I'll Bite

100 Foods - bold i've eaten, crossed out I would never try. ill take it a step further and link the ones i needed to investigate

1. Venison - like any other meat, as good as its cooked
2. Nettle tea - wtf?
3. Huevos rancheros - i make a mean one...
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - alligator, close enough
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush - god thats a sweet phrase. not a big fan of eggplant, but usually like middle eastern food.
11. Calamari - at Disney World one time i had calimari at every resturant. different every place we ate. and yea, i have been to Disney World way too much
12. Pho - sounds good though
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - apparently i just didnt know the love. i heart curry
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle - amazing.
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - does mead count?
19. Steamed pork buns - im intrigued though...
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - minus the health problems, liver doesnt bother me (aka taste-wise)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda - of the things i havent known to this point, this sounds the tastiest
31. Wasabi peas - Dad loves them
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi - sounds yummy, may have to try it out
34. Sauerkraut - like the smell (its the german in me...), hate the taste (its the intelligence in me...)
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - its gonna happen...
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat - love me some curry. im down.
42. Whole insects - cant think of any...
43. Phaal - ok this is a curry-heavy list
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - i remember this on food network once. if i were at a high-class japanese place, i just may
47. Chicken tikka masala - again with the curry!!
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - hurl.
50. Sea urchin - eh.
51. Prickly pear - Jungle Book (the disney one i grew up on) makes me want one every time
52. Umeboshi - there are so many foods out there i have never even HEARD of that i want to try now... this list is depressing...
53. Abalone - sea food in genereal doesnt scare me...
54. Paneer - i would try it because ill try any cheese, the chances of me liking it are slim to none. non-melting cheese just doesnt do it for me outside of parmesean
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - going out on a limb on this one. my family loves beer tasting but doesnt really pay attention to ABV... im guessing yes, but not often prob
59. Poutine - that doesnt sound bad at all....
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - wtf?
64. Currywurst - BRILLIANT!!!!!
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs - i have always said i would, but when the time comes i wimp out. damn you kermit the frog!
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - all.
68. Haggis - subject to change...
69. Fried plantain - very good actually
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - once in a blue moon maybe
73. Louche absinthe - Mom really wants to try some...
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - wtf?
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - too much processed sugar
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong - love tea.
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum - if i get over the look, i bet its good
82. Eggs Benedict - if i had a stomach able to handle this that early in the morning, i would have it everyday
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe Beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor - sounds yummy
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - dont get me started....
100. Snake

Don't talk to cops.

I'm probably on the terrorist watch list already for the title of this, but it needs to be said.

Watch these. Roughly an hour long, but really, really, really informative. James Duane, a professor at Regency Law School talking about why not to talk to police. This isn't me saying cops suck, far from.

Just know your rights



Part 1:


After that, click in the related videos for part 2

Moe Mashed Us Again

Went to the nati and watched the Vikes lose a heartbreaker to longtime rival Moeller, 27-17. I came away with these observatiosn:

* Nippert Stadium (and UC in general) really is a very nice venue. I may have to try to get down there for a UC football game sometime, I feel like when the place is packed it really makes some noise.

* Spencer Ware is good, but really not a thrower. Granted there were a few off throws that were more of a play miscommunication than anything, but he was constantly putting the ball at the knees. Not to say there weren't flashes of D-1 passing, but I feel like he would be much better off as a runningback or wide reciever in college (I would be surprised if any college coaches disagreed with me).

* Princeton will definitely have a good year this year. They more than doubled Moeller in offensive production, and were it not for two interceptions, probably would have walked away with a win. Both the offensive and defensive line still have a ways to go, but nothing to keep them from having a fun season.

* If the football team was even half as fun to watch as this when I were in school, I would have been very satisfied.

* The student section is really going downhill. A big Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to that one....

Duel Day Pt. 3

18 or 21?

It's been coming up in the news a bit lately, so I figure why not throw it out there.

The 21 age limit is a broken system (trust me) but it makes Uncle Sam a ton of money in fines and what not, and I'm sure it probably does cut down on DUI deaths quite a bit. The problem I have with that arguement though is the belief that this is an unalterable consequence of an 18 year age limit.

If I remember correctly, Sweden (the person, a foreign exchange student from high school) told me Sweden's (the country) laws on the subject and it almost made too much sense. Why not lower the age to drink out (as in at bars and resturants) to 18, but keep the age to buy it from a store at 20 (in the case of Sweden) or 21 even? At even the dingiest of hole in the wall bars, there is a bartender there to cut you off and a bouncer to throw you out the door for wearing a hat like the gays do.

It is just enough of a level of control to keep Uncle Sam happy, while at the same time teaching teens their limits so they don't have to learn it from everyones friends over at the Delta house. And shit, the money some people will blow at the bar in one night, let alone two or three years when that is the only possiblity, far far exceeds that of an underage fine. Talk about an economic stimulus package! If anything, it's a hell of a lot of a better idea than the "lite beer" bullshiat law that my parents always use as their disclaimer for "back in the day." I highly doubt that really worked as planned. At least here there is a definite line drawn in the sand. Empty the top shelf if you want, but drink it here, don't take it with you.



Lemme hear em'

Consider this my formal goodbye...

No not from the blogosphere you willy-nillies (not sure if that is even applicable there...).



Consider this my formal goodbye world if the entire planet goes caput from a man-made black hole, as some are fearing upon the completion and first run of the LHC.

Personally, I'm not even going to fake like I know enough to really understand why people would jump to this apocolyptic conclusion, or why physisicts are so damn excited to play with their new toy. I don't really care about the former, and if any of the more scientific types could explain the latter a little bit for me (or ask everyone's favorite Ghanaian) it would be greatly appreciated.

Even with my relative lack of background on the subject, the Popular Science nerd in me can't help but be a little excited. As the comic explains, usually if science makes someone fear for all of humanity, science is on the right track.

I'm BaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaccccckKKKkkkkKKkkk

Moved in 8 AM this morning after finishing packing about 1 AM last night. But, all is well and the one night of fun begins before classes come and ruin my life.

Rubber Ducky out... promising to report much more consistently

It Tickles the Throat

Ginger Beer is not Root Beer.

Mom grabbed some A.J. Stephan's "Jamacian Style" Ginger Beer from Jungle Jims a few weeks ago for me because I'm a big weirdo and like drinking different things. Like chugging straight club soda... then having it come back up all over my biology teacher's floor.... or flavoring said club soda.... but I digress...

Think Ginger Ale cubed, and you have a solid idea of what this "Ginger Beer" is like. Probably a more accurate description would be to think of the taste of straight ginger that is a side in most sushi and carbonate it. I know if you aren't a sushi freak such as I that doesn't help much, but it works. So suck it.

The after taste is straight ginger with a heaping load of burning. Yes, burning. Something with the method of carbonation or something really makes this rough on even a healthy throat. It's a mild burn that lasts a solid 15-20 seconds. Usually the only time a man has to utter that sentence is to a proctologist after a night of B-dubs blazin' wings. Mmmmm buffalo sauceeeeee.

Ginger Beer however, has no wonderous buffalo sauce, yet still the burn (though admittedly, not in the anus.... which is courteous...)

2/5 on the J-Ged ruff ryder taste test scale

Read the Watchmen

I picked it up as I was about halfway done, took out my bookmark (a Dark Knight movie ticket, if you are curious), and now have no need for it.



Holy shit.



Definitely one where the ending isn't the best (or even most memorable) moment. Not to say that it's a shitty Chappelle-esque wrap it up type ending. It's actually a pretty solid closing.

Just... there are so many other parts that make you stop and think. Or just sit there in awe at how two completely non-related aspects of the story tie in later at a much more elaborate level than simply through the plot.

It's all kind of hard to explain with IB English being nearly two years in my past now.......

But yea.... just wow.....

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Parts that jump out now after just reading it:

1.) The whole of chapter/issue 9. Basically, while trying to not spoil it, it revolves around a normal human being essentially trying to get the only true superhero in the novel to actually give two shits about Earth. In it is a whole "uniqueness of human life" shpiel that really gets to me.
2.) Two chapters before that, Moore has a little non-graphic piece of one of Nite Owl's acedemic pieces that is a masterful suppliment to the whole chapter/issue 9 shpiel. It's really hard to explain without giving stuff away, but if you have read it before and just read those two parts back-to-back it'll jump right out. Pretty neat.
3.) The whole Nostalgia motif, and the irony of it all (in terms of the businessman behind it and what not
4.) How most of the time I didn't give two shits about the Black Freighter storyline, then once the last page of chapter/issue 11 came (again, if you read it you should have an idea of what I'm talking about) I had to hold back from getting emotional.

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The only thing that has me really worried about a movie adaptation is that you can't really take much out of it without really losing a solid chunk what makes this book great. The fact that it all fits together so well, almost like a good 1500 piece puzzle, is partly what is so rewarding. It's almost like Lord of the Rings in that a whole world was created. Who knows though. There's a reason they always say, "the book was better."

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Just watching the trailer for the movie again, this time actually knowing what happens, and i think this will blow the dark knight movies out of the water, at least for the comic book reader demographic. just watch the dude at the end of this... he has to hold back TEARS for god's sake! over a trailer!!!!




and now... with the only time I will probably EVER use the comic tag

I are back.

I go to work in one hour (fitting...)

School starts a week from today (good for this blog)

I am reading Watchmen, not very far into it so if you ruin it I will hunt you down and castrate you and your male children from here to the end of your days.

Other than that, have a nice day :)

On Vacation

I don't suck as bad as you may think I do. Back to the beach.

The crap stolen-wireless I have to make this post isn't allowing me to upload anything in the way of pictures like I planned.... so I'll get back to it sometime... stay tuned

Apparently Whtie is the new White....

and yes, I was correct in my assumption. The Reds screwed this one up. However, at the time of my assuming this, I didn't know the whole Griffey vs. the guys in the booth hurrah , so I guess it was more of a knee jerk get-this-guy out of town thing on ole' Bobby's part.

And that sucks. Griffey was the only sure fire trade option at this point, given Arroyo's recent sucking (thus ruining is trade value) and Dunn's hot streak (giving him a 57th chance to become the consistent deep threat the Red's need). And for him we got a mediocre at best relief pitcher and a AAA 2nd basemen with a bum back and average-on-a-good-day hitting.

Way to go for what we need, doushebags. I understand Griffey doesn't have the value he once did, but color me unimpressed.

I'd love to hear everyone else's opinion