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Dena's Brain: October 2009
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009. Superfresh vs Whole Foods. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Other blogs of interest. Brent, Dork Lord. Tim and Kendra's Blog. Kitchen of Magical Goodness. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. Superfresh vs Whole Foods.
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Dena's Brain: September 2010
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Monday, September 13, 2010. 12 Books, 12 Months Challenge. This looks like fun (and will push me to read some of the books that have been patiently waiting for me for YEARS). I'm a little late to the party, but I'm sure I can squeeze all twelve in in the next twelve months. 12 Books, 12 Months Challenge. Pick 12 titles from your To Read Pile. These should be titles you currently own in whatever format you prefer. My List (in no particular order). A Piece of cake, by Cupcake Brown. Room, by Emma Donoghue.
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Dena's Brain: February 2009
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work. Wednesday, February 04, 2009. A walk to work. Yesterday it snowed in Philly. I think it's the most snow I've seen in years here, and the city closed the schools (of course they do that when it sprinkles, so not a big deal). My first thought when looking out my window was "Cool, I'm totally walking to work today! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Other blogs of interest. Brent, Dork Lord. Tim and Kendra's Blog.
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Dena's Brain: March 2009
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Friday, March 13, 2009. This short film made me smile. Thursday, March 12, 2009. The Great Tourist Cheesesteak Taste Test. This week my old friend J. from University is in town with the Stars on Ice tour (no, he's not a skater). I took Tuesday off work to spend the day showing him around the city. As a tourist he could not not go to Pat's. For cheesesteak, that quintessential Philly food. But which one to choose? Thus began the Great Tourist Chessesteak Taste Test. J went out on Thursday to a cart around...
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Dena's Brain: Fancy Dinner
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Thursday, June 25, 2009. My Seperated at Birth Twin and I have decided that we're going to go to a fancy/interesting/special restaurant once a month so we can expand our dining horizons and see how the richer half eats. Our bar was set a few years ago when we went to Morimoto. And had the $120 chef's choice tasting menu (omakase) for our birthdays. Holy crap, that was good. I still dream about some of the dishes we had. Last night we went to James. Any suggestions for further experimentation?
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Dena's Brain: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008. When I was a kid one of the things my family did regularly was sit around the kitchen table and play Boggle. It's one of those things that slowly stopped happening and the memory faded away. This past weekend I was helping friends decorate their Christmas Tree and we ended up closing the evening out by sitting around the coffee table playing Boggle. I can't believe I forgot how much fun it is to play, and how "just one more round" became over an hour of play. Yes, I can!
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Dena's Brain: 262!
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009. Last year I read 261 books. I've been keeping track on aNobii. For the past few years and I have a nasty tendency to get super competitive with myself. Since I read 261 last year I've been itching to beat my record for this year. I finished reading #262 (and 263 - I was home sick) yesterday. Book #262 also ended up being one of my favourite books of the year. Swish: My quest to become the gayest person. Ever by Joel Derfner. You can read the introduction here. Brent, Dork Lord.
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Dena's Brain: January 2009
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Thursday, January 29, 2009. The great Dunkin Donuts/Tim Horton's Taste Test. I was back in Edmonton last week to surprise the folks (totally worked, mom was speechless. If you know my mom you know how unique that feat is). The weather was unseasonably warm for most of the trip - it was about 15 degrees warmer in Edmonton than Philadelphia until Thursday, when I finally got Canadian winter and the mercury dropped to -36 Celsius. So she can't eat them. So they'll either wait in the freezer for her to g...
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Dena's Brain: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009. Coming into the homestretch. Episode 4 has the Eckville song! Came to national attention in 1984 when the mayor and high school teacher Jim Keegstra. Was charged and convicted of hate speech. I remember my dad going to see a part of the trial (either the original one or the appeal in 1990, I'm not sure). Monday, April 06, 2009. Joe-a-Day, Part 4. Sunday, April 05, 2009. Joe-A Day, part 3. Here's episode two of the Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie show. From the the Edmonton Journal:.
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Dena's Brain: Greek Feast
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Monday, June 15, 2009. Surprisingly, I ended up batting three for three! I decided that I don't really like the taste of fresh sage, so the fig souvlaki wasn't my favourite, but my guests seemed to really love it. The lamb was delicious and the potatoes are addictive. I also lazy'd out and bought baba ganoush, tzatziki, and dolmades from Kamal's Middle Eastern Specialities. In Reading Terminal Market. I also walked over to Cafe Fulya. In Sioux City, Iowa. Plus, my friends just got cable yesterday, includ...
