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The Chocolate Room
Praised far and wide as one of the best places for sweet treats in all of
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The Right Yujin, Dept.
As usual, the vibe from inside the industry makes 29 kinds of sense to SSI. This from MLB Trade Rumors:
- The Mariners will also be "a factor" for Tanaka, a baseball official tells Roger Rubin of the New York Daily News. “They have a following in Japan. They enjoyed what they had when Ichiro (Suzuki) was on the team. They want the chance for moves like getting [Robinson] Cano to pay off. And they envision [Felix] Hernandez paired with Tanaka at the top of the rotation," the official said.
You might be surprised at the tendency for large Fortune 500 organizations to develop personalities. That second sentence captures the M's front office perfectly, as a corporate organism that emphasizes comfort and enjoyment.
The Ichiro factor, and the Felix factor, those were the two main sources of baseball "enjoyment" for Lincoln and Co. since Gillick and Piniella left. Both players are/were "good actors," were a pleasure to have in class, players that the executives could embrace wholeheartedly and joyfully.
Both were, of course, ballplayers that the front office could market to rabid fan sectors. You can see for yourself how much gusto the Mariners have shown in catering to those fan sectors - turning all of Safeco Field into a giant yellow King's Court, wallowing in his "Felix Dance," and so on.
Chicago's deep dish pizza scandal
Chicago is known for its signature dish: deep dish pizza, which is basically a big round calzone. (To quote Leslie Knope from NBC's Parks and Recreation, "Calzones are pointless. They're just pizza that's harder to eat.") Most of the country is, I think, at least a little intrigued by the concept of a Chicago-style deep dish pizza, but when you get right down to it, most people just want a regular normal pizza.
Turns out the same is true for Chicagoans.
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Flowers by Richard
A beloved favorite of a great many
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Create your own dialect map
Which part of the country are you from? And how has your current location affected your dialect? Most people are familiar with the pop versus soda line (whether you call a fizzy carbonated beverage “pop” or “soda”) but this New York Times quiz creates an interactive map that shows your dialect in fascinating detail.
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New York City
Home of all things shiny and new,
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Meet the Faber-Castell dynasty
Until I read this New York Times article, I had no idea that Faber-Castell was the name of a family: a Bavarian count, to be exact, who presides over the Faber-Castell dynasty, holding their pencils to the strictest standards and the highest quality German manufacturing.
For those of us with a fetish for art supplies, this is kind of a revelation. I think I love him!
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Video: Time lapse of the aurora borealis
This time lapse video of the aurora borealis was filmed from an airplane window, by a traveler flying from London to New York. Stunningly beautiful as always, and the interesting high-altitude angle makes this footage truly unique.
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