My wife and I were watching HGTV the other day where they were showing off the best 10 kitchens. During this show we found that many of the kitchens had kitschy items and useless appliances. For example, fake grapes adorned a french colonial kitchen. Another kitchen had his and hers wooden fat chef statues...

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I logged into my account at Wachovia with plans to change my password. It is a good idea, I believe, to periodically change your passwords, especially passwords related to financial accounts. When I went to the change password page, Wachovia didn't ask me my original password, but instead only asked...

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Wow, so I was looking for items related to web design last night and it was working just fine. Tonight google is blocking these same searches. what up with that? That is not the odd part, it looks like searches for items on web security work, just not web design. So here are my searches: intitle:"index...

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I don't like canned beets, they are not that great. but fresh beets are way cool. Here are some easy to make foods I like to use beets in. Beet Crisps : I never will need to buy chips or snack foods any longer thanks to this great tasting food. It is a beet chip that tastes sooo good. just try em and...

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I really love the way that old photo's look, I am talking about photo's from the 60s and 70s.  This is a look that is certainly lost with most modern digital photos that people are shooting.  I think it is the color's of these old photo's that I like so much, and the fact that each one has...

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The best seitan cheese steak in Philadelphia is at The Abbaye .  I really miss it, but now that I am not able to go out and visit The Abbaye I am forced to make my own seitan cheese steak.  So here is my adaptation of a seitan recipe I found here .  Keep in mind, this is just version 1...

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Part 8 in my vintage Polaroid series is a photo I took on the coast of Oregon. There was a little patch of rocks, containing water, with a vibrant patch of moss. This was done by taking a series of jpegs with bracketing, running them through photomatix to make an HDR, a decent amount of playing with...

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Part 7 in my vintage Polaroid series is a photo of a painting I did. This photo shows the power of how bright colors and some well positioned lighting can overcome shadows....

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Part 6 in my vintage Polaroid series is a photo I took of my dog, Olive, sleeping on our couch. Since we are in the middle of moving, this is a photo that captures a sense of our loft at 1100 Shackamaxon in Philadelphia. I applied a few different vintage effects to this photo, enjoy!...

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Part 5 in my vintage polaroid series is our current apartment building. We live in a loft building and this is a photo that I took to capture the memory of this building. Let me know what you think of this little gem....

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