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11 Dec

Jeopardy contestant Jenn Cannon isn’t very bright

Jenn Cannon is the current Jeopardy champion. I don’t know how she won. She’s supposedly a doctor and got a question wrong about the ear canal. How much more basic in anatomy can you get?

05 Jul

Arby’s runs out of promo shake

Disclaimer: I do not work for Arby’s!
So we went to Arby’s yesterday and saw huge posters plastered all over, advertising their new strawberry & banana swirl shake. We ordered 2, only to be told they were out, so we got their orange dream shakes instead. Now, I understand it is probably a popular [...]

26 Apr

TGI Friday’s was very disappointing

I hadn’t been to TGI Friday’s in four or five years, until this past weekend. We have a new one that’s only a few months old. It seems like their menu has shrunken drastically - it was so disappointing. I wasn’t in the mood for a burger, so the only thing I [...]

26 Mar

Kitchen sink pizza

A local pizza place has a “kitchen sink pizza,” and today I decided to try it.
I used to be a very picky eater and only got extra cheese and mushrooms on my pizza, occasionally throwing in pepperoni. A few years ago I went through a phase where I got green peppers too, but hadn’t [...]

08 Dec

Memo to fast food places re: salads

1. There are more kinds of lettuce in the world than just iceberg.
2. A bowl of lettuce with 2 slices of tomato and some shredded cheese on top does not a salad make. (That said, I spruce them up myself, if I’m eating them at home, with my own dressing and croutons.)

09 Sep

Burger King customer service

Disclaimer: I do not work for Burger King!
I rarely order onion rings, but tonight I had a taste for them and my mom didn’t want to cook, so I got Burger King for us all.  When I got home (I know, I should have checked at the window), they’d forgotten to put my onion rings [...]

03 Sep

Ed Debevic’s in Chicago

Ed Debevic’s is a great restaurant in Chicago where the staff is rude to you… on purpose.  But you can be rude back!  It’s fun!  I went with friends and family on Friday, Sept. 1st, while we were in Chicago to see the King Tut exhibit. (Which was rather disappointing - don’t waste your money.)
Upon [...]

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