, but I sometimes have trouble sleeping. (I know I’ve told it in person to every person who’s crossed my path. And everyone on Facebook and Twitter. And in the comments section of a couple of other blogs). Anyway, it’s actually a fairly frustrating form…
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You Know What Makes Everything Better? Cat Videos
It’s been…a…challenging week around here. The weather has been abysmal — cold and rainy yet humid and gross. Requiring one to wear a coat and/or sweater and/or scarf, then carry some combination of those items during the afternoon, only to put them on again in the early evening. I constantly smell like layers of slightly…
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San Sebastian Revisited (Six Months Later)
I have a weird blogging habit – I hate to put up my last post from a particular vacation. I guess subconsciously I feel like it’s the last time I’ll savor a place. That writing that last post means that vacation is truly ended and in the books and only to be relived on the…
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Infographic Friday! Honorary Beverages Edition
We’ve got a big weekend coming up, people. It’s the Kentucky Derby on Saturday and Cinco de Mayo on Sunday. Both are perfect excuses for themed drinks. And, infographics. For example, did you know that the mint julep has been promoted by Churchill Downs in association with the Kentucky Derby since 1938? Yeah, me either. And each year almost…