Letters to the Editor
Bukk63
Published Letters: 584 Editor's Choice: 64
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Anecdotally speaking
[Read the article: Keeping men out of the kitchen?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Almost none of the women I know like to cook. Not my wife, her friends, my friends, whoever. I think I know two women who like to cook.
And since the narrow circle of people in one's immediate vicinity is the ultimate standard of proof, I hereby declare that women do not like to cook! None of them. But they do like to watch football. I know because I just asked a woman who said, "I like football."
So women are forthwith banned from all kitchens everywhere. To the couch and the teevee remote, women! My anecdote decrees it so!
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I wondered where that Colts game was
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'd heard they were playing last Thursday, but didn't find them on the telemavision. Then Sunday morning I heard they won. (Yeah, I don't really follow this stuff that closely.)
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Damn, Chuck
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We been saying that for years!
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I gotta admit
[Read the article: Facebook: Shut down that privacy-invading ad program!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In the end, I've come to develop a certain wry respect for kufir's breathtaking commitment to fatuous nitwittery.
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If you don't want to deal with medical issues...
[Read the article: Take this survey about Plan B]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...don't go to work in the medical profession. Pharmacists are supposed to be medical professionals. They can do their jobs, or do something else. Anti-sex hysteria has no place in medical decisions. I'm glad the bastard was fired, and I hope his lawsuit tanks. Of course, it won't, because when it comes to sex and religion, America is one fucked-up place.
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Candypants is right
[Read the article: "Atonement"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Especially about Kiera Knightley. I'd rather watch paint dry while listening to the sound of a cat being killed in stereo than sit through five minutes of her dead-eyed pseudo-acting.
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If we're not afraid everywhere, all the time...
[Read the article: Sex offender alert!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...the terrorists have won.
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Good grief.
[Read the article: Huckabee, Obama, Kerry, Dean: Are they Macs or PCs?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Was this really necessary? Are you coming up short on page hits? Or did you come down with the digital strain of vapiditizing maureendowditosis.
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Some great books by women WERE published this year
[Read the article: Salon Book Awards 2007]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But Laura Miller would have had to be willing to read in the genres, rather than only so-called literary books written to save the genres from themselves. For example, Laura Lippman, Val McDermid, and newcomers Patry Francis and Laura Benedict released marvelous books this year, but they mostly get ignored by the literati establishment because, well, you know why.
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I used to think giving Camille this real estate was a waste of electrons
[Read the article: Dogma days ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But I have to admit, the letters in response to her nonsense are worth it. I no longer give Camille's columns a direct click, but I'll check in on the highly entertaining responses a few times throughout the day.
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I'm pretty sure my crotch is where Bush Administration spooks planted the tracking device
[Read the article: Quote of the day ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just sayin'.
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Where do you find fresh herbs for less than $2 a bunch
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: Do you need an indoor herb garden?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I mean, sure, if the herb guy at the farmer's market on Wednesday afternoon has the herb I want that week, and if I can get away from work to shop at the farmer's market anyway, I can get a bunch of this or that for about a buck. But most of the time that's not an option, so I'm stuck with those $1.95 fresh herb clamshells at Safeway or Fred Meyer. Sometimes with my club card I can get them for $1.75.
Not that I consider the Aerodoohickey an option either. I mean, it looks sorta fun, but it's kinda spendy for something that's basically a gimmick. Maybe when I win the lottery.
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925 is equal to a 50% graduation rate?
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good grief, the O schools I am most familiar with, from my home state The OSU to my adopted state orange OSU and UofO, are truly and deeply pathetic. Not that I would expect anything more from any of them. Mike Belotti, Riley? Shouldn't be allowed near anyone below the age of 25. And Ohio State? Well, let's just say I was born in Ohio, but I learned a long ago that it's far better to be FROM Ohio than to be IN Ohio.
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The Jim
[Read the article: Tracking Apple's Leopard: It's pretty fast]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dude, if you're going to make a statement like, "Not all Window users are as dumb as you guys seem to be," you might consider attempting to write even one coherent sentence in the midst of your incomprehensible rant.
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Mostly, it's just too expensive
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: The Blendtec blends an iPhone, but carrots?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We have a Kitchenaid blender that's quite powerful and does all the work that a blender needs to do. I don't how how it compares to a BlendTec in terms of its power, but it does everything you described the Blendtec doing, and at half the retail price. Still, an expensive blender.
However, since it's a Kitchenaid, I expect it to last forever. It's already 12 years old and doesn't even look worn.
The thing about your review is that in the end you didn't actually make a case for spending the money. In the end, you negatives seemed to outweigh the positives, and when you consider the price premium you pay for this gadget, only people anxious to throw money away would buy it. Your $70 blender will work for most people for a good long time, and for those who want the next rung up on the quality ladder, the Kitchenaid is a good choice (especially if it is a wedding present, like mine was).
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Sure, but you know you'll miss these ultra crazy fringies as they peel off.
[Read the article: Tancredo dropping out of presidential race?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In another month or so, we'll be down to just a few ultra crazy fringies. Sad.
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It seems to come down to a price/performance issue
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: You don't really need a brownie edge pan]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Which makes sense to me. The garden thing loses because it's really expensive and doesn't do much. The blender is better, because at least it's a really good blender, but for significantly less money you can get a blender that's as good.
The eggamuffin maker is gimmicky, but for what it does it's also inexpensive. Fun, not too much money, and you can make toast with it when you're out of eggs. Necessary? No, but I got one for my daughter for Christmas because she doesn't have a toaster already and will have fun with it. Good value for the money.
Then there's this. If it was $10 and I was deeply committed to edge brownies, sure, maybe. But at $34, no thanks. I'm one of those who likes the gooey center brownies myself, but my wife likes the edges and I've seen her use three bread pans rather than a sheet pan to make all-edge brownies. We already have the bread pans, they're not unitaskers, and they're inexpensive to replace. AND she gets the same result.
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Gracious, Huckadude
[Read the article: This is not an attack]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I do believe you admitted what you would do would be a nightmare.
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Obama works so hard to get hired for his next job...
[Read the article: One big bag of tricks]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...he can't be bothered with doing his current job. But he sure does talk purty.