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Question 1
What do the toaster companies have against rye bread?
Attempt 1
Attempt 2
Question 2:
How does The Times Magazine's in-house interviewer Deborah Solomon continue to land interviews with the newsworthy and notable?
Case in point: An excerpt from this week's Q&A with the creator of HBO's Entourage.
DS: I assume your milieu was less flashy than the one in "Entourage."Doug Ellin: My father is an accountant. Growing up on Long Island, I'd have one basketball for seven years. There was no grip left on this basketball. I don't want to sound like I had a cheap father. He was not cheap, but he was very against waste.
DS: What advantage did that give you?
Doug Ellin: None.
DS: Great. Tell that to your analyst.
Comments
Over 20 years ago, I switched to a toaster oven, avoiding your problem. The bread I get is 6 inches across in the middle of the loaf, and two slices toast nicely in the toaster oven. (I've kept that one setting now for about five years.)
Posted by: Roy | June 9, 2007 3:11 PM
It drives me nuts - I usually just cut off the ends and throw them away before toasting.
Posted by: homer | June 9, 2007 11:16 PM