Author: Jesse

Great Program; Too Bad I Can't Participate 1

Great Program; Too Bad I Can't Participate

About once a month during the spring, summer and fall, Rocky Mountain Power sends us a letter asking us to participate in their Cool Keeper program. The idea is that they hook a little box up to your air conditioner...

And Now Some Good Funny 4

And Now Some Good Funny

Funny #1: If you're dumb enough to try and ransom somebody's stolen XBox 360, you probably shouldn't use your personal XBox Live account that enables them to post the story on their blog and have the entire freaking Interweb track...

Well-Trained Dogs 2

Well-Trained Dogs

Our dogs thrive on routine. Every morning, they get excited because they know breakfast is coming when I get out of the shower and get dressed. I’ve been using an automatic dog feeder with great success, being precisely on time...

More Depressing News About Utah 7

More Depressing News About Utah

The Tribune posted a new article showing that Utahns have the highest rate of ‘serious psychological distress’ of any state, hot on the heels of similar news reported by ABC. It naturally kicked off the normal name-calling and general nastiness...

Music You're Ashamed to Admit You Like 8

Music You're Ashamed to Admit You Like

Everyone has dirty little secrets about the music they like. (Mine is The Carpenters.) Even though Michael Jackson sells multi-platinum albums all of the time, you'd be hard-pressed to actually see one of them in someone's collection. Same deal with...

Social Blunder #11 8

Social Blunder #11

Outside of apocalyptic starvation, there are absolutely no conditions under which it is okay to reheat fish in the break room microwave. Even fish lovers like me don't like the smell.

Recipe: Chocolate Meringue Bars (and a special way to find new recipes) 2

Recipe: Chocolate Meringue Bars (and a special way to find new recipes)

I know, I know. It's been a really long time since we've let any of you in on the new food we've made. The dry spell ends tonight! Last night, we were tasked with bringing a dessert for dinner at...

Restaurant Roundup: Winnipeg,MB (yes, in Canada) 1

Restaurant Roundup: Winnipeg,MB (yes, in Canada)

I know, it's been like a month since I got back from the Great White North. That doesn't mean I can't share some good eats of Canada, right? It was really cold and gray up there in January. The temps...