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		<title>Here&#8217;s the Scoop</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/heres-the-scoop/603/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dunkin psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another  cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring - purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, -, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put  on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brilliant Brownie Tech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sugar. Oh honey, honey</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mmm, salad</title>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the Scoop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dunkin psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another  cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring - purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, -, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put  on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brilliant Brownie Tech</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sugar. Oh honey, honey</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mmm, salad</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/heres-the-scoop/603/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/heres-the-scoop/603/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dunkin psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another  cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring - purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, -, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put  on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brilliant Brownie Tech</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sugar. Oh honey, honey</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mmm, salad</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over $50 this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten $20 from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over $50 this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten $20 from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another $3 cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring $3-$5 purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, $20-$40, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put $20 on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; Food</title>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the Scoop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dunkin psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another  cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring - purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, -, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put  on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brilliant Brownie Tech</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sugar. Oh honey, honey</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mmm, salad</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over $100 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over $100 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dunkin psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another  cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring - purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, -, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put  on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brilliant Brownie Tech</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sugar. Oh honey, honey</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mmm, salad</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; Food</title>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the Scoop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker to this sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker. First person to buy me this book gets 4 pints of your favorite picks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a bit of a gadget guy, and I love having people over and making food for them. Combine these two passions and it's no surprise I graduated from this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-2-Quart-Automatic-Frozen/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002295&amp;sr=8-1" title="Stupid bowl, never frozen when I want it" target="_blank">freeze-the-bowl-for-24-hours ice cream maker</a> to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-50BC-Supreme-Commercial-Quality/dp/B000EVLUW2/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1181002164&amp;sr=8-4" title="brushed metal, is this made by Apple?" target="_blank">sure-its-225-bucks-but-probably-worth-it ice cream maker</a>.

First person to buy me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scoop-Sorbets-Granitas-Accompaniments/dp/1580088082/ref=sr_1_1/002-9043696-2263248?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181001769&amp;sr=1-1" title="The Perfect Scoop!" target="_blank">this book</a> gets 4 pints of your favorite picks from the amazing selection of ice cream/sorbetto/gelato/granita recipes within. Here's a nice easy link for you...

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/29W1BJ7JIQNUT/ref=wl_web/"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/gifts/registries/wishlist/v2/web/wl-btn-74-b._V46774601_.gif" alt="My Amazon.com Wish List" border="0" height="42" width="74" /></a>

Ah, summer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dunkin psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/dunkin-psychology/592/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me this week alone. So now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've mentioned my unwieldy financial spreedsheet before, right? Well, it just told me that I've spent over  this month at Dunkin Donuts. Whatever, that's kind of a lot, but I accept it. And as I contemplate yet another after-work latte, I see that DD has gotten  from me <strong>this week alone</strong>. So now I'm sad. How can I possibly justify yet another  cup of mostly milk and ice? <em>(tomorrow is pay day, though...)</em>

My brain, however, has come up with a way to trick me into having my latte and drinking it too: I can recharge my Dunkin Card online! For whatever reason, I've come to look down on those recurring - purchases as evil wallet vampires, sucking away the blood of my financial life. But! My budget leaves plenty of room for one or two moderate, -, "on-a-whim" purchases each week. (for instance, <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6829253/index.cfm?clg=67&amp;bnrid=3180501&amp;cm_ven=FRO&amp;cm_cat=Shopping&amp;cm_pla=ctlotpi&amp;cm_ite=Manual%20Tortilla%20Press" title="now if I can just get the masa harina to stay together" target="_blank">I'm getting a tortilla press</a> this week!)

So! What if I just put  on my Dunkin card? I get 5 or 6 guilt-free trips to the <strike>crackhouse</strike> local DD and the spreadsheet doesn't shame me for another week or two. Excellent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brilliant Brownie Tech</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/brilliant-brownie-tech/589/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. Em is in charge of the dessert baking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love me my kitchen gadgets. I've got the citrus squeezer, the pasta roller, various silicone widgets, the coffee grinder that cost me over 0 (totally worth it). So I appreciate seemingly simple leaps of culinary imagination, and this just had me grinning: <a href="http://www.bakersedge.com/" title="Cutting Edge Cooking Technology" target="_blank">Baker's Edge Brownie Pan</a>.

Em is in charge of the dessert baking in our house, but I'd love to give one of these a spin. Of course, I'm a middles man myself, so I might have to wait for someone to invent the Baker's Middle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sugar. Oh honey, honey</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sugar-oh-honey-honey/587/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As my pudgy physique will attest to, I'm not even close to what you might consider a health nut. I have, however, pretty much cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet (not exactly pursposefully, mostly just from buying less processed and other junk foods.) So, no soda, no fruit drinks, no ho-hos. This weekend, though, I had some lemonade with the old HFCS and man, that stuff is nasty.

Unlike some people, I don't think sugar is poison, and I don't think it (directly) makes you fat (my favorite saccharide? maltose.)  But I can't believe how much my reaction to things I used to consume regularly has changed. If you like your Mountain Dew, I suggest never getting off it, you might not be able to go back.

HFCS fun fact: the sugar syrup in most sodas (<a href="http://www.yachtclubsoda.com/" title="And from Rhode Island, to boot">not this</a>, though!) is actually only about half fructose, with the other half being glucose. And fructose has a much lower glycemic index than glucose (and table sugar). What does this all mean? Who the heck knows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mmm, salad</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/mmm-salad/583/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/mmm-salad/583/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love salad, I really do. We had some friends over the other night who brought a salad with craisins and almonds. Mmmm. So I have the salad liking down, and I know they're good for you. And I enjoy them every time I have one. So how come we rarely eat salads around here?! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love salad, I really do. We had some friends over the other night who brought a salad with craisins and almonds. Mmmm. So I have the salad liking down, and I know they're good for you. And I enjoy them every time I have one. So how come we rarely eat salads around here?! If any of you have some good tips, let me know.

(Don't worry, I have another post coming tonight, after I have a salad-less dinner and watch How I Met Your Mother (good show!))]]></content:encoded>
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