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If my calculations are correct, when I start pouring this in, you’re gonna see some serious shit!

I’m making my world-famous (using an extremely liberal definition of “world-famous”) chicken wing soup, after much familial pressure to do so. It’s been a while! Oh yeah. We need a Food Hall of Fame, and Frank of Frank’s Red Hot … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome!

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: A friend on Facebook shared this video today, and after a bit of looking around, I found on YouTube. If you like “big machines doing impressive jobs”, check this out. Who needs Paul Bunyan! :: … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

Finishing up with Beethoven this week, we have…the Ninth. Last week, I referred to an old debate as to which was the greatest of Beethoven’s symphonies, the Seventh or the Ninth. The best case for the Seventh, it seems to … Continue reading

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Another Reminder!!!

Ask Me Anything! Leave questions in comments here, or Tweet them, or Facebook them, or e-mail them (jaquandor AT gmail DOT com), or whatever!

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Instaweek!

The week in pictures! Interesting week….

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Something for Thursday

Film music fans tend to really enjoy End Credit suites, because often times — although less so now than in previous years, what with the rise of pop tunes in films even with orchestral scores — the composer gets to … Continue reading

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No doing WHAT in your toilets, now?

Journalists aren’t thrilled with their quarters in Sochi for the Olympics. Lots of photo of questionable stuff, but this one stopped me cold: Can someone tell me just what the last panel there is demonstrating, by way of Things They … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

What repeating event — i.e., something that happens yearly, every other year, whatever — would you most like to witness in person?

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Reminder: Ask Me Anything!

Just a reminder that I’m taking queries for Ask Me Anything! for this month, so get ’em in! Leave them in comments to that post, or submit via e-mail or Twitter or Facebook or whatever. In other news, I’m posting … Continue reading

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Super Thoughts

Wow, what an awful game. We haven’t seen an out-and-out blowout in a number of years, have we? Remember what it felt like, back when the Super Bowl was an annual ass-kicking? This was quite the throwback — it was … Continue reading

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