Author: Jesse

Recipe: Italian-Style Turkey Meatballs 8

Recipe: Italian-Style Turkey Meatballs

Shauna and I often use a meal plan to figure out what it is we're going to eat during the week. It helps us grocery shop a bit smarter and saves us the "what're we gonna have for dinner" discussion....

To Russia, Without Love 1

To Russia, Without Love

Due to the immense volume of spam from that country, I have permanently banned all access to our website from Russia. This isn't something I take lightly, but I'm getting sick of filtering through all of the junk and having...

The Things Our Dog Does 3

The Things Our Dog Does

I went home for lunch today for the first time this week. Naturally, Chloe wanted to go out into the backyard. Today, she got a treat; there was a cat in the neighbor's yard. The fence separating them, she got...

The Next Two Years 4

The Next Two Years

Democrats now have a firm hold on the House of Representatives and picked up a few seats the US Senate, ending years of Republican control of both houses of Congress. So what happens now? What happens now is that we...

Watch the Election Returns From Your PC 0

Watch the Election Returns From Your PC

The state and county are posting election returns on their respective websites. Since there were long lines at most of the polls today (or so I've heard), it may take a while for many of the precincts to report in....

Did iTunes save "The Office"? 2

Did iTunes save "The Office"?

Neilson ratings aren't everything any more. NBC revealed that "The Office" was on the chopping block until they put it on iTunes and saw the numbers soar. Based on that, they decided to order more episodes of the show saving...

How wrong you are, Ms. Zundel. 3

How wrong you are, Ms. Zundel.

The Salt Lake Tribune recently published an opinion piece by a student from the University of Utah supporting an increase in the minimum wage. I'm gathering this student hasn't stayed up during economics classes as the piece is riddled with...

The Strange News: Squirrels on Crack 2

The Strange News: Squirrels on Crack

This is the kind of stuff you just can't make up. Squirrels in England have been digging up bags of crack hidden in gardens and getting addicted to the stuff. They then exhibit aggressive behavior as they get addicted and...

Tribune: Why are these people on my ballot? 2

Tribune: Why are these people on my ballot?

The Tribune's editorial board talks some sense in asking why it is we're expected to vote for a bunch of administrative offices. I agree: offices like Clerk, Treasurer, Surveyor, Assessor, and so on don't require an election. The mayor and...

The Race for Senate District 9 Goes Negative 1

The Race for Senate District 9 Goes Negative

This week marked an unpleasant turn in the race for Senate District 9: negative campaigning. It kicked off with a flier from Trisha Beck blasting her opponent, Wayne Niederhauser, for outspending her by a margin of almost 7-to-1. She fails...