Watched the original "Oceans 11" (1960; Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Angie Dickenson, Cesar Romero, Buddy Lester) tonight on VHS. Not as good as the newer one, in my opinion. I tried watching "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004; Haylie Duff) the other night on DVD at Heather and Dave's birthday party, but it was so lame, I just couldn't sit through it. Majorly lame. Ratchet.

Well, the debate on sweet potatoes vs. yams has arisen, yet again, with some people claiming that they're the same thing, and some arguing that they are, in fact, different foods. If you think you know, go ahead and look at this photo, and try to identify which is which:



The only thing I'm certain of, is that neither are the same as an ocarina (despite what the dictionary says).

Along the same lines, what is the difference between a colander, strainer, skimmer, sifter, chinois, sieve, and ricer? I always thought this was a strainer (tight metal mesh):



while this was a colander (larger plastic holes, not mesh):



but apparently I'm wrong. I have never seen a sieve, to my knowledge (unless both of the above are sieves, that is).

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's "The Simple Life 3: Interns" show is almost not even watchable. They lack so many basic life skills, that it's hard to know if they are just acting dumb, or really are that ignorant.

According to a Promise pamphlet that I picked up at the store the other day, all food products will be required to list trans fats on a separate line on the nutrition label, starting on January 1, 2006. Very cool.