Archive for November 25th, 2006

thankful

Competitive eaters celebrate 12-minute Thanksgiving in New York:

The contest was presided over by “Hungry” Charles Hardy, himself a former hot-dog eating champion, while a math student from Columbia University was on hand to officiate at the weigh-in. [Emphasis added -Ed.]

Sounds like a great tip that a Bwog writer could follow through with…

wanted: headphones

Can any readers recommend a good pair of bud headphones? The cord on my Sony MDR-EX71SL has worn down to bare copper, as apparently they do.  Something under $50 but if quality comes at a price so be it.

home for the holidays

It’s always good to see family, eat heartily, and soak in the ancestral bath of NJ, yet I dread the moments where I face my tenuous link to my heritage. Consider today:

I was at the [crab]ese grocery store. Mom had asked me to pick up a bag of rice and some eggs. I walk up to the storekeeper and ask, in my best [crab]ese, which aisle I could find the “beautiful microphones.”

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