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I Was Good At Math And Science, And I Got Lots Of Degrees In Lots Of Things, But In A Parallel Universe, I Probably Became A Chef.

There's No Way I'm Going To Stand Up For Bad Ingredients. We Love Seasonal Ingredients. It's A False Dichotomy To Say That Modern Cooking Is At Odds With That, But Some People Want To Have A Great Ingredient And No Technique.

I've Never Filed A Patent Lawsuit. I Hope Never To File A Patent Lawsuit. That May Be Unrealistic, But It Would Be Great If I Could Avoid Doing It... Lawsuits Are A Ridiculous Way To Do Business.

New Online Formats Gutted The Newspaper-ad Business. Why Pore Over Tiny Print Looking For A Job In The Want Ads When You Can Tap A Few Keywords Into Monster.com, Then Click Through And Apply? Why Pay A Steep Per-character Rate For A Classified When You Can Hawk A Whole Garage Full Of Used Stuff On Ebay Or Craigslist For Free?

Anybody Who Can Afford A Box Of Business Cards Can Afford A Web Site. Any Company With An 800 Number Can Move Its Services To The Web For Peanuts By Comparison. The Extreme Case Of Corporate Promotion Is To Strip Away All Other Aspects Of Your Business And Sell Goods Or Services Via The Net Alone, As Amazon.com Has Done With Books.