By their very nature, "web logs" are prone to rambling on and on about topics of very little interest to the public at large. This is because, while "web logs" have publishers, they tend not to have editors.

What does this mean for you, the web-surfing public? It means that you will learn today not about the ups and downs of trade surpluses in the Euro zone, but rather about one person's personal failings.

Today, the proprietor of this hot sandwich (or "I," if you prefer) got up bright and early and decided to go down to the import/export part of town and buy some import fruit. Specifically, some of those import fruits that look like litchis (lychees?) but are less spiny and more hairy. Apparently fruits of this kind are called "rambutans." They are neat.

So, how did the expedition turn out?

It did not.

This hot sandwich has no rambutans to report.

That is sad. Sad like Rob the weepy computer programmer who offered Trista his heart and asked only that she wipe his teary eyes in return.

Say, did you know that clementines are halfway between oranges and mandarins?

No?

That's unfortunate.

Posted by Bret at January 26, 2003 08:39 PM