THE ADVERTISING AMERICAN WAY

HEY LOOK, WE CAN'T SELL OUR OVERPRICED CRAP ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OR SHOPPING MORALISM, SO WE'LL RESORT TO THE AGE-OLD CHEAP ADVERTISING COP-OUT!!!! AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE YOU WONDER, "AM I ATTRACTED TO CHILDREN?"

YUMMY IN THE TUMMY

Grilled cheeses are simply amazing. I prefer mine dipped in ketchup, which I guess means I'm Canadian. I don't have any problems with that.

(from Wiki)
A grilled cheese sandwich is a relatively simple sandwich, generally consisting of two pieces of sliced bread and at least one slice of cheese in between. Some methods call for buttering the outside of the bread first, while others melt the butter in the pan.

Traditionally, cheddar is used, although in the USA a processed cheese known as American cheese is also quite popular. In the Netherlands Gouda cheese is used most often and ham is added to it. Other kinds of cheese can be used, such as Swiss cheese, but these are mostly regional variants.

Meat or pickles and/or mustard added to the grilled cheese are other variations. It is also not unheard of for fresh sliced tomato to be added. There are also some who prefer a triple-decker grilled cheese sandwich, where the middle slice is put in a toaster before adding cheese and two other slices of bread, and cooking it like a normal grilled cheese sandwich.

In Britain, Ireland and Australia a similar dish is often referred to as "cheese on toast", "toasted cheese", Welsh rabbit or "roasted cheese", and is normally made with one slice of bread or toast (an open sandwich), topped with cheddar, and broiled (grilled) until the cheese has melted. (In South Africa "toasted cheese" refers to a toasted cheese sandwich while "cheese on toast" refers to unmelted cheese on a slice of toast.) Some people like to sprinkle condiments over the cheese; the possibilities are limited only by the imagination, but especially popular variations include Worcestershire sauce, powdered oregano, powdered paprika, or cayenne pepper.

It is often enjoyed as a side-dish to tomato soup, sometimes dunked. Others (mostly Canadian) prefer to dip their grilled cheese sandwiches into ketchup or apple sauce.

Also, there is some debate over what is the correct way to slice this type of sandwich. Some prefer horizontally along the middle, as with traditional sandwiches. Others prefer diagonally, from corner to corner, to make it easier to dip.

CRAZY FROG BROTHERS

PLEASE TAKE THE SUNSHINE AWAY

100 degrees in New York today, without the heat index. 101 tomorrow. This is making the South feel like San Diego. Not only is it unbearably hot, but to go anywhere (including work), you have to saturate yourself in it. Sure, the south is hot. But only as hot as you want it to be. As far "behind" people in the Northeast say the south is from the rest of the country, there is one thing that all these fancy Ivy League pretty boys have not discovered. CENTRAL AIR. Which the south lives in.

Back home, you are constantly in the air conditioning. Inside your house or apartment. You leave, you get in your air conditioned car. You go into an air conditioned store. I've seen golf carts with air conditioning. Sure, the heat can get hot, but it's only as hot as you want it to be. Because you know at any moment, you can jump into some nice 70 degree air and cool off.

Not here.

The only place you will find decent central air is in a store, like Bloomingdales. And i've walked into the women's department plenty of times when getting off the train at 59th just to cool off. But the thing is, nowhere else has central air, unless you go shopping. No apartment buildings have central air, unless it's a new building, AND you're purchasing your one-bedroom $1mil space. Otherwise, you're stuck with a window unit, and fans. When you're in your apartment, you're used to it, and you can be comfortable (if you shed all clothing). But once you go outside, you're fucked. Sure, the thermometer reads 100 degrees, but that isn't close to an accurate portrayal of the heat. You have to add in the other factors. First, New York is one huge concrete block. Every sidewalk, street, and building emits all the heat outward off the concrete, like a giant oven. Kind of like those reflective silver things people put under their face when sunbathing. Second, there are all the cars, trucks, 18-wheelers and buses. Each one spitting out heat and exhaust. If you walk near a bus or truck, you'll feel about a 20 degree difference (and hold your breath, diesel exhaust isn't too healthy i'd imagine). Third, all the buildings dump their heat out onto the sidewalks where everyone walks. Most of this heat comes from A/C exhaust ducts. Or exhaust fans from restaurant kitchens and ovens. That's more heat. Fourth and finally, there is all the heat rising out of the subway grills in all the sidewalks. So when you walk over or by one of these, you have heat coming up onto you, building blowing hot air or emitting heat from the side. A bus blowing exhaust from the other side, and the sun blazing down from above. It's like a spray-on tan with heat! And the best part? Wearing jeans to work bc of their 'no shorts' policy.

So, enjoy your air conditioned lives, all my non-NYC friends.
As for me, I'll be changing my underwear 3 times a day.

STEWART/COLBERT 2008

Stephen Colbert DESTROYS Eleanor Holmes Norton, democratic representative from Washington DC.