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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 07:46 AM

Probably Not...BUT

Cuil came up with very pertinent CURRENT information about a writer I was searching out. Google produced many more results but they were much less pertinent. CUIL will have its place over time. Google is already floundering under the weight of too much promotional positioning.

Sunday, December 21, 2008 01:57 PM
Original article: I Like to Watch

Die Giada...Die....Please.

When I first witnessed the preposterously perfect white teeth and slinky bod she was humble and showed some technique while cooking. Now, having been molded into the food TV world's newest marketing missile Giada is pathologically glib, y down to secure the most eyeballs possible, and will hopefully die out in popularity soon.

Mario has had the last laugh though as his PBS Spain On The Road is totally cool and destined to make him even more of a star.

By the way, feel secure in the fact you're not alone. I can gain 5-8lbs. in just one donut filled weekend (Betty Ann Food Shop, Bennington St, East Boston. Finest donuts in the U.S.!!)

Question is HOW DOES HEATHER LOSE THE WEIGHT?

Monday, January 5, 2009 03:51 PM
Original article: Did I just buy an SUV?

In Defense Of Hypocrisy

As a former auto dealer who sold thousands of SUV's to the likes of Mark Benjamin the first thought that came to mind was, "Mark Benjamin, hark, you have all the potential to be a sleazy auto dealer and make millions once the turn-around in the economy occurs."

It was a constant source of amusement and bemusement to me when people would come into one of my show rooms and insist that they N-E-E-D-E-D a four wheel drive vehicle, of any sort, despite the fact they did not live out in the country where unpaved roads can still be found and that their new purchase would be housed in a heated garage adjacent to their driveway that would be plowed for them before they left for work. For the uninitiated, a front wheel drive vehicle is virtual overkill in winter in almost any normal driving condition and generally achieves an MPG 25% to 50% higher than a four wheel or all wheel drive vehicle.

From 1991 when the craze began (with the success of the Ford Explorer), until a few years ago when I finally sold my interests in the most hypocritical of retail industries, I believe I heard every rationalization known to man as to why "THEY HAD" to have a four wheel drive or all wheel drive SUV. From necessity (we have a steep driveway), to safety (SUV accident death rates due to roll over are many times those of front wheel drive non SUV's), to space (a ninety six pound housewife and two small children, generally).

Despite all the cries and gyrations today's GREEN generation is no less hypocritical or illogical than the previous.

Monday, January 12, 2009 10:08 AM
Original article: Paul Pesce, 83

Today Paul Pesce Would Be Divorced

While touching the story is not applicable to our times. In the year 2009 Paul Pesce, all things the same, would have been divorced from this lovely woman.

He sounds like an arrogant, cheap, asshole. She's better off NOT knowing who he is at his point. Take her to the fucking cinema you cheap grease ball.

Pesce reminds me of every first/second generation Italian/American uncle I hated growing up. My mother had to listen to their wives cry on her shoulder when they came to visit our farm summers.

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