What aging bread can learn from brown bananas
Category: Life Skills
Problems with Milk and Toilet Paper
If you have Problems, you could look for Solutions. Or you could look for more problems. And gather them all up and lock them together in a room and see what happens.
Snack Efficiencies: Chia Pudding
I read in a comic book that ninjas in Edo-Period Japan would carry special food pellets with them, and they could survive on just two a day. I also remember the comic book saying that the pellets were a dehydrated preparation of chia and honey. Some day I will have to find that reference again,…
X’s and Eggs
Do you know what it means, when you see an egg with an ‘X’ on it? I bet you do. I do. But why? Why do I know? Did someone tell me? If they did, it was a very long time ago. If they didn’t, I must have just figured it out. But what I’m…
Bad Mug
Some people would look at a mug, and figure it’s the same as every other mug. People have favourite mugs, but that’s just because of hte picture, right? Or maybe it has some sentamental significance — it was a gift, or a prize or something. Maybe you think that mug technology has been perfected, and…
Rubber Band Handle Grip
On Christmas I was given a lovely bottle of blueberry syrup. My brother flew it from my parents’ place (I rarely check a bag, and as of this writing, the stupid ‘no-liquids-through-airport-security’ rule is still in effect), and eventually, after a several days, I was able to reunite with the victual. But when I was…
The Salad Bowl and the Drying Rack
If you look for pictures of “salad bowl on a drying rack,” there is a good chance you will find pictures of salad bowls, and pictures of drying racks, but you are not likely to find any pictures of salad bowls ON a drying rack. WHY? Because you shouldn’t do it. Not really. Because people…
Meditations on the Role of the Raisin in our Daily Lives
Most people don’t think much about raisins. So long as they are found in the right cookie and stays out of the wrong cookie; so long as they sit in the peanut butter on the celery or continue to be effectively motivate lab animals; so long as their prices to not fluctuate to a great…
The Bonus Banana: Pleasant Surprises, Forseeable Failures, and Growing Up
One day, when I was heading home from work, I was putting my coat on and was surprised and pleased to find a banana in the inside pocket. I’d completely forgotten about it, and now I had a snack for the way home. Then I thought: “This was such a nice surprise… Maybe it would…
Five Dollars: Free with Every Banana. Unorthodox Californian Banking Practices
Withdrawing money abroad can cost a lot in banking fees. I solved this problem in California by strategically buying Flip Flops and Bananas. You can, too. I suppose title youthe above title may mislead some readers into believing that the State of California has incentivized banks to pay people to eat bananas in an effort…