National Soup Swap Day Update

Soup Swap has a blog now, of course. If you go there, you can get the code for this nifty soup swap sticker. Also, in the next day or so, I’ll get the soup swap press release up there so you can alert your local media that soup swap is happening and will it be …


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Recycled: It’s Christmas, Okay?

It won’t surprise you that here at Nerd’s Eye View House o’ Big Opinions, we’ve said a thing or two about Christmas trees before. With our airport in the international media spotlight it seems fitting to recycle two Nerd’s Eye View posts about the holiday. I said Christmas, I meant Christmas Secular Snowman? We caught …


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You Are Here.

Suggested music for this post: Soul Meets Body. Death Cab. No, I’m NOT “getting over” Death Cab. Stop telling me it’s time. The past few nights I’ve been dreaming about Europe. I wake up thinking of Germany or Italy or someplace I know is Europe but can’t quite identify. Last night I was standing in …


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Street Corner Giveaway

It’s a little bit like seeing an elephant standing around your neighborhood. And in my easily diverted mind, this brings up all kinds of questions. Where did it come from? Why is it outside? Who’s going to take it away and how? The short story possibilities are endless. In the meantime, round up a couple …


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Fish Wednesday, Shellfish Edition

The fish guy at Madison Market told me that the reason you never see fresh shellfish is that it doesn’t keep long enough. They used to get some fresh shellfish there, but they stopped bothering because they’d just end up freezing it when they couldn’t sell it all fast enough. I do like to shop …


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