Frontiers in cuisine
Overheard while having dinner at a Cuban restaurant in Chokoloskee FL. Chef stomps out, saying "Where's the guy who says he doesn't like my paella"? Guy, mildly: "I never had paella made with spaghetti...
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Calling Dick Tracy
This is my wrist, and that item on it is a GSM cell phone. It really works. It even has a camera and a bluetooth adapter so I can use an earpiece and not have to whisper into my shirt cuff.
View ArticleThere must be an opportunity here
I was buying airline tickets, and was wondering how expensive it would be to change them. CHANGES ANY TIME CHARGE USD 250.00 FOR REISSUE. WAIVED FOR DEATH OF PASSENGER. Hmmn.
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Spring is here
We are pleased to announce the pre-availability of Old No. 24 maple syrup, vintage 2013. Unlike conventional products, this is not just single region, not just single varietal, not just single...
View ArticleOn corporate charity
A friend sees press reports that Target has promised to give away a billion dollars to support schools. If they can afford to do that, why not just lower their prices or raise their dividend instead?...
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Better have big pockets if you want your bank account to be secure
My bank is very concerned about the security of my online accounts, so it sent me these security doozits. They are all real, and each one gives me access to some of my accounts. (Well except the one at...
View ArticleNobody's perfect
From page 8 of Friday's Financial Times: Correction:The chief executive of Cathay Pacific was misquoted as saying "overseas parrot" instead of "overseas parent" in an article on September 16.
View ArticleThe Velikovsky Rule
Immanuel Velikovsky wrote a 1950 best seller called "Worlds in Collision." In it he argued that legendary events such as the parting of the Red Sea were due to close encounters by the earth with other...
View ArticleAt least they're warm blooded
Seen in Slate, the online magazine:Correction, Dec. 10, 2013: This article originally misidentified penguins as mammals. They are birds. (The article isn't bad, though.)
View ArticleApplying the Hobby Lobby decision
A friend notes: The company simply does not want to be forced to pay for something to which it objects. Since it's the Supreme Court, other courts have to apply this ruling in future cases. So here's...
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Progress in e-mail
The Atlantic Monthly published a fine article Email is Still the Best Thing on the Internet, laying out all the reasons why e-mail, no matter how often people have claimed it's dead, is still thriving....
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In keeping with the theme of this blog
We noticed this sign in Lawrenceville NJ last week.
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Render this
We bought half a pig, all nicely cut up and stashed in the freezer. That includes a fair amount of lard, which the butcher gave us in its original form: Before one can make it into tasty baked goods...
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Crusty
I made another tourtière using the rendered lard. Turned out OK. The lovely yellow tint is an egg wash. For the culturally backward, the maple leaf, telephone, and airplanes are an obvious reference to...
View ArticleMuch, much too true
http://dnsreactions.tumblr.com/post/119671568358/90-of-the-posts-on-any-random-ietf-group
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Boris for President
I presume everyone's heard that President Obama made some surprisingly direct comments in London saying that the UK should stay in the EU, and outgoing Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the most prominent...
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A little musical history
Our new historic sign I live in Trumansburg NY, a small village in the Finger Lakes, just north of Ithaca where Cornell University is. Bob Moog was a Cornell engineering PhD with an interest in...
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The Financial Times in an article on water theft
Stuart Orchard, an ex-Surrey police detective employed by the company, said: “We’re not out to get people, but it’s against the law to dig up the road, find our water mains and illegally connect to...
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