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Watch a SlideShow I was lucky enough to spend this last weekend in Boston with my parents. Initially, I wasn't really thrilled about giving up my first weekend back to keep on the move because I was still pretty tired. But Boston is my kind of town; lots of food and beer and people with attitudes. Besides being a very pretty town with two tons of history, I was impressed with how independent most of the town still is. Sure, there were 1,100 Dunkin' Donuts, but the places with...

Life moves quickly. Started classes today at the Culinary; already back into the grind and so far, it's just been weird. It was strange to become so entrenched in this world, only to leave it and then return again. Honestly, it feels like I was gone for so long; this world seemed so foreign. But the friendships have come back easily as has the jealousy of those who have cars. I'm back in Texas in two weeks for summer vacation (3 weeks) and I can tell you it's zero fun...

Security guru Bruce Schneier takes a look at the recent "terrorist plots" -- JFK, Fort Dix, the Sears Tower, the liquid bombers -- that the government has foiled, and wonders why we get so worked up over terrorists whose plans are so stupid that they could never have worked. There's an analogy to DHS checkpoints where we take off our shoes and shed our liquids. Blowing up airplanes with your shoes doesn't work -- if it did, we wouldn't know about it. It's only because the plot failed miserably that...

My time at ChefCo Foods as an extern officially ended on Friday. This cake was part of my going-away, week-long, bonanza. Look carefully; the cake is funnier than it should be. Anyway, man, I had a great time there. I'm very much looking forward to the possibility of returning there and getting back to work with the good people i met. I've been trying to explain to people how unworldly this experience has been and how lucky I was to get into it. In terms of externships, this was...

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Good time was had by all......