R.I.P. Entrepreneur Jeno Paulucci

Jeno Paulucci, a Pioneer of Ready-Made Ethnic Foods, Dies at 93

First it was Chun King, the canned Chinese food that became a mainstay in American cupboards in the postwar decades. Then it was the pizza roll, a hybrid of Italian and Chinese fast food that acquired similar status in the kitchen freezer. Jeno Paulucci, a food magnate, had a hand in both of those contributions to the American diet, founding the companies that produced them. He died at 93 on Thursday at his home in Duluth, Minn.

Phyllis Diller

But most people just read the book and put it aside.

I read it for two years. I underlined it. And then I leafed through it every day for two years.

And:

Liberace will tell you the same things that I do. That it was the turning point in his life.

And:

You know, there always was electricity. But it wasn’t plugged in.

Nook Touch Limited Edition Unboxing Video

Ultimately, it doesn’t look very special at all.

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Two more YouTube videos have appeared and it’s clear that when it comes to handling eBooks — the very reason for its existence! — the KYOBO eReader is not fast at all.

Just look at how many eBooks are tried and how very, very, verrrrrry long they take to load and open: