Tiny Reflections

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Entries for the ‘Shopping’ Category

Ham and Eggs Weekend

This is the big weekend for eating ham. My family has had a ham dinner on Easter Sunday for every fucking year of my life. It’s a big thing around here, but I don’t care. I like ham any time – it doesn’t have to be Easter for me to want to buy a fucking […]

Cars All Look Alike

At least back in the day the cars all had personalities. The cars of the 1950-2 and 1960-s all had style. You need a Ford from a Chevy just from looking at the grill or the fins. You knew that a car was hot and expensive from the style, the accessories, the whole package. Now […]

Best Burgers

When I want a hamburger, I can’t stand the idea of another McDonald’s burger. I’m sick of the burgers at Burger King, too. So that leaves Wendy’s or Hardees, or maybe Jack in the Box. If that’s all I have to pick from, I’ll go with Jack in the Box any day. Their sirloin burgers […]

Bad Food

The number one trending search term on Yahoo this morning was for “deadly cucumbers.” At first I thought hat would be a joke. What could possibly be deadly about cucumbers? If you buy them at the sto and scrub them when you get home, there should not be anything poisonous about a cucumber that you […]

Name a Good Beer

Hardly ever buy beer, but I have a recipe for brisket that calls for it. This recipe comes with really good recommendation, so I’m going to follow the instructions exactly. It says to add one bottle of beer. So I have to go to the store and buy something. Any suggestions?