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One Hamper, or Two?

This is just a random thought that occurred to me in the last couple of days, but does anyone realize how dirty their laundry hamper is? Day after day we toss our dirty clothes into them and then we do our laundry. That's what the hamper is supposed to do, and it servers its functions pretty well. I think what we don't think about is how dirty they really are after coming into contact with our dirty clothes covered in dirt, blood, sweat, and tears. There are generally no issues with that since we don't expect our laundry hampers to do the cleaning for us.

Throughout my time at college (before I moved into my own apartment off-campus), I noticed that people would use the same hamper to take their freshly-cleaned clothes back to their room. Think about that for a second-you're putting your clean clothes into the hamper that your dirty clothes were in. I don't think people really give it much thought, but after a long time, laundry hampers aren't exactly the cleanest things around. It just seems that we don't give too much thought about it, or at least I didn't...

Capitol Steps!

This past Saturday evening I had the pleasure to listen to the Capitol Steps perform for the third straight year. For those of you who have never heard of the Capitol Steps before, they are a singing group that essentially writes political satire to the tune of popular songs. For example:

 

I would have to say this performance was the best one in my three years that I have seen them live. The first year was good, but the second performance lacked new material. With the new election cycle, this year's performance was by far the funniest and most original. My one advice would be for you to actually know your political scandals/presidential candidates/etc before you go see them, or else it won't be as funny as possible.

You can find more information about them and their performance schedule on their website.

Multi-Use Tofu

Last week when I went to 99 Ranch, I decided to try this new "multi-use" tofu. I thought to myself that I could probably find some use for it. The end result was, shall we say, less of an adventure in cooking as it was more an adventure of trying to actually eat it.

When I saw the "multi-use" tofu, I assume that it had some firmness so that I could use it to cook. As soon as I drained the container and put it on the cutting board, it immediately started to fall apart. It had no firmness, and as soon as I would try to pick it up with my hands or move it, it started to crumble. Its lack of firmness was a real issue, especially since stirring the pot would result in more tofu breaking apart. Eating the tofu proved to be a huge disaster, and with the slightest pressure even my chopsticks would instantly go through the tofu like a knife through butter. I could only seem to eat the tofu if it was already on top of the food on my chopsticks or if I scooped it out of the bowl. So much for this "multi-use" tofu. My "soft" tofu is much firmer and holds up to my cooking.