http://whyareweallsostupid.com A blog that has become more about my life and less about the stupid. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:02:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few weeks ago someone told me that the average MMORPG gammer spends 21 hours a week playing the game and 7 hours a week watching TV.  However, it turns out that the national average for TV watching is about 28 hours a week.  Not sure what to make of ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=133 It's been a crazy month.  From the middle of July to the middle of August I will be home exactly one of the four weeks.  Traveling is exhausting and the fact that two of the trips are for work is just compounding the exhaustion.  However traveling has been somewhat enlightening.  ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=132 So there was a small outage that then turned into a longer outage of posts.  However, now that I'm done traveling for a bit I should be able to resume posting more frequently.  I have some neat recipes for "Why are We All So Hungry" (thanks to Nire for the ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=131 This recipe is a combination of several recipes I have seen.  I'd never cooked using Fennel.  I was pleasantly surprised by the taste.  A light sourness that aged beautifully.  This is a really tasty soup. 1 tbs olive oil 1 medium onion chop 2 bulbs of fennel 2 15 oz cans of diced tomatoes ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=129 So weddings are all about compromise and mostly not about you the couple.  These are both things I pretty much realized walking into the process.  So this post is going to be about Not Our Wedding.  It's about the things I *loved* that were impractical because either a) they were ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=130 I was flying USAir last month.  I got to my gate and was happy to find that my flight was on time.  Then right as we are supposed to board the gate attendant announces we're delayed due to weather.  Of course half of the flight was already on the phone ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=126 Ann is doing a series of posts about finding beauty in unexpected places.  When Ann introduced the idea it really struck a chord with me.  It's so easy to get lost in all of the things you must do to let life just pass you by.  This has been especially ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=128 Bad idea: driving drunk by a police station Worse idea: driving drunk by a police station, turning a corner, hitting a parked jetta while a police officer is stopped at that same stop sign. We laughed for a few blocks as we finished our way home as other drunken students tackled each ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=127 I know there are several of you that do not like bell peppers.  I'm sorry to say that this is not a recipe for you.  Which is, really, too bad because it is very very tasty.  I ran across it in Bittman's How to Cook Everything.  Unfortunately, elestomago tells me ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=122 This dating guide will clearly help us see what we've been doing wrong.  After reviewing my past dating/flirting history that I broke numerous of these rules.  You can't talk to other men while out?  You're not supposed to talk while dancing?  You should only talk about what he wants to ... http://whyareweallsostupid.com/?p=125