random thoughts from work

"By any other name"
A recent post by akirlu put these questions in my mind: Is a blog different from a LJ? Is it a different name for the same thing? What makes a blogger different from a journaller? Being relatively new to this game, I am missing definitions. And are these definitions relevant?


"I'm the Chosen One, and I choose to be shopping."
www.germandeli.com
Seeing this, two thoughts entered my brain at relatively the same time:
1 - Look at the prices! If I did this, I could be rich!
2 - Is there an equivalent for British foodstuffs?
Upon perusing that site, what I found to be most funny are the German products which are "americanized" (Sandwich creme sauce with a picture of the US flag on it, "Original American recipe" muffin mixes) which get imported into the US as German products... strange world, this.
What worries me, though, is that Dextro Energen, a product which is basically 95% glucose, is listed under "sugar-free products".


"Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh."
What I would really like to be when I grow up (that phrase is funny these days in more than one way) is a Renaissance woman, but I'm afraid all I am able to be is a Jill of all trades, master of none.