jbaum's blog Vox 2008-05-16T02:14:12Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251d77208e1d/ den of squalor and iniquity Terrifying Ads tag:vox.com,2008-05-16:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00fa9675cacb0003 2008-05-16T02:14:12Z 2008-05-16T02:14:12Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The Schick Quattro for women ad is really terrifying if you've read or seen the movie "The Ruins".

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]]> A steampunk wedding! tag:vox.com,2008-02-22:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00f48cfc24bc0001 2008-02-22T00:38:11Z 2008-02-22T00:38:11Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I got to this site from jessamyn's post about a library wedding, but the steampunk wedding is such a great idea. I hadn't heard of steampunk, but having read Gibson's "The Difference Engine" and Moore's "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", I shoul...

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]]> Marketing gone amok tag:vox.com,2008-02-14:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398dca1b30003 2008-02-14T17:58:26Z 2008-02-14T17:58:26Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Kate and I saw the Sopranos Bada Bing Cherry flavored ice cream Chipwich yesterday, although we did not buy it. The best (worst?) thing about it is that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Sopranos, other than being pink inside.

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]]> The Eye tag:vox.com,2008-02-13:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398dc36a60004 2008-02-13T13:47:44Z 2008-02-13T15:37:25Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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If you've seen me lately you may have noticed that I was wearing my glasses. I've been wearing contacts for most of my adult life in public and it's really unusual to see me wearing them. On Halloween this year, I got this annoying case of dry ey...

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]]> Blue Men (not in any group) tag:vox.com,2008-01-08:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398d014e20004 2008-01-08T03:35:48Z 2008-01-08T03:35:48Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I saw Paul Karason, the man who turned blue recently by ingesting and spreading colloidal silver on his skin, in front of the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller center today. He was smoking a cigarette, so I question that this was a health treatm...

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]]> Great White Egret sighting tag:vox.com,2007-11-18:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398bef36d0003 2007-11-18T21:35:59Z 2007-11-21T21:24:07Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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On my lunch break a few weeks ago I saw what I think is a great egret hanging out near the Bronx River behind the ABC Carpet and Home outlet. I only had my cell phone camera to work with and I somehow managed to only get a picture of the trees an...

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]]> Random Things I'm Loving Right Now tag:vox.com,2007-09-10:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398a6bd560003 2007-09-10T01:15:26Z 2007-09-10T01:15:26Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom (In no particular order...) Ani Phyo's site of raw recipes and her show got picked up by BoingBoing, where I discovered her site. She has some amazing looking recipes and this weekend Kate and I made the raw donut holes. They were crazy good and ...

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]]> Goji Controversy tag:vox.com,2007-07-10:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00d4144cabf33c7f 2007-07-10T02:12:18Z 2007-07-10T02:12:50Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom As a librarian, I don't usually like to use Wikipedia as my source, but gosh darn it if they don't have interesting articles sometimes, especially on new or unusual things. They have a great article on Wolfberries, often marketed as Goji Berries. ...

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]]> Urban Foraging tag:vox.com,2007-07-08:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00d09e7feb59be2b 2007-07-08T15:59:33Z 2007-07-09T12:40:57Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Our knitting circle has been having some interesting discussions about "local" cuisine. One knitter's husband was interested in some cookbook about squirrels, sparrows and other urban game. While this is totally not my boat, I have been reading ab...

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]]> More tasty food in the Bronx tag:vox.com,2007-02-22:asset-6a00c2251d77208e1d00d414234dec3c7f 2007-02-22T18:57:48Z 2007-02-22T18:57:48Z jbaum http://jbaum.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This happened awhile ago already, but I got bogged down in the morass of financial management homework. Our friend Alex picked me up at work in his little eco-mobile (his Parks department natural gas car) and we went to Frattelli's Pizza Cafe (Kat...

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