• Dear Mom - Food, Glorious Food - Only in Utah... - Random Access Memories

    Craving Fry Sauce

    Hires:Product » Hamburger and Fry Sauce Two PackArctic Circle: Original Fry Sauce  There are few things less healthy to eat, and few things more satisfying, than fries with fry sauce. It's kind of a Utah thing – it was written up during the Olympics, it showed up on pins and posters, but still a locally acquired taste. It's not just ketchup mixed with mayonnaise; there's a bit more kick to it than that. When I was growing up in Utah, there were several local burger eateries, and Mom and I went to them all in turn.  We often went to…

  • Dear Mom - Photos and Shutterblogs - The Never-Ending Bloga

    Purty Gurl

    This is just a test post with perks: I get to see if Image Manager by Per Søderlind solves my little problem with IE not being able to show the WordPress image uploader. And it does, so nana-nana-booboo, Mr. Gates. My readers (all seven of you!) get to see my great-niece, Alexa. All snowy and cute. And perky. And it works! The crowd goes wild. Extended geeky navel-gazing follows… I had been somewhat puzzled by the fact that at home, I could upload images via either the WordPress built-in uploader, or via ecto, but I could not upload images while at work.…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-02-01

    Wired News: I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI (tags: QueenAnne Seattle Cybercrook carder Underground) deseretnews.com | Remember clear air? ‘Red’ days lingering (tags: SLC pollution inversion crud) CLIF BAR | Eat | CLIF BAR (tags: nutrition)

  • Food, Glorious Food - Health And Fitness - Today

    Food Journal

    Breakfast: banana, coffeeSnack: noneLunch: 60 cal yogurt drink, 240 cal Oatmeal walnut Clif energy bar, yet another banana As you can see, it's a gnarly bar. Dinner: Penne Crodola from Babaluci. Some added Parmesan. Kind of a lot, really. It's been a long day.  

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Life On Mars Returns in 2007

    BBC – Drama – Life On Mars – Series 2 The excellent BBC cop show about a modern day police detective who has some sort of accident in 2006 and wakes up in 1973, as a cop, in that very shaggy, very “me decade” decade returns sometime this year on BBC One. There’s no telling how long until it shows up on BBC America, though, which leaves me feeling a bit glum. That reminds me – I really need to check out BBCA and see if I need to ginger up TiVo a bit. Arcade Fire & David Bowie: Life…

  • Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    Global Warming in from the Cold!

    AP Wire | 01/30/2007 | Panel hears climate 'spin' allegations WASHINGTON – Federal scientists have been pressured to play down global warming, advocacy groups testified Tuesday at the Democrats' first investigative hearing since taking control of Congress. It's good to have a Congress capable of doing its job: investigating the issues and providing oversight. And yes, you WH pinheads, global warming is fact, not fiction.