October 10, 2008 marks the end of an era. In a statement released last week, MillerCoors has acknowledged they have halted production of the clear malt beverage known as Zima. According to MillerCoors’ Chief Marketing Officer, Andy England, the decision was due to weakness in the “malternative” segment and declining consumer interest. They are encouraging [...]
One fateful night a few weeks ago, one of our new roomies returned to the house around 11 pm, fresh from a hard day of over-imbibing on potent potables. After a momentary discussion on how awesome our dogs are and how we could quite possibly be “the coolest roommates ever”, he suggested we join him [...]
Northern and Southern California might as well be two different countries. Butterfinger and I just returned from our whirlwind tour of the Bay Area, and we now have our sights set on moving somewhere between Santa Cruz and San Francisco. All I can say is that Butterfinger was totally right – I really love it [...]
Predictions of the Year 2000 – The Ladies Home Journal, December 1900
“What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years”
From Ladies Home Journal (December 1900), “These prophecies will seem strange, almost impossible. Yet, they have come from the most learned and conservative minds in America. To the wisest and most careful men in our greatest institutions [...]
Our landlord called today and told us we need to move out. His reason? He is having trouble finding people to rent the vacant room because there are three Pit Bulls that live here. Nice. I will save the Pit Bull discrimination sob story for another post, but basically this breaking news means we have [...]
