http://www.j-sin.org taste it Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The days melt into nights and nights into days, weeks become months, months become years, decades become lost in a haze of uncertainty and trail off in a blue blur. Isn't that how we all begin to feel as we age and grow older day by day? My son today ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/11/i-shed-skin-and-leave-a-skin-crumb-trail-that-even-hanzel-and-gretel-would-be-proud-of/ Having worked at one place, Network Solutions for my entire "professional" career (I joined right after college in 2000), it was certainly daunting to leave that all behind and join a new organization. Why stress it you may wonder? Well I had been there nine years, was comfortable, making good ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/11/the-next-chapter/ As I've grown older, I've branched out more and more in the culinary department. Not only have shows like "Top Chef", "Bizarre Foods" and pretty much everything on the Food Network helped usher in new tantalizing taste bud challenges but just my general palette has grown and matured over time.  ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/10/hot-sauce-101/ A sad and depressing documentary, entitled "Garbage Island" follows a crew of folks as they venture out to the Pacific Ocean to find what has been nicknamed "Garbage Island". Essentially the currents of the Pacific Ocean pick up a bunch of plastics and floating trash debris and gather them up ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/10/garbage-island/ It's hilarious that someone (oops) faked a photo of the teabaggers, only for it to be a big-egg-on-the-face event. Oops. More info here. Gee I'm sure Glenn Beck will jump all over this, right? My wife's 31st birthday is tomorrow. Yikes, she's as old and curmudgeony as me! Ha! Today I found ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/09/cranked-or-cranky/ So is doing a fantasy sports team like Dungeons & Dragons? Of course not. Sorry web team debate, that is just silly. My twelve-sided dice landed a good fantasy football team this year on Yahoo's Fantasy Sports site, the Jugglin' Jugs are crafted for supreme domination. I was lucky enough ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/09/this-year-in-fantasy-sports/ This is pretty incredible. http://www.j-sin.org/2009/08/magic-missile/ On Saturday I went to the BrickFair with my brother-in-law and Keegan. We had a blast, though things started off on the wrong feet - the line was at least 300-500 people long and stretched around the entire building. After a good 15-20 minutes in line, we finally entered the ... http://www.j-sin.org/2009/08/the-brickfair-and-how-she-aint-a-brickhouse/