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Entries Tagged as 'food'

Playlist: Do the South

July 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Birmingham Magazine’s online music column recently proposed a playlist that would take listeners on a journey through the South. In addition to posting their list, they opened up for reader submissions. I posted one…

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Tags: food · history · music · politics

Protected: Pat to Ida: 26 April 1944 (letter 1)

July 20th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Ida to Pat: 23/24 April 1944

July 12th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Ida to Pat: 23 April 1944

July 10th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: food · Ida & Pat · music

Protected: Pat to Ida: 23 April 1944 (letter 2)

July 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on Protected: Pat to Ida: 23 April 1944 (letter 2)

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Thoughts for today (7 July 2009)

July 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

If my mother had asked us this question as kids, or something similar (like “Want me to make a positive difference and fight for ALL of South Oceanside children’s future from OUTSIDE of our kitchen?”), we would have just looked at her as if she had sprouted a second head on her shoulders.

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Tags: family · food · ideas · language · politics

Protected: Ida to Pat: 19 April 1944

June 20th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Customer Service All-Stars: Contestant #2

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Marlon motions to me silently to follow him to the third register. He appears to be in take-charge mode and is going to process my transaction himself. He enters the hard drive’s barcode and the price comes up.

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Tags: food · self

The Arsenal: 10 June 2009

June 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Top Chef Masters;
Researching my house;
American Masters: The American Novel

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Tags: books · fiction · food · house · The Arsenal · TV

Customer Service All-Stars: Contestant #1

June 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The second person in line is a woman returning food. She is cradling a plastic basket in one arm and a baby in the other arm. I can see that the basket contains several items, including Pop Tarts, baby socks, and those unnaturally orange cheese crackers. The baby leans over and drools on the crackers.

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Tags: food · language · self