If you’ve traveled on an interstate, you’ve no doubt noticed an abundance of helpful blue signs pointing out things interesting to a motorist: food, lodging/camping, fuel, and major attractions. In my recent odyssey around the western US, I noticed many of these signs and was curious how one gets them, how much they cost, rules, […]
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I just finished a marathon trip to Corona, CA, to help my brother pack up his stuff and move to Texas. The direct route is I-5 and back, but the timing allowed me to make a little side trip.
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I have 19,000 miles on my car, having driven 4,000 of that in this month alone. (More on that later.) While updating my car’s maintenance history on the Subaru owner site this morning, I was puzzled that they were flagging my car for being past due on the “18,750 mile service.” 18,750?!?
This risotto “loaf” went over pretty well and I thought I’d pass along. It’s based upon a recipe from New Vegetarian. Active preparation time is about 15 minutes, total cooking time 1 hour. Serves 4-6 people.
Jonathan Corum has expanded upon half of the age old question, What is the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow?.
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A couple of years ago I was working on my MBA in one of the “Executive” programs, where the students work full time while attending classes full-time. The math is tricky, but essentially you get no sleep for eighteen months. Jill Bowman, then current director, wanted me to write a “Day In The Life Of”
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Last Saturday I noticed that my upstairs toilet was leaking. As in, at the base, through the floor, possibly into the ceiling of the room below.
I had a lot of discretionary time this weekend and did some cooking. This clam chowder recipe is a lot easier than it might initially look.