Archive for December, 2009

Dec 30 2009

Catalina vs. Thousand Islands

Categorized under Fun, Moi, Rant

No, this is not a review of commercial, over-the-counter, factory-made salad dressings. Rather, it is a chance for me to get something off my chest, to prove something, and perhaps even exorcise an old demon.
It has to do with Kraft salad dressings. When I was a kid, we didn’t eat a lot of salad at [...]

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Dec 27 2009

Nine Years of Blork Blog

Categorized under Moi, Weblogs

The Blork Blog is nine years old today. That’s older than some people I know!
Loyal readers have probably noticed that I haven’t been posting very frequently lately. That’s partly due to my having many other distractions (e.g., From the Hip — Montreal, Monday Morning Photo Blog, and the Montreal Burger Report) but it’s also because [...]

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Dec 25 2009

Blork: Famous for Eating Burgers

Categorized under Food and Drink, Moi, Weblogs

Of all the things I did in 2009 (OK, so it wasn’t all that much), the thing I got most noticed for was eating hamburgers. (Well, there was that whole “Badge of Shame” thing back in the spring, but that was notoriety for something I did in 2008.) Specifically, I got noticed this year for [...]

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Dec 22 2009

Ho for the holidays (part 3)

Categorized under Corporate Bullshit, Culture

Back in 2003 I blogged a little screed against Bratz dolls, titled “Ho for the holidays.” A year later I brought you “Ho for the holidays, (part 2),” in which I linked to someone else’s “Ho for the Holidays” post where he complains about the tartenization (my term) of Tinkerbell.
Well, it’s 2009 and the holidays [...]

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Dec 16 2009

Some Recent Dreams

Categorized under Dreams

I know, I know, talking about one’s dreams is self-indulgent narcissism, but it’s a tradition at the blork blog. As such, here are brief descriptions of a few recent dreams.
Barack Like Me
I was Barack Obama. I don’t mean I was Barack Obama, I mean I was inside the head of Barack Obama. As in, had [...]

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