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I refuse to use twitter as I have better things to do with my free time. I do have an active Facebook account, however companies rarely publish any current information there.
How about removing the High Fructose Corn Syrup? A bit of salt isn't a bad thing, there's nothing good to be said about HFCS.
Dominoes Pizza was great, about 20 years ago. They'd since tweaked their recipes out of existence into the awful slab of cardboard that is currently being served up. If they really want to serve a good pie, go back to using the original recipe.
Are there fans of Julie & Julia? I recently viewed the film and while Meryl Streep was brilliant, the dialogue written for Amy Adams was awful beyond belief.

After seeing J&J I'm hoping that Nora Ephron does everyone a favor and retires from making more films.
Just to reiterate, a "Chef" is the person that runs the kitchen and has no relation as to his/her ability to cook. I'm not much interested in the food he cooks (south western Tex Mex) but really do like DD&D as it's a celebration of Americana which is slowly disappearing to the likes of McDonalds, Applebee's, etc..
So you're asking if I want to have dinner with the convict or the bobble-head? Sounds like a trick question with no real answer.
Lord of the Rings Online MMO started out as a game based on fellowship activity with some solo play available. As the game grew into Moria it became more solo player focused and the fellowship content became trivialized. Turbine redefined the starting areas removing most content that could be construed as "difficult" creating an EZ-Mode game that solo players blow through in a couple of weeks.

LotRO feels like it's going through a massive shrink in its player base, and while you can't pin the fault solely on the re-focus to the solo player, IMHO they ended up disenfranchising their core players who had signed up for the original vision of a fellowship centric game.

Solo play tends to bring in a quick fix of players who then move onto whatever bright & shiny MMO is being released. Long term subscribers are often the people making use of group content.
I'm pulling for Chef Garces to win, however when asked about his courses it felt like he was BS-ing his way through to give the judges what they wanted to hear and came off wishy-washy. Man up and be decisive about your own food.
LotRO lost much of its charm when they changed it from being a fellowship centric game to a solo player game where the level cap can be reached in 2-3 weeks by casual players. That and the legendary weapon system which is a Korean grinders wet dream.
Surprising the amount of snobbery in this thread.

I would prefer a server to write the order down as often patrons my change seats, ask to split the checks in odd & interesting ways, or perhaps say they ordered something different than they actually did.

Having the order on paper gives you something to work from if for no better reason than to CYA.

As for Hannah specifically, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the dought. I had friends from college that could recite entire Python monologues after a single viewing, so keeping track of a table for 4-5 people is certainly doable if you have a great memory.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm heading to university next year, and I've purchased a MacBook. I'm also taking my four year old desktop, just in case I'm left with no computers when the MacBook is being repaired or whatnot. With only two USB ports on a MacBook, I want a Bluetooth mouse. Budget is about $100, and of course, it needs OS X support. Thanks for the help!"
 

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