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They still have not determined the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak that was initially blamed on tomatoes. But I know the cause. See if you can guess what from this quote from this article: Other food-safety experts, including Doug Powell at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., have wondered whether jalapeños, green […]

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In the news, there is proof that we’ve finally reached the Starbucks Saturation Point: Starbucks to cut up to 12,000 jobs, close 600 stores. I don’t patronize Starbucks, or any coffee house for that matter, because I’m just not that into coffee. Or at least not into paying a lot for coffee. […]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: By now, I’m sure everyone’s seen the “Chewing It Over” commercials for Twix candy bars, which feature guys in potentially embarrassing situations who take a moment to munch on candy before deciding what to say, thereby saving themselves. They’re like the old Mentos ads, except… y’know… coherent. The […]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: On the eve of Bill Gates’ departure from the company he built, it seems only right to complain about Microsoft. So here’s my latest beef. Sometime in the past several months, they changed the Windows Update procedure (for Windows XP at least) so that updates are only installed […]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: Taco Bell coupons. This has been bugging me for a long time. Take a gander at the coupon below:

All well and good, right? Coupons are great and they save you money, right? Wrong! All the Taco Bell’s in this area sell the Spicy Crunch Wrap Supreme […]

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They’ve started putting up the red light cameras in Denver (which I last blogged about here). The ones at 6th & Kalamath are already up. I drive by them every work day but I don’t think they’re operational quite yet. The pic here is of workers installing one of them at 6th […]

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