Tuesday December 15, 2009 JST

crystal head vodka

dan akyroyd is apparently obsessed with the supernatural and as a result has created a vodka which is sold in a crystal replica of a human skull.

those don’t connect at all for me, but yet, here he is sort of explaining it?  I still do not understand.  Hewlett Packard is involved?  What?  Am I the only person who has never heard of this weird crystal skull phenomena?
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Wednesday August 6, 2008 JST

dum dum dum dum…dum dum dum dum

(that’s the wedding march if you didn’t understand my humming. :) )

I am going to approximately a kajillion and four weddings this year, so I thought I would point out this bit of wisdom I found in a CHOW article I was reading.  It is succinct and brilliant:

“Better to have hors d’oeurves and cocktails only, with no main course, than to have a cash bar.”

My corollary would be “If you are not having a bar*, tell me beforehand so I can bring a flask.”

*And honestly, if you are not, how did I get invited to this wedding, because we’re not friends.

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Friday July 11, 2008 JST

7/11–NEVER FORGET!

It’s July 11, or 7-11 day–the day of FREE SLURPEES!  I love Slurpees.  I prefer Coke or Cherry, but the new flavors once in a while turn my eye,  I went to the new Slurpee fancy website and watched a pretty funny video about the Slurpee’s history.  But what gave me pause was that I am currently exactly the average age of a Slurpee drinker.  I am a token of Slurpee goodness! Num num.  I also was given this factt: