http://ssmirnov.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/740/ Where it all converges: inspiration+influence, professional+personal Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:09:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ssmirnov.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/740/#comment-281 ssmirnov Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:56:48 +0000 http://ssmirnov.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/740/#comment-281 Awww, Jay! Well, at least you guys tried. I had forgotten the air poppers had that little melty add-on feature--I had a dorm-mate freshman year who was anorexic and taught me the great trick of spraying your air-popped popcorn with butter-flavored Pam, then sprinkling on Mrs Dash. You can judge but she went on to earn both medical and law degrees (and even managed to bear children down the road.) So borne of food-depriving neurosis, but still a good trick. Awww, Jay! Well, at least you guys tried. I had forgotten the air poppers had that little melty add-on feature–I had a dorm-mate freshman year who was anorexic and taught me the great trick of spraying your air-popped popcorn with butter-flavored Pam, then sprinkling on Mrs Dash. You can judge but she went on to earn both medical and law degrees (and even managed to bear children down the road.) So borne of food-depriving neurosis, but still a good trick.

]]> http://ssmirnov.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/740/#comment-280 jaycosnett Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:06:44 +0000 http://ssmirnov.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/740/#comment-280 We have an only slightly newer-vintage no-oil "Air Popper" w/out (of course) the auto-drip-grease-of-your-choice feature. (Though there is an area where you can melt said grease and apply manually, if you must.) We actually dragged it out for movie night a few weeks ago when we couldn't find any microwave popcorn in the house. (I know! Are we even really Americans?) Well, as 21st century luck would have it, the kids hated the non-nuked popcorn as well as the non-animated "family" movie we had chosen ("Larger Than Life" with Bill Murray and Vera, the elephant). Julie and I loved both. We have an only slightly newer-vintage no-oil “Air Popper” w/out (of course) the auto-drip-grease-of-your-choice feature. (Though there is an area where you can melt said grease and apply manually, if you must.) We actually dragged it out for movie night a few weeks ago when we couldn’t find any microwave popcorn in the house. (I know! Are we even really Americans?) Well, as 21st century luck would have it, the kids hated the non-nuked popcorn as well as the non-animated “family” movie we had chosen (“Larger Than Life” with Bill Murray and Vera, the elephant). Julie and I loved both.

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