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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

How I Waste My Time

Just because I don't have a desk job doesn't mean I don't spend endless minutes cruising the internets for time wasters. I thought I'd share a few:

First off, for those of you, who like me are visually motivated and have short attention spans, Tastespotting is a brilliant idea. It's pure eye candy, and if you choose to click through the recipes or stories behind the pictures, you can, or you can just browse and drool. I've even have 2 recipes pictured - my carbonara, and my salmon sashimi. Links go to them, you can click back through if you'd like.
The other day, Slate had a funny slideshow about LOLCats (laugh out loud cats, for those of you over 30), and it's true. There's nothing like wasting a few hours looking through I Can Has Cheezburger? Which, IMHO, is one of the most brilliant websites to ever launch. Thoroughly devoted to wasting time, it's one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I don't think you even have to be a cat lover to appreciate the website. Of course, there's always Kitten War and Kitten Break. Who isn't happy when looking at pictures of cute animals? It beats going blind trying to make Exel spreadsheets.
For local news, politics, and general raving about everything Columbus, there's Columbus Underground. Coversations can become heated, and you have to be prepared to have everything you say deconstructed to the nth degree if you don't say exactly what you mean. It's like your college Critical Theory class, only no credit.
I don't read a lot of food blogs - mainly because I like to be sure my content is fresh and uninfluenced, but also because I like my content to focus almost entirely on the Columbus food and wine scene. However, I do make a habit of reading the Amateur Gourmet (New York) and Becks & Posh (San Francisco).
I love to read the New York Times Food & Dining page, especially the Minimalist (Mark Bittman's column).
Of course, there's also the Dispatch Kitchen page. They're, um, documenting their experiences this summer with a CSA subscription! From Elizabeth Telling Farm! That's such a brilliant idea. So glad I thought of it last year (so did these other local bloggers: here and here). I wish I would have a parent company paying for mine, though. Just kidding, then I'd have to fight my editor to let me post recipes that could just as easily come off the wire service. Again, let's keep things local.
I love Cleveland food writer Michael Ruhlman's blog, and it even contains some posts from Anthony Bourdain (I know from my survey we're all Bourdain fans) and you've got to love someone who challenges Bourdain to film an episode of No Reservations in Cleveland and wins.
Even if you aren't trying to lose weight, I think a perusal of Half of Me is a really, really funny read. This girl takes a long time to lose over half of her body weight, pound by pound. She's a really funny and smart writer, probably why she got a book deal.

Well, there you have it. A few ways I like to waste my time. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Happy wasting the Man's dollar!

Posted by Lisa the Waitress on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 03:08 PM in Other Than Food | Permalink

Technorati Tags: links, lolcats, wasting time

Just because I don't have a desk job doesn't mean I don't spend endless minutes cruising the internets for time wasters. I thought I'd share a few:

First off, for those of you, who like me are visually motivated and have short attention spans, Tastespotting is a brilliant idea. It's pure eye candy, and if you choose to click through the recipes or stories behind the pictures, you can, or you can just browse and drool. I've even have 2 recipes pictured - my carbonara, and my salmon sashimi. Links go to them, you can click back through if you'd like.
The other day, Slate had a funny slideshow about LOLCats (laugh out loud cats, for those of you over 30), and it's true. There's nothing like wasting a few hours looking through I Can Has Cheezburger? Which, IMHO, is one of the most brilliant websites to ever launch. Thoroughly devoted to wasting time, it's one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I don't think you even have to be a cat lover to appreciate the website. Of course, there's always Kitten War and Kitten Break. Who isn't happy when looking at pictures of cute animals? It beats going blind trying to make Exel spreadsheets.
For local news, politics, and general raving about everything Columbus, there's Columbus Underground. Coversations can become heated, and you have to be prepared to have everything you say deconstructed to the nth degree if you don't say exactly what you mean. It's like your college Critical Theory class, only no credit.
I don't read a lot of food blogs - mainly because I like to be sure my content is fresh and uninfluenced, but also because I like my content to focus almost entirely on the Columbus food and wine scene. However, I do make a habit of reading the Amateur Gourmet (New York) and Becks & Posh (San Francisco).
I love to read the New York Times Food & Dining page, especially the Minimalist (Mark Bittman's column).
Of course, there's also the Dispatch Kitchen page. They're, um, documenting their experiences this summer with a CSA subscription! From Elizabeth Telling Farm! That's such a brilliant idea. So glad I thought of it last year (so did these other local bloggers: here and here). I wish I would have a parent company paying for mine, though. Just kidding, then I'd have to fight my editor to let me post recipes that could just as easily come off the wire service. Again, let's keep things local.
I love Cleveland food writer Michael Ruhlman's blog, and it even contains some posts from Anthony Bourdain (I know from my survey we're all Bourdain fans) and you've got to love someone who challenges Bourdain to film an episode of No Reservations in Cleveland and wins.
Even if you aren't trying to lose weight, I think a perusal of Half of Me is a really, really funny read. This girl takes a long time to lose over half of her body weight, pound by pound. She's a really funny and smart writer, probably why she got a book deal.