Monthly Archives: January 2009

Recession? I Call it a Vow of Poverty

By Matt Borondy | Published: January 23, 2009
During the Presidential election cycle, you heard Barack Obama say it at least a few dozen times: “We’re facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the housing market, and recent unemployment figures provide about as much inspiration as the thought of a George W. Bush worldwide speaking tour. (In [...]
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Mildly Obscure Cooking Lessons from MLK Weekend

By Matt Borondy | Published: January 19, 2009
I did not conquer racial division this weekend. In fact, I hardly made it out of my apartment. (Twenty-below-zero temps have that effect on me.) However, I did learn a couple of culinary lessons that people of all races and creeds may find helpful. 1. Quinoa needs to be washed. A lot. The Incas called it [...]
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5 Intensely Helpful Web Design Resources

By Matt Borondy | Published: January 13, 2009
I’m working on gradually upgrading the look and functionality of Identity Theory as well as this blog and some other projects, so I’ve been reading a lot more articles on web design lately. The following posts and/or resources have proven exceptionally interesting: 1. Smashing Magazine discusses Textures in Modern Web Design. 2. The always insightful Jeffrey Zeldman [...]
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Tim Tebow, Man of the Century

By Matt Borondy | Published: January 9, 2009
It’s always fun to watch ESPN the morning after your alma mater wins its fourth major national sports championship in three years. That’s pretty much all I’ve been doing today, listening intently to the talking heads as they continuously lavish praise upon the University of Florida Gators football team and their great, fearless, immortal leader, [...]
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Vegetarian Cooking by a Dummy: An Ongoing Memoir

By Matt Borondy | Published: January 7, 2009
Cooking is a basic human activity dating back thousands of years. I’m not a very good cook. So, my major resolution for 2009 is to train myself to become a top vegetarian chef. I’m not looking to head up a restaurant in Beverly Hills or sell a line of overpriced cookbooks or anything like that; [...]
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