Dept. of Culinary Innovation.
I may have stumbled onto something great: mesquite-smoked, grill-roasted, garlic rosemary german potato salad with mustard vinaigrette dressing. It was massive success at my last BBQ, so now here’s the dish. Last week I developed a new recipe for potato salad. Usually I make more traditional American-style salad with my own twist: Boiled new red […]
Everything you always wanted to know about sex*
*WILL NOT BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK. In a fit of wanton consumerism Yelena snapped up a copy of “Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)” for a whopping 50 cents at a used book closeout sale in downtown Eugene. Woody Allen flicks aside, I found this book to […]
Miscellaneous Information Agency: Catalogue work
It’s offical. I’m working for the Oregon equivalent of J. Peterman in the same position held by the fictional Elaine Benes on “Seinfeld.” In addition to going to school and working for the Emerald I now have a second job as a copywriter/editor for EssentialsforEntertaining.com, a Eugene-based luxury good importer, with a charming Italian boss […]
Dept. of Superheroes: The Apostrophist
In the course of working at the Oregon Daily Emerald many silly ideas have come to the surface (movie trailer mad-libs comes to mind). Nevertheless, brilliance occasionally strikes. This silliness was the genesis of the world’s most grammatically correct superhero: The Apostrophist. The masked crusader is based on my good friend and copy editor extraordinaire […]
Bureau du Cinema: Sharpening my claws
I saw the third installment of X-Men and I am in total agreement with the vast majority of America: The movie was good, but not as good as it could have been. I was also struck by the realization that the director, one Mr. Ratner, should not be let near a comic book movie for […]