hi so mike-- yeah, he's not on my good list anymore. he was being a complete dick to me for no reason. it started when he took lauren off register and then put ME on instead. like, what the fuck? i'm so sick of the little things like that. then he had to be a jerk about when i took my break. if i'm ...

McAfee My first enterprise antivirus experience was McAfee.  We’re talking probably late 1980’s and there was nobody at the company interested in viruses so I figured I’d take a look.  I managed to clean an infection and decided we needed a corporate antivirus and policy, thus Mc...

Many of you have e-mailed me in the last couple of weeks asking for reaction on the Nationals’ situation regarding Esmailyn Gonzalez, who used a false identity and is really 23 years old, not 19 as he had claimed. I’m not much for knee-jerk reactions for anything regarding Latin America,...

Filed under: Reviews, DVRs, Others, OTA We had pretty much put the whole "DVR" versus "PVR" thing behind us, but CNET's review of DISH Network's DTVPal DVR had us flashing back to those old arguments. Even though CNET apparently scored a "good" unit that didn't show any glitches, there were plenty o...

For the past 10 years, I have owned a dishwasher.  And now, I can’t imagine my life without one.  At first, I was clueless on how to load my dishwasher.  lol  I guess I wasn’t truly clueless.  I was just hesitant because I thought I wouldn’t do it right and the dishes wouldn&#...

Holly and Zibby hard at work with the Hot Dish community at University Zoka Coffeehouse in Seattle. The Zoka folks have been super flexible with our team's coworking habit. Might be all the coffee we're drinking....

I've recently read a collection of stories by Lara Vapnyar called Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love. The six stories in this pretty volume talk about Russian immigrants to the United States, and use the revealing lens of food to show how they adapt to their new lives. Stories about migrants ...

This, I miss! I used to order this everytime my officemates and I go eat at the Banana Leaf Curry House. Did you know that diners at this restaurant eat with a banana leaf instead of a plate? Quite fitting and best enjoyed when you’re eating with your hands! Ingredients: 1/2 tsp peppercorns 2 ...

Yesterday's birthday boy requested, for his birthday dinner, crab cakes, garlic mashed potatoes and salad. Pretty easy supper, but not cheap. I swallowed my inner cheapskate and hardly looked at the price. Well, it was less expensive than dinner out, at least a nice dinner out. The recipe I use for ...

Baking.    Art, Craft, Alchemy, Arithmetic, Science, Intuition, Passion.  Baking. I'm married to it. Can't shake it. Leave it, go back. Forsake it. Take it back. Throw it in the river, say a prayer. Find it on my pillow in the morning. Dream it, think it, feel it. Bak...