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    Seasoned wok

    This process of “seasoning” cookware seems so very odd to me. I’ve used cast iron skillets my entire life, and as far as I know, they weren’t seasoned. We washed them with soap and water, and they still work fine. Seasoning a wok is even more foreign. Especially since there aren’t even any damn seasonings involved! I think my wok could have used a little basil and salt, quite frankly. This Saturday, WO and I opened doors and windows and attempted to salvage my wok so that we could make fried rice. It was rusticated, so WO Brillo’d off the rust, we brushed on oil, and we burnt the oil…

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    Midnight linkage

    Kaplan: Look out: I just may grow a ‘fro » "That any journalist feels free to insult a member of Congress with a blatantly racist and sexist slur on the public airwaves means that we’re all in big trouble." A review of Google calendar after an entire hour of using it :: tiffany b. brown // v 4.1 » I’m sticking with my Clie for now in terms of PIM–the web stuff is a little to flaky and not available enough, since I don’t always have my laptop on.

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    On hair.

    A big issue in my mind the past couple of months has been what I’m going to do with my [tag]hair[/tag]. One thought is to cut it off. Off, like hers. I’m not much into ‘fros, but I could wear it that kind of short. Another thought is locks. It’s not one I’m terribly partial to, since it seems like a decent amount of work. Plus, I’d have to cut my hair off twice if I decided I didn’t like ’em. The third idea is to just quietly go natural and change the style of my hair. This break, I took a break not only from schoolwork and email, but…

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    A day for pride

    Not only am I the editor-in-chief of an award-winning newspaper, but I now have the pride of bring the head of a newspaper that promotes enough controversy to have our office trashed/vandalized. This is one for the history books, folks.