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el 26-Aug-2008 | Among my favorite things are pie, blackberries, and good friends. Imagine what happens when a good friend writes an article about blackberries and blackberry pie:
It’s August in the Pacific Northwest, and the ubiquitous brambles of Himalayan blackberry, Rubus armeniacus, are suddenly covered with ripe berries, a transformation which radically –- hypocritically, even –- alters our attitude toward them.
For ten-and-a-half months each year, these highly invasive blackberry bushes are Seattle’s enemy. They rank high on the list of things we love to hate, along with bad espresso, SUVs and that other kind of Bush.
It’s understandable. The bushes are thorny enough to draw blood, and they spread unrelentingly, colonizing empty lots, city parks, freeways, and even our own backyards. The problem is so bad that entrepreneurs have set up goat rental businesses — blackberry canes are one of goats’ favorite foods — like Rent-a-Ruminant. I’m not making this up.
But in August and early September, everything changes. Those canes we cursed and dreamed of obliterating in dark, wet December now lure us out to collect mouthfuls and bucketfuls of complexly sweet berries. We’re captivated. It’s tempting to keep picking until you find the best berry, the huge one so ripe it nearly bursts with juice as you touch it. Read the rest, and enjoy. Read the comments on this post...
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| Will Wright's Favorite Games [Will Wright] | | Will Wright is such a deep thinker that he doesn't have favorite games, he has favorite franchises. MSNBC recently spoke with the man behind Spore and all things Sims to get his fave five for gaming. [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Sep-2008 by Brian Crecente in Will Wright Favorite five Spore
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| My favorite things | | Among my favorite things are pie, blackberries, and good friends. Imagine what happens when a good friend writes an article about blackberries and blackberry pie:
It’s August in the Pacific Northwest, and the ubiquitous brambles of Himalayan blackberry, Rubus armeniacus, are suddenly covered with ripe berries, a transformation which radically –- hypocritically, ev [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Aug-2008 by Thoughts in Biology
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| Who Reads This Site Survey! [Survey] | | Hello there! My name is Brian Ashcraft. Now that you know all about me, we want to know all about you. That's right, it's survey time. You'll get to answer exciting, personal questions, which helps us know exactly who the heck is reading the site. Also, we've included a section on site feedback, including favorite sites, favorite/least favorite features, and reader testimonials. Here's the good [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Aug-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in Survey
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We rather like trilogies. Not only are they narratively neat, allowing us to indulge in our favorite characters and universes just long enough, but they bring things to a close before the roman [..] Read complete article | | Published 13-Aug-2008 by Ludwig Kietzmann in BlizzardDiabloDiablo-3Diablo-iiiTrilogyWorld-of-Diablo
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| Thanks! |  Just wanted to give everyone an update on the mess over the weekend and even into today… As I post this our Rackspace servers will probably crash and burn, but oh well. Here are some of the events that played out over the past couple days and why your favorite blogger’s favorite blog site was [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 07-Oct-2008 by The Boy Genius in BG's Corneramazon kindle 2bgrblackberry stormdown timepage viewsrackspaceservers
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| Brooklyn Flea - every Sunday |  A minor detour on our tour of things to do, see and make in NYC was last weekend’s “Brooklyn Flea” - not in NYC, but close enough.
This event happens every Sunday, we stopped in on the 13th, tons of old cameras, handmade/remade clothing and my favorite - furniture made from old bowling alleys by [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Apr-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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