- A High School Reunion Reignites a 50-Year Crush – via Links You’ll Love
- Feel-good story of the day? The fast food chain White Castle has over 30,000 reservations for February 14th. – via @froggyb.bsky.social
- Love in the Time of Darwinism
- The Voice at Embankment Tube Station
- “If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculous.” – Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Roger and Elaine
- “When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” – Albert Einstein
- Flirting with an attractive woman really does make men feel good, scientists find, as they discover it causes a surge in health-giving hormones.
- My Two Favorite Poems about Love
Posts tagged “fast food”
I don’t think that we, as a society, spent enough time interpreting Rob Base‘s overt hostility towards the Big Mac.
#FridayFive: Fast Food
In case of emergency
- I’d like to see these foods do battle in some sort of Clogged Arteries Marathon: Deep Fried Butter and Krispy Kreme Cheeseburgers vs. KFC’s new Bacon and Cheese Wrapped in Fried Chicken Breasts sandwich
- Did you think the Super Bowl ads were too sexist? The Google Search was my favorite, but it’s tough to not love the Letterman/Oprah/Leno one, too. (The story behind it is great.)
- I happen to think it’s pretty sweet that the highest-paid employee in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a bus driver.
- Seeing a space shuttle launch in the night sky is truly epic. It’s much more awesome — and I mean that with the full force of the word — than a daytime launch. If you never got the chance, you probably won’t.
- Curious men could count soon count their sperm from home. Good times!
Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser
Book review
Jack in the Box
On the side of a Jack in the Box bag: Everything in here tastes amazing. Except the napkins.
French Fries Deadly
Great Caesar’s Ghost! This is possibly the worst news ever: Cancer Risk Found in French Fries! link via Random Thoughts from a Large Head
Dave Eggars
On hating chicken
Marketing 101
I went to Jack in the Box last night and ordered a Sourdough Combo. (Yes, I wanted a free holiday ball.) “And can I get a small fry on the side?” … A modest request, right? “I’m sorry, there is no small. Would you like a medium fry?” <pause> “Fine.” Make simplicity a selling point.