I found this awesome product at Trader Joes — snickerdoodle cookie dough, (but they call it cinnamon sugar, is snickerdoodle trademarked?) already made into balls so you just throw on a pan and cook, i mean bake. i know, i know, there are probably hundreds of products like this, but i’ve not seen anything but the one in the cannister that you cut into cookies, and always in flavors i don’t like like chocolate chip, or worse, chocolate chocolate chip. and once you open the canister you have to cook ‘em all. i’m making, i mean baking, like 2-3 cookies at a time in my toaster oven every few days. it’s all about portion control, you know?
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Departures, or “Okuribito” is an unexpectedly funny film about a morbid job. Japan, with it’s many, many rituals and ceremonies, has a really odd one: the preparation of a corpse for cremation — in front of the family. Hilarious, right? It’s not a comedy, it’s a very sweet film and how a cellist finds himself preparing people for departures.
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