December 9th, 2008
To follow up on my previous post-o-angst about toy stores disappearing from malls, I present this clip about the wasted real estate in the nearby mall of redundancy. You’ll see Abercrombie & Fitch and just a hop-skip (no need to jump) away, you’ll see Abercrombie. This mall is guilty of gluttony. It ordered a fast-food [...]
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September 9th, 2008
A good stapler is hard to find. I moved to a new office recently and in the box of crap from my old diggs my stapler went away without leave. But don’t get me wrong, it was not a good stapler. It was horrible. It never worked right. Good riddence to the decrepit bastard!
Come to [...]
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September 5th, 2008
This, from the makers of the new Aquafina, now with moisture!
“Vegetarian beans” is redundant. I realize that many refried beans are made with lard (mmm) which necessitates such a disclaimer. But in their proper context, of all the veggies out there, beans should be the veggie most dependable to simply be nothing more than frikkin’ [...]
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June 14th, 2008
Toy stores … there used to be one for every mall. Now, where are they? I was at a (sarcasm starts) brilliant mall today called Fayette Mall (yeah, you know it - and no, no link to it) and they have a really cool little indoor playground with those big rubbery things kids can climb [...]
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June 13th, 2008
Since my old blog, Todd Man Out, got wiped, this is one post I wanted to bring back from the dead. It’s a keepsake. I had a quick discussion about yams today and how they are different from sweet potatoes. True or not, it makes no difference in my level of disgust for them. So, [...]
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June 3rd, 2008
You put trash by the road in your trash cans and the garbage man takes it away. Simple. But what if your trash can is the trash? Not so simple. You put it by the side of the road and the garbage man won’t take it.
They don’t make trash bags big enough to fit a [...]
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