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...episode of 3rd Rock From the Sun that revolutionized conventions for tipping waiters. My sister and I use catchphrases from the short-lived The Famous Jett Jackson in everyday conversation. Two of my clearest memories are of that fateful day in second grade when my dad installed a satellite dish, just in time for the golden age of Snick, and then the day just last summer that catapulted The Lamb Family into the TiVo...
...Tuesday night crowd watching the Red Sox get crushed by Tampa Bay (sans enthusiasm) certainly doesn’t qualify as an unusual night in the Kirkland House grille. But this particular game attracted some out-of-town spectators, turning the grille and the game into a petri dish of strange interactions. The visitors, who have come to Cambridge all the way from Japan, are not particularly interested in the ball game. Instead, they focus their attention on the student viewers. No, they are not psychologists studying sports fanatics. According to a network executive who wishes to remain anonymous, their...
...while student representatives are able to pass along complaints to HUDS, HUDS Executive Director Ted A. Mayer said that they will not replace House dining hall managers, who normally field complaints from students. “It is important to recognize the difference between liking or not liking a dish and what it means to be sustainable,” Mayer said. HUDS Assistant Director of Marketing Crista Martin hesitated to acknowledge communication problems between students and HUDS, but said that “last year’s menu questions or concerns would have been less alarming or less...
...ones who wax nostalgic about steaming bowls of tripe prepared by their mother in the winter, or the chicken feet they had at dim sum with their grandparents. For them, whether or not they like a food depends much more on the company and memories surrounding the dish than on the taste of the item itself. (Tripe, nota bene, is cow stomach.) These are the people who are hopelessly easy to please.I am undeniably a member of the second camp.When I was three I craved garlic string beans and green olives. My favorite treat was a bar of Rolos with...
...from people like Shopsin and music like Megapuss’s is derived from the creators’ knowledge of fundamentals—that is, things that people are either immediately comfortable with or almost universally enjoy—and an appreciation for simplicity and harmony. Let me explain.A dish like blisters on my sisters, or tracks from “Surfing” such as “Chicken Titz” or “A Gun On His Hip and a Rose On His Chest,” can sound, well, different to those who haven?...