“If the first word isn’t a meat, they say you shouldn’t buy it” Veronica told me as we scanned around the packaging of a bag of Hills Science Diet cat food. “Ok, the first ingredient is …Hydrogenated Chicken Byproduct…that’s a meat right? “ I muttered, confused at this new level of ambiguity. I have had [...]
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Top 25 photos that reflect my 2012
I’m a big fan of Buzzfeed style roll ups – so i decided to do one of my own. Here’s the top 25 photos with snarky comments that pretty much sum up my year. 25. This dog drinking at Heart and Dagger Saloon 24. My friend Mansur having a conversation with this bear 23. [...]
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CA proposition round up (30-38)
In the USA, we have anonymous voting, a sacred right to participate in the democratic system without fear of being oppressed by your government. We also have the right to shoot our mouths of and tell everyone in sight. I opted for the latter. Here is a voting guide to props 30-38. There’s 40, but [...]
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A better way to compare smartphones
In the wake of the iPhone 5 announcement, the tech blogs are firing out a flurry of comparisons, analysis and infographics trying to compare the iPhone 5 against other competitors. I’ve found most of these charts to be confusing, misleading, and for the most part, worthless. Some of them (like this one on The Daily) [...]
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Things you should just buy at Ross/Marshall’s
While I do the bulk of my day to day shopping at department stores ( and Target), I’ve learned certain things are definitely cheaper, and just worth getting at a discount store like Marshall’s or Ross. Here’s a list of items that are generally always in stock and cheaper at a discount store: 1 pan [...]
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A Day at the Dog Park
For most of my life – I have had a cat, but there was one brief moment when I did have a dog, named Coco. We had Coco until my dad took ride in our old ’82 El Camino, with Coco in the back. After a few miles, my dad pulled over beside an empty [...]
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A Yelp review with fake friends for a place that doesn’t exist
My friends and I had been talking about finding a great place to eat nearby that served beer and fries – after all, Jared hates hard liquor and my other friend Charley has to have his fries before 8pm or else he gets cranky. But where to go? We had been walking for hours taking [...]
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A reformatted chatlog
Mansur Syed did the world flash before your eyes howd u feel? Ernie Granillo This sounds pretty hyperbolic, but it is kind of like, seeing your own mortality. In a very dramatic/hyperbolic way. See like roller coasters and rides and stuff, they do similar things to your body; like physically its a similar feeling. But [...]
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