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Lazy Friday poll ~ complaints & suggestions

Posted by Robin on 5 December 2008 145 Comments

First, a few notes of business for regular readers: the Monday Mail is going on hiatus until such time as I recover from the holiday rush. Hopefully it will be back around mid-January. And we’re gearing up (or at least, thinking about gearing up) for the next Prix Eau Faux. Look for an announcement in early January, and we’ll probably start accepting entries later that month.

Today, I’d love to hear from anyone who has complaints or suggestions for Now Smell This as we move into our fifth year of blogging. Are there new features you’d like to see, any subjects you’d like to see covered more (or less), anything in general you’d like to kvetch about? And any ideas for Friday polls would be especially appreciated, as would suggestions for improving the Prix Eau Faux…

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Vote!

Posted by Robin on 4 November 2008 46 Comments

Rock The VoteA quick reminder: vote!

If you've already voted, I'd love to hear how long the lines were in your area. I passed five polling stations while taking my son to school this morning; some had very long lines, some didn't.

As always, no partisan or issue-based comments, please.

Not as messy as bacon…

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2008 23 Comments

An oldie but goodie, for anyone else needing a good laugh today.

Remarkably similar to making perfume

Posted by Robin on 5 October 2008 19 Comments

I’ve been on a bit of a tea journey recently, creating my own blends to sell in a new cafe at the back of my fragrance shop. Getting the taste right has been remarkably similar to making perfume – combining the elements to get just the right mix. In my view, the tea itself should be the main event; it should never be drowned out by other aromatic additions.

— Perfumer Lyn Harris of Miller Harris talks about blending teas in Make tea to a tea at the UK Times Online.

Don’t vote!

Posted by Robin on 2 October 2008 Leave a Comment

Apologies for the (preachy) off-topic post, but Google's Public Policy Blog points out that...

...roughly 1 in 4 Americans still aren't registered to vote, according to the most recent Census report. Now is the time -- voter registration deadlines are less than a week away in most states.

<>The video is mostly SFW, except there are some bleeped words and Sarah Silverman takes her bra off underneath her shirt. You'll also see Dustin Hoffman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Forrest Whitaker, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Laura Linney, Natalie Portman and a bunch of other famous folks.

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