Category Archives: business

Cherry Dr. Pepper & Ruby Splash Sierra Mist

Posted on May 3, 2009 by

I’m all moved into the new place and out of the old!  Fifteen years after leaving the house I grew up in, I am back in that same town.  I am a bit weirded out to be back here on … Continue reading →

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Ella’s Deli

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

For the past three years, my sister has been living in Madison, Wisconsin.  It’s a pleasant four hour drive from where I live in St. Paul and I have visited her more than a dozen times.  On the way to … Continue reading →

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OH…I forgot. I have a blog.

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

My two favorite blogs are now 1.  completely dead and 2. rarely updated.  Bleh.  Seems I am posting less these days as well.  It used to be I would get home from work, do homework, socialize if the day called … Continue reading →

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SPAM Museum

Posted on February 7, 2009 by

Until today…I had never been to the Spam Museum. Gonna cross that off my list. My son, Max, and I drove a full two hours to the mystery meat mecca in search of something to add to my Do Something … Continue reading →

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Diet Coke

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

July 4, 1982. Where were you when the soda giant Coca-Cola launched its devil beverage simply titled, “Diet Coke?” In the twenty-six plus years since that day, the diet drink has taken over every other soda in sales with the … Continue reading →

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Publicity II-Peanut Butter Lies

Posted on November 18, 2008 by

Last week I posted a story from the Minneapolis paper of some silly spat between two restaurants here, one of which pays my bills. Unexpectedly, it did not end there. Ms. CJ (aka who knew The Star Tribune had a … Continue reading →

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Is All Publicity Good?

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

I took an entire class last year on citations and plagiarism and how to insert quotes from other articles properly. I do not however know how to properly site an entire copied and pasted article from a newspaper’s website, so … Continue reading →

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Good Ol’ Days

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

Today was not spent pouring iced tea into restaurant glasses. I’m trying to get “stuff” done. I didn’t get much of that to do list checked off, but I had a good rest anyhow. Tomorrow it’s back to work and … Continue reading →

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