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I could go on but it’s time for me to leave work now, and spend my time doing better things 😉

A list of meals enjoyed (or considered) by New York Times writer Amy M. Thomas while in Paris:

1. creme-filled pain aux raisins

2. the Cornet Vegetarien –– a sandwich of fresh greens, grated carrots and fennel, marinated onions and thinly sliced avocado, dressed with olive oil and honey and dusted with chives and lime zest

3. Sauteed squid with oranges and green olives and a “delicious” bottle of Cotes-du-Rhone

4. A dollop of mozzarella dusted with black pepper and vanilla

5. Pear crumble served with buckwheat ice cream and grapefruit compote

6. Oyster tapioca with blood sausage and dried duck meat

7. Smoked herring marinated in olive oil and served with pickled onions

8. Steamed cod and baby spinach

9. Bespoke millefeuille

10. Rose, chocolate and pistacho macarons

11. Endive, walnut, Stilton cheese, apple salad

12. John Dory with coriander, lime, and tomato compote

13. Black cod with daikon

14. Brochettes of Parmesan covered salsifis

15. A melange of banana, passion fruit, rum, granite, and cream

Good band name, eh?

A list of trinkets Flaubert brought home from the Orient, courtesy of biographer Geoffrey Wall via idol JT:

“Hashish, ‘something specia’ from Cairo.  One small crocodile, Nubian, embalmed.  Ten feet of gold-embroidered fabric (wool and silk) from Beirut.  Rosaries, eight dozen, from Jerusalem.  One rose, ditto, blessed on the Holy Sepulchre… Marble from the Temple of Apollo, one piece… Flowers, for Louis Bouilhet, picked from just by the door of a brothel in Pompeii.”

For a great juxtaposish, I should put the list of things Biggie had on him when he died right here.  But I won’t.

My friend and I sometimes play the tabs game, meaning we list all the tabs open on our computers and try to see what they say about us.  Here is her list today:
1. http://www.housingistreatment.org/home
2. http://www.aidsnet.org/newmain/mainpages/executive.html
3. gmail
4. ugandan newspaper article about how there’s no water in a healthcenter because they havent paid thebill
5. another ugandan newspaper article about how a presidential candidate promised to sell the presidential jet to develop the country (http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1076680/-/cjwu01z/-/)
6. Off The Rails: The Year In Fox News Misinformation (http://mediamatters.org/research/201012210005)
7. NPR- Download The Best New Music Of 2010- http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/131333323/download-the-best-new-music-of-2010?sc=nl&cc=mn-20101221
8. Effects of Dermal Exposure to Nicotiana tabacum (Jean Nicot, 1560) Leaves in Mouse Evaluated by Multiple Methods and Tissues (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf101477z)
9. LET IT DOUGH http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/let-it-dough/#preview
10. MY GOOGLE READER BLOGS
11. http://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/qe2-and-africa
12. http://dcfar.med.miami.edu/x84.xml (BIO AND contact info from this AIDS researcher at University of Miami)
13. Hell on Earth – Systematic Rape in Eastern Congo from the journal of humanitarian assistance
14. play RB wants to see on the 27th but so expensive! http://www.bloodybloodyandrewjackson.com/theater-info.html
15. other option for a play http://www.daisyonbroadway.com/?gclid=COGgyIC2_KUCFUpJ2godyT5lXg
16. tickets– so expensive http://boxoffice.broadway.com/boxoffice/pohinv2.aspx?oi=20373153&ox=9406D74F-8187-4403-843C-3111FF16CC4E
17. other ticket seller- also ridiculous and doesnt have plays i want – http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/discount-tickets/ will close this tab now, thank heavens for this exercise
18. http://www.teamsportswear.com/personalized/basketball/jerseys/mens/category.php — idea for an aids activism activity- people want to make jerseys that say “team obama” and make signs that say, obama dropped the ball on aids…
19. nytimes, front page
20. google news search on terrorist attack in nairobi
21. http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p34383- profile for lady i talked to on phone this AM who i might work for in nairobi
22. http://ros-lehtinen.house.gov/SinglePages/SinglePage.aspx?NewsID=578- i want to get a white house tour!
23. http://wassermanschultz.house.gov/AppropsFY11.shtml – wanted to see if my congress woman had the same white house tour thing as the other lady bc i technically dont live in her district and dont want her to deny my request for a white house tour on those grounds!
24. google search – linda bales
25. google search – alexander mcqueen (couldnt remember his first name)
26. sparklehorse- couldnt remember his name — for your genius suicide column thing
27. wikipedia– list of suicides (curiosity!)
28. wachovia- how much money do i have?
29. google search – marianne williamson- this lady paul just went to see
30. google search- did inventor of atomic bomb commit suicide
+ 4 tabs on nicotine induced skin damage (for my mom)
+ chromeo — i could be wrong on stereogum
+ facebook

Her tabs indicate that she is extremely socially conscious.  Mine, right now, are this blog, obvi, and my Gmail, which do not indicate such a thing.  Also I’m having posting deja vu… have I done this before?

I have picked up a tiny gig transcribing interviews about the nineties music scene, namely garage, ska, surf, swing and “mod” rock.  Below is a list of bands cited in the interviews.  I’ll give you a metaphysical xmas gift if you’ve heard of any of them:

The Insomniacs

The Toasters

The New York Citizens

The Creatures of the Golden Dawn

The Nomads

The Lord High Fixtures

The Cellar Dwellers

The Omega Men

Tell Tale Hearts

The Misanthropes

The Mount McKinleys

The Space Cossacks

The Cave Four

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Follow up: which of those is the BEST band name?  I know my vote…