Monthly Archives: April 2008

Starving a Dog in the Name of “Art”

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Mandie

Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, a native Costa Rican, considers himself to be an artist. His latest work, if you can even call it that, featured the chaining and withholding of food from a stray dog picked up from the streets of … Continue reading →

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Rice Cooker

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Mandie

I finally found a world-class rice cooking device that met both my qualifications for price and Butterfinger’s standards for perfection. Now we will be able to cook rice the proper way instead of ingesting the instant stuff they mistakenly call … Continue reading →

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The Squeeze

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Mandie

I am part of a family of squeezers, and not in a hugging sort of way, I mean literally grabbing your arm and squishing the sinew, bringing both sides of the hand together. My cousin used to harness the power … Continue reading →

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Garage Sale Tales

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Mandie

We had the garage sale this weekend. I can say with one-hundred percent confidence that this is not something I care to do again any time soon, or ever again for that matter. What I can tell you is that … Continue reading →

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Sale of Garage Type Proportions

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Mandie

Garage sale, yard sale, moving sale, whatever you want to call it, I am on a mission to get some cash for items we will never use again. This can be a tricky proposition in the yard sale arena, as … Continue reading →

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