Wednesday, October 29, 2008

New Hampshire in the Autumn Time

Please enjoy a few photos from my trip to New Hampshire and the Pumpkin Festival in Keene!






Monday, October 27, 2008

What is Stuck in My Head

My uncle showed me this video and now I can't get the song out of my head, but it's not a bad thing though. I think you'll enjoy it too.

Barack Obama is Irish

Monday, October 20, 2008

Memories


Today I found a mixtape I made my freshman year of college. I had borrowed CDs from a few people in my dorm to create an awesome mix. Here are some highlights from the tape:
  • I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy
  • Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - the Police
  • In My Room - Brain Wilson
  • Angel of the Morning - Chip Taylor
  • Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
  • Selections from the soundtrack of Grease
  • Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
  • Told You So - Barenaked Ladies
  • Selections from Abba Gold
  • Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
It may be the worst mixtape ever.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Inspired

Today I volunteered at the KUOW (Seattle's NPR station) fall pledge drive. I had a woman call in and donate $50. After I took down her information I asked her is she had any comments or programming notes for the station. She choked up a bit and said, "Well, I wouldn't want this mentioned on the air, but we're losing our house and my husband just lost his pension, but I couldn't stand the thought of losing NPR so I'm donating today."

The next pledge I took was my own.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Debating the Debates

Today I asked a co-worker if he watched the presidential debate. He said, "No, but I watched the Daily Show recap. That was enough."

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Re-review: Corazonas Chips

Last month I reviewed Corazonas Potato Chips. Corazonas was nice enough to send me some additional chips to taste test again. A couple days ago this beautiful package arrived at my office. Yesterday after our run, Eliza help me taste them again.



We tasted three kinds of potato chips: Slightly Salted, Pacific Rim Barbecue, and Italiano 4 Cheese. The first thing I must address is the reason my first review was unfavorable, the oily coating of the mouth after eating the chips last time. This time there was no oily coating of the mouth and thus I enjoyed the chips much more!

The Slighty Salty are a good basic chip and a great choice against other chips because of the less fat. Eliza and I both found the Pacific Rim Barbecue flavor to be a little too strong. I kept feeling like it tasted similar to something I had recently eaten, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. The Italiano 4 Cheese was very interesting because it has blue cheese in it. I didn't love it, but Eliza did because it tasted like real cheese. She ended up taking the bag home with her.

We also tasted three kinds of tortilla chips: Margarita Lime, Original and Baja Bean Dip. One cool feature is that these chips are made with whole oats that you can actually see in the chips. We both heartily enjoyed the original flavor, they reminded us a lot of Wheat Thins and have a little more of a cracker flavor. With the oats the chips are a little more moist that traditional tortilla chips. The Margarita Lime were quite solid, tasting very similar to other Lime and Chili chips we've tried. My favorite was the Baja Bean, Eliza wasn't as big of a fan of it, but I thought they had a great zesty taste.


The bottom line is that I would buy the tortilla chips again, so thanks to Corazonas for having me try them again!

Friday, October 3, 2008

Le freak, c'est chic

The Guardian put together a most entertaining slideshow as a fashion week follow-up. View it here. I promise it's well worth the click.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Rave Review: Nike Timing

I got a Nike running watch for Christmas almost two year ago (thanks Mom and Dad). It suddenly stopped working a few months ago. I think the battery may have been dead, but the watch didn't petered out, just went from working fine to nothing showing up on the screen. I looked up in the directions and found a service number to call. It took me a couple calls to reach them, but once I got through during stand central time business hours I got an address to mail it to. I just needed to mail then the watch and note explaining what was going on, no serial numbers or proof of purchase required.

A couple weeks after I mailed it, my watch showed back up running great and the best part is that they didn't charge me anything. I only had to pay to mail it there. So bravo to Nike Timing for great, hassle-free service.