VTOLing

In Our Name

2012-01-30T13:27:00.001-07:00

From The Atlantic:

"... the Bush administration put forth a very narrow definition, arguing that for an action to be deemed torture, it must produce suffering “equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death.” To place this in perspective: the administration’s threshold for when an act of torture begins was the point at which the Inquisition stipulated that it must stop."

Dirty

2012-01-16T07:14:00.008-07:00

Saturday

2012-01-11T11:08:00.002-07:00

Is Tough Mudder the same as other events out there like Muddy Buddy or Warrior Dash?

No. Muddy Buddy and Warrior Dash are both great events and really fun days out, but Tough Mudder is a very different proposition. Our events are three times as long, take place in hostile environments, often at altitude, and are a significant physical and mental challenge. Completing a Tough Mudder requires camaraderie and a degree of toughness that other mud-runs will not even begin to test.

Alex Clare

2011-12-29T17:25:00.002-07:00

Thank you NPR interns.

Cheesey

2011-12-14T14:02:00.002-07:00

Blue Du Bocage Pascal Beillavaire - I might have a new favorite cheese. This blue goat's milk cheese from France is insanely good. Goaty and creamy with a mild to medium blue kick. It was all I could do to save some for tomorrow.

Comte Grand Affinage - This cooked raw cow's milk cheese from France underwhelmed me at first. Then I took my second bite. Once my taste buds stopped exploding, I realized I had stumbled upon a gem. The buttery nuttiness is great on its own or eaten with fruit. I'm glad I took that second bite.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

2011-12-01T14:06:00.001-07:00

"My point is that consumption of spicy food isn’t just a experience of the palette, it is deeply social. It is a signal of awesomeness, like having big antlers."

Loud and Squished

2011-11-30T10:17:00.001-07:00

Hopefully, the judge will force AA to get rid of its awful MD-80s.

Efficiency

2011-10-25T08:17:00.003-07:00

This is the crew that stood around doing a lot of nothing while we sat on the tarmac in Lima on our way home. For 3 hours. The plane ended up needing a new part. The closest available part of this type was in Chicago. Needless to say, we left 15 hours later. I'm happy to report that the food at the Lima airport is actually pretty good, particularly, the lomo saltado (i.e., salty beef). I didn't want to stoop down to airport ceviche, especially after having it at Pescados Capitales the night before. Mmmmm.

"Mary and Max"

2011-09-26T10:51:00.003-07:00

I watched Mary and Max last night with the boys. Great movie on friendship, loneliness, and mental illness. I highly recommend it for adults and children.

"Working"

2011-09-14T09:38:00.001-07:00

From xkcd:

"Five of the Most Expensive Cheeses in the Universe"

2011-09-13T08:48:00.001-07:00

From Chow Bella.

"Twenty-Five Pieces of Basic Sartorial Knowledge So You Don’t Look Dumb"

2011-09-13T08:27:00.002-07:00

From putthison.com, A Web Series About Dressing Like a Grown Up.

Numbers 20 and 21 are my personal favorites.

Dick Cheney

2011-09-07T09:50:00.005-07:00

Getting shot with a 12 gauge from 30 yards away in the neck and shoulder hurts. I've been peppered before, but this mishap left a 2 inch bruise on my neck. Always wear eye protection kids!

Flying Squirrel

2011-09-07T09:50:00.001-07:00

"Ponzi Scheme"

2011-08-31T14:00:00.002-07:00

From Mother Jones.

"I'm Sorry"

2011-08-31T07:56:00.001-07:00

From xkcd.

The Formation of the Milky Way

2011-08-30T08:21:00.001-07:00

Rupert

2011-08-17T09:17:00.002-07:00

The ongoing News Corp scandal has been fascinating. One of the most powerful men in the world has been taking a shellacking for over a month. The downfall of such men isn't something you see frequently.

Yves Smith takes a look at the difference in coverage between the U.S. and the U.K..

"Yaweh or No Way"

2011-08-13T08:17:00.000-07:00

The Colbert Report
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Blame-itis

2011-07-29T18:22:00.001-07:00

A great post by Megan McCardle on the debt, deficits, and the associated blame game.

Cheese - y

2011-07-21T12:33:00.002-07:00

La Rustichella Sheep Tartufo Molitero - an aged raw sheep's milk cheese from Italy. With black truffles. Crumbly. Sheepy (i.e., mild). With delicious, delicious black truffles. Overall, an amazing cheese. It went very well with panchetta, as well as with the pickled habaneros.

Fromage

2011-07-12T14:54:00.003-07:00

Igor Gorgonzola Dolce - Creamy, creamy gorgonzola. With prosciutto and red pepper stuffed olives, it is very, very good. Almost as good as St. Agur. Almost.

Cheese

2011-07-07T16:06:00.004-07:00

Midnight Moon - An aged (1 year) goat cheese from Holland made using a gouda recipe. I must say that I liked the smell, but wasn't a huge fan of this cheese. It might have been that I was looking for something other than goat flavored gouda to go with my prosciutto and garlic stuffed olives, but I'm still not sure I would have liked it. The gouda overpowered the goat and the gouda wasn't that great. I like my gouda at least 3 years old (preferably 5) and crumbly, not creamy.

QE2

2011-06-30T09:47:00.002-07:00

QE2 in in pictures at the WSJ.

I really wish was could run experiments in parallel universes where we could control the flow of time. That'd be convenient.

BTW, I'll soon be issuing bonds to myself and then printing cash to pay for them to myself, which I'll then use to buy lots of cool stuff. Any investors?

Guns, Fiddle, or Knives

2011-06-13T15:04:00.002-07:00

Please ask me about my experience in the security line on 6/12. I'm begging you.

"Obi-Wan Is Dead"

2011-05-11T18:48:00.000-07:00

From The Galactic Times.

Space

2011-05-03T01:50:00.001-07:00

From xkcd.

"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision."

Awesome

2011-04-21T12:28:00.001-07:00

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Milkshakes

2011-04-21T05:52:00.002-07:00

Vanilla, apple, and bacon milkshakes are amazing. Seriously.

At B Spot in Beachwood, OH.

Bucheron

2011-04-06T13:42:00.002-07:00

It's been a while, but I finally made it back to the cheese aisle at Whole Foods.

Bucheron: A mild and tasty goat cheese from France. A slight aftertaste that is chased nicely with a Diet Coke. I've seen this cheese before, but due to its similar appearance to other goat cheeses I've had (creamy chevre-like center and a soft outside), I haven't indulged. I'm glad I did today. It made a great afternoon snack.

Sadness

2011-03-29T12:32:00.001-07:00

No elk hunt this year. 120,000 people put in for tags and I wasn't one of the fortunate 12,000. At least I have a bonus point for next year. I might need to buy a new gun to make myself feel better (I've been eying that synthetic .223 Tikka T3).

Libya

2011-03-24T06:52:00.002-07:00

This foolishness in Libya is killing me. No plan. No long-term thinking. Intervention when no vital U.S. interests are at stake. The disconnect between what we are doing in Libya versus what we are doing in Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria.

Here's Stratfor's take on how Gaddafi will potentially respond.

Hisashiburi

2011-03-23T04:41:00.000-07:00

"No Correlation"

2011-03-03T13:20:00.001-07:00

From Indexed.

Two Gorillas

2011-02-21T11:48:00.004-07:00

From The Economist.

I hope that not addressing entitlements and the defense budget is simply politics by the President and that he is willing to work with Congress to look at both entitlements and defense. We're going to ignore 76% of the overall budget?

Egypt's Regime

2011-02-14T09:50:00.001-07:00

Stratfor argues that what we are witnessing in Egypt is not a revolution, but a continuation of the existing military regime.

Scale

2011-02-01T08:51:00.001-07:00

Scale from Brad Goodspeed on Vimeo.

13.2 Billion

2011-01-28T10:19:00.004-07:00

A galaxy 13.2 billion light years away? That's a mere 400 million years after the Big Bang. And ~8 billion years before the earth was created. The speed of light and looking into the distant past always twists my mind into a Gordian Knot. Mind blowing stuff.

Pale Blue Dot

2011-01-23T18:53:00.003-07:00

Carl Sagan's famous thoughts on this picture, which was taken as Voyager 1 passed Pluto:

"Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known."

LBJ Orders Pants

2011-01-18T11:47:00.000-07:00

From The Atlantic

Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo.

Arabic

2011-01-18T09:10:00.001-07:00

"Uh,

2011-01-16T06:31:00.001-07:00

your picks are on backwards."

From XKCD (847)

2011-01-14T08:28:00.002-07:00

Speaking of which (clicking on the image will enlarge it, making reading a little easier):

Astronomy

2011-01-14T08:22:00.000-07:00

The full version is even better.

Please enable JAVA^TM to use the Mini-AstroViewer night sky map.

Crazy Rules The World

2011-01-12T06:23:00.001-07:00

Arizona Shootings Reaction

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Still Running and Eating Cheese

2011-01-08T14:55:00.002-07:00

I'll be making a cheese run later today. I had an absolutely horrible stinky cow's milk cheese a couple of weeks back (Morbier = not good to this man).

Also running. You'll be happy to note that I am finally back to my race weight after putting on 20 pounds last January.

One Day

2011-01-06T15:51:00.003-07:00

Liz surprised me with one of these beauties for Christmas.

She asked me last summer (LAST SUMMER!!!) what instrument I would choose to learn how to play. I told her the banjo because I love bluegrass and the clarinet because the the jazz clarinet is something special.

I already have my forward roll down. I'll report back in 5 years.

Bogus, Fraudulent, Debunked

2011-01-06T08:20:00.002-07:00

The British Journal of Medicine reports on the fraud committed by Dr. Wakefield and his sensational and untrue claim that there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

I wonder how many children were sickened and/or died due to the fear this man's claims put into parents.

Luciano

2010-12-23T07:41:00.002-07:00

Lyrics and translation are found here.

Kick-off

2010-12-22T11:45:00.001-07:00

This is awesome.

Recap

2010-12-14T09:07:00.003-07:00

This is a picture of our hunting group right before we started the field dressing (which took about 3 hours) and then hiked the 3/4 mile back to the trucks at 9pm and then after driving back to the cabin, spent another 2 hours cleaning and hanging all of the meat. We weren't smiling as much at 12:30am. The shot is just the beginning.

So onto our hunt. We arrived in Pinetop-Lakeside Thursday afternoon. Opening Day was Friday. Friday morning our group met a local friend of a friend who took us directly to a mountain in our unit. We glassed for a total of 10 minutes before spotting a herd of 8, which consisted of a single 2 point bull and 7 cows. Our hunt was an anterless hunt. We were about 450 yards away at a very steep angle, with nothing to rest our guns on, so instead of trying a standing shot we were sure to miss, we tried to close the gap. At about 350 yards, they had us made and at 300 yards, the herd took off. Our friend started sprinting down this very steep mountain and told us we were going to cut them off. I barely managed to keep up with him. At one point we looked behind us and didn't see the rest of the group and he made a comment about them "sitting around eating Cheerios". Once we were down in the cedars, I spotted some hind legs kicking up, but that was it, they were gone.

Back on top of the mountain, we spotted the herd again in a draw about a mile and a half away. So we drove the trucks down and set up on this peninsula-like ridge that overlooked the draw and had great views from three angles. We didn't see anything else that morning, but resolved to come back in the afternoon.

That afternoon we came back and as soon as we walked up on the ridge, we spotted a herd of 6 at 218 yards. Jon took three shots, but the adrenaline got to him. I couldn't get my scope on them as I was fully zoomed in. Many lessons learned that day. Later in the afternoon, I had a 120 yard shot at one that was facing me and partially hidden by a tree. I rushed my shot because it was walking behind the tree and missed. That was it for Day 1.

Day 2, we went back to the ridge and as we were walking and cleared the trees in the dark, we spooked a herd of at least 30. No shots taken. We went to our ridge and set up about 150 yards apart at three spots. Each shooter with at least 1 spotter (Jon, myself, and Mike had tags). Rich spotted a cow at 450 yards. I didn't want to take the shot at that range, but Rich convinced me to do it as we didn't have cover to sneak in closer. I took it and scared the hell out of the cow, but didn't hit her. That was it for the morning.

Day 2 afternoon, we came back to our lucky ridge and again set up about 150 yards apart. Jon was on the left, I was in the middle, and Mike was on the right. About 2.5 hours into it, Nick suggested moving to a different spot. I said no way. Good thing we stayed. A half hour later, Jon got on the radio and said a herd of 7 cows was on its way in. Rich spotted the first one as it was walking between trees at 220 yards. As it poked its body out at the next gap, I aimed and shot. Double lunged it with my Tikka T3 .30-06 loaded with Hornady SST 180 grain rounds. It actually broke a rib going in, got both lungs, and then exited (the exit wound is what you see). It jumped out and then collapsed. About a minute later, Jon nailed his with his Savage Axis .270 loaded with Federal 140 grain rounds. At that point, they were gone and Mike didn't have the opportunity to take a shot. Our estimated weights were 350 for Jon's and 550 for mine.

As my first time taking a big game animal, it's been a humbling experience. Being out in that beautiful country with family and friends, harvesting an animal, and being able to go through the cleaning and butchering process (I spent 5 hours yesterday butchering and am only half done) was an experience that will impact me for the rest of my life. An animal's life has been taken on behalf of my family and friends and I feel a little sad about that. I also feel more connected to and appreciative of the entire food chain. I hope I always feel that way.

220 Yards

2010-12-13T06:56:00.002-07:00

Elk jerky, elk carne asada, elk green chile, elk red chile, elk steak, elk roast, elkburger, elk sausage. Mmmmmm!

Ink

2010-12-07T20:52:00.001-07:00

I think Ink just joined Donnie Darko and Dark City as one of my favorite movies.

.ch

2010-12-04T09:01:00.000-07:00

Wikileaks is now at a .ch domain.

Qatar?

2010-12-02T08:52:00.001-07:00

Really???

Wish List

2010-11-23T19:11:00.006-07:00

If anyone is interested in my Christmas Wish List, here it is:

The Zenith Chronomaster for $10k.

Or if your budget isn't quite up to the Zenith, this Baume et Mercier is pretty awesome, even if it's at the low end (i.e., $2400) and doesn't have a skeleton face.

But if you really want to go crazy, the 2010 Special Edition Panerai (with the full skeleton face) will do nicely for $160k.

The Handbook

2010-11-17T08:24:00.002-07:00

The new LDS Church Handbook has now been published online. Very interesting event and reading for most members who never saw the previous non-public version.

Doe Urine

2010-11-11T09:04:00.001-07:00

We're off for our fall mule deer hunt. Unit 32. My brother bought doe urine. I hope the bucks like him.

Disharmony

2010-11-09T07:39:00.002-07:00

I'm a little late to the party, but QE2 is such a disaster in the making that I am unable to allow my embarrassing lateness prevent me from posting a link to Yves's reaction. In addition to continuing the economic carnage, the disharmony among the major monetary policy players should be fun viewing for the next couple of years.

At least its not idiots who are screwing us over. It's just very smart people who can't help but try to show off the size of their balls.

BidderTruth.com

2010-11-01T14:08:00.002-07:00

$10 Amazon gift card promotion for qualifying Experiences at BidderTrth.com.

I've posted mine.

"I Like Politics"

2010-10-30T04:29:00.001-07:00

From XKCD (256)

2010-10-27T06:55:00.001-07:00

Online Communities to scale. Wow.

Multikulti

2010-10-20T12:00:00.001-07:00

Stratfor explains Chancellor Merkel's reasons for telling the world that multiculturalism has failed.

Four Get Me Not

2010-10-18T14:16:00.003-07:00

A punk band we saw in Tokyo. On Love Hotel Hill.

Tosh Tosh

2010-09-30T10:22:00.001-07:00

This is for Daniel:

Tosh Daniel Webchat

Tosh.0

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Web Redemption

Go Arizona!

2010-09-29T08:43:00.002-07:00

From Mother Jones:

"I'm going to put this on my blog."

2010-09-28T08:03:00.002-07:00

The Pixies. It was a long time coming for a band I've been following for 20 years and has consistently been one of my top 2 favorite bands. Very fun show. Black Francis can scream with the best of them.

TAAAAAME!!!!

Etorki

2010-09-24T11:25:00.003-07:00

I was jonesing this week for some new cheese, so I went to Whole Foods and browsed.

Etorki - A young French sheep's milk cheese. Very smooth, just a hint of sheep, and very buttery. I already ate half the wedge. The rest will be gone by tonight.

Thanks Rachael.

Forgotten Cheese

2010-09-15T13:13:00.004-07:00

This post is dedicated to the two cheeses at Calicchio & Sons whose names I cannot recall. And one of them was really quite stinky good. Rest in peace.

The cheese whose name I do recall:

Blu di Bufala - Blue cheese made from water buffalo milk. Super buttery, but hardened buttery, not soft buttery (e.g., St. Agur). Mildly sharp. Very tasty. Dipping it in raw honey or eating it in between spoons of olive oil ice cream takes it to 11.

The Book Thief

2010-09-10T11:50:00.002-07:00

I'm not sure how it happened, but I've ended up with a lot of new youth fiction on my shelf over the years. I'm not sure how The Book Thief ended up on my shelf (was it a gift? was I browsing? did I read a review and put it on my Wish List?), but I'm glad it did.

Despite its appearances, it's a short book and a quick read. But it's powerful. I might be a sucker for anything to do with death, WWII, and the Holocaust (but really, who isn't?), but this book left me thinking and feeling for days. Read it. You'll be glad you did.

A Rising Islamist Militancy?

2010-09-10T11:46:00.001-07:00

Stratfor takes a look at "9/11 and the 9 Year War".

It's time to take a look at our Grand Strategy again.

"Terror Babies"

2010-08-13T05:36:00.002-07:00

I wish the unemployment numbers would drop for a number of reasons.

Reason #5: So that we don't have to listen to this kind of nonsense from our elected representatives.

B-B-B-B-Brock

2010-08-11T11:35:00.002-07:00

I too was shocked when I was watching This Week and a political ad for Ben Quayle (yes, Dan Quayle's son) popped up. More than a little shocked. I don't remember his father being looked on terribly fondly, but yes, Ben mentioned his father.

Mother Jones digs into Ben a bit, including his Brock Landers column and his lack of voting. I love Arizona politics.

"the most hideous, hackneyed racial stereotypes."

2010-08-04T11:46:00.001-07:00

The Colbert Report

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Wow. I almost felt sorry for Laura. Almost.

Life of Pi

2010-08-02T06:57:00.004-07:00

I recently finished Life of Pi and can say that this quick and fun little read had me thinking at least for a few days. It's zoo keeping, animal training, disaster survival, and religion all rolled in to one entertaining package.

"Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring"

2010-08-02T06:51:00.002-07:00

This article in Sunstone (part 1), (part 2) about Glenn Beck is a must read.

Deep down, I think Glenn believes all of his Cleon Skousen/Bircher nonsense, but still one gets the sense that it is all about the almighty dollar:

“It’s classic televangelism, which is commonly seen as nothing more than an exploitation of religious naiveté with the goal of making the televangelist rich.”

Wi(oo)ki(e)leaks

2010-07-28T16:28:00.002-07:00

The Afghan War Diary at Wikileaks is awesome. The #wookieleaks tweets are even better.

My favorite so far: "@Paul_Conrad: Jar Jar Binks defends use of word "refudiate" compares self to Alderaan's greatest poet"

Darth Dad

2010-07-16T09:38:00.005-07:00

Unbeknownst to me, Zane took Liz's phone, took a picture of me, then ran to the other room and recorded this little ditty and linked it to the picture of me.

Then he sent it to an unknown number of Liz's contacts in her contact list. We found out about it when one of them texted Liz later in the day from church.

It's Going To Be

2010-07-16T06:33:00.002-07:00

A busy fall. The fall deer hunt draw results are in and we're hunting for mule deer in Area 32. Here's hoping the cholla don't get us.

Papers Please

2010-07-11T09:05:00.002-07:00

Is it just me or does going through three Border Patrol check points whilst traveling between Phoenix and San Diego (and never crossing an international border) seem a little excessive?

Disappointment

2010-07-11T07:31:00.002-07:00

Zane as he is getting ready to open up his birthday presents yesterday, "If this isn't Lego Harry Potter, I'm going to be pissed."

He was pissed.

Raw Cheese

2010-06-25T16:49:00.002-07:00

Oregon Rogue Blue - Made from raw cow's milk, this blue is a bit firmer than the creamy blues (i.e., St. Agur, Fourme d'Ambert). It makes eating much easier as you can cut small wedges. It's neither salty, nor creamy at room temperature. There is a slight hint of the Danish blue aftertaste. It's a B/B+ on my blue scale.

Idiots and Imbeciles

2010-06-24T15:20:00.002-07:00

To Whomever Took My Bag On Accident But Mysteriously Didn't Leave A Bag On The Shuttle Bus:

Thank you for returning my bag. Please go to the doctor.

Thieves and Liars

2010-06-24T01:24:00.003-07:00

To Whomever Stole My Bag At The Airport:

May you descend to Dante's Ninth Circle of Hell!!!!!!!!! Mother F*$ker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XKCD

2010-06-21T06:48:00.001-07:00

Pacific Star II

2010-06-20T09:28:00.001-07:00

Pacific Star II from Colin Rich on Vimeo.

World Cup

2010-06-12T12:20:00.002-07:00

Our midfield has been incredible. Our forwards have bark, but no bite. Our central defense has been awful. Tim Howard has got to be pissed.

40 Rules

2010-06-10T08:57:00.001-07:00

Reading Now

2010-06-08T14:33:00.003-07:00

200 pages in, I gave up. It just couldn't keep my attention. And I'm as avid a reader as you're likely to come across. Underworld simply didn't deliver. I'm not sure if I've ever been more bored.

The Food of a Younger Land was incredible. I can't wait to try some of the recipes, especially from the South.

World Cup

2010-06-07T12:54:00.002-07:00

Spain beats Brazil in the final.

The U.S. definitely makes it out of its Group. Portugal does not (only if Drogba returns for the Ivory Coast). I still like Ghana even without Essien. England is beaten in the semis. If Argentina didn't have a psycho coke-head coach, they'd win the tournament hands down. Mexico makes it to the quarters and has 4-year bragging rights in CONCACAF (i.e., the U.S.). Speaking of coke-heads, Argentina's loss to Germany in the quarters causes Maradona to set himself on fire.

Can't wait for Saturday!

Not Cheese

2010-06-05T12:30:00.002-07:00

Sprout's Soy Cheese - Quite simply the most disgusting thing I've ever touched, smelled, or tasted. It touched my lips and I immediately knew I'd made a bad choice. It hit my tongue and I ran for the sink. Even worse than Birgfichter (a.k.a. Baby's diaper after baby begins eating solid foods), which by the way I did not spit out.

It was a proud moment when we gave it to Zane the first time and he also recognized the foulness and ran for the garbage can. Zane, I hope that this experiment with the GFCF diet does NOT result in you not being able to eat real cheese for the rest of your life.

Stupid Evolution

2010-06-04T08:46:00.002-07:00

A small fries (i.e., ~15 french fries)is 220 calories. It only takes a run of 1.7 miles for me to burn those off.

That sucks.

Cheese

2010-06-03T11:55:00.001-07:00

Saganaki - Flaming Greek sheep's milk feta. Did I tell you that it's flaming? And delicious?

SB 1070

2010-06-02T09:25:00.003-07:00

University of Arizona and Arizona State law and public policy professors have done an excellent job within this paper posted on SSRN of distilling the impact of SB 1070 on Arizona's criminal justice system.

"Our goal is simple: to begin to identify the central issues raised by this legislation. This is, however, no simple task. With all respect to the views of others, in our view those who state that the meaning of the bill is obvious, or that it simply mirrors federal law, either have not read the bill, or do not understand the difficult issues of federalism and criminal law and procedure raised by this text and existing law. The bill creates many new crimes and duties, some of them previously unknown not only in Arizona but in federal or state law. To understand this bill requires the expertise of one half of a law school faculty, since issues arise about both structural and substantive constitutional law, immigration law, criminal law, criminal procedure, state and local government law, and other fields. SB 1070 includes many provisions whose interpretation is open to a range of interpretations."

Click here to download the pdf directly.

Cheese

2010-05-31T07:14:00.002-07:00

Whole Foods has long had an outstanding cheese selection, but my Whole Foods hasn't really gone European cheese on me (aside from the typical Goudas, Blue Stilton, and Rocquefort). So when I was in Chicago last week and stopped at Whole Foods for dinner and went to find some cheese to go with my beets and summer squash, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cheese selection was decidedly Continental.

Mimolette - A French cow's milk cheese that looks like a cantaloupe (due to the cheese mites going to town on the rind). I'm a fan of it's hazelnut, deep cheddar flavor. Whole Foods' Mimolette is medium aged (about a year).

Valdeon - A Spanish blue made from both cow's and goat's milk and wrapped in sycamore leaves. Very creamy, with lots of bite.

I actually had a tough time picking just these two, as they also had St. Agur, Fourme d'Ambert, and a three year old Gouda. Next week.

Gerds and Neeks

2010-05-31T07:11:00.002-07:00

From xkcd

Patriots

2010-05-25T07:02:00.002-07:00

Stratfor takes a look at the transfer of Patriot missiles to Poland and a potential German-Russian alliance.

Cheese of the Goat

2010-05-19T15:55:00.003-07:00

Cypress Grove Truffle Tremor: From the same company that makes Humboldt Fog, comes an aged goat cheese, with the creamy chevre center. Only they added flecks of truffle in the chevre. Now repeat after me: "Oh My!"

The St. Agur that is unbelievably at Whole Foods is pretty fantastic as well. Would you believe that chasing down St. Agur with Diet Coke is one of the more amazing cheese/beverage combinations I've ever had? And yet it is.

Glenn Beck and Nazis

2010-05-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

Back in Black - Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette's

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2010-05-12T09:38:00.001-07:00