My Thoughts

Over the last few days, this is what keeps running through my brain:

"Maybe that whole guillotine thing wasn't such a bad idea..."

PS - I know, I know. But tell me that there isn't a part of you that would like to round up all those folks who made an obscene amount of money out of this and will likely face no consequences? Karma, that's my only hope. *sigh*

Should Have Been Better

We went to see Righteous Kill a couple of weekends ago. That's the (semi) new movie with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

No spoilers, but I wish it had been better. De Niro and Pacino together carry the movie, but the script really didn't give them any help.

Anybody else see it?

White Trash Food Meme

So this one is from White Trash BBQ via Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia (thanks back atcha :).

Here’s what you do:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at White Trash BBQ or at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

Note: I wikilinked the stuff I had to look up.

The WhiteTrash BBQ Omnivore's Hundred:

1. Tomato Soup Cake
2. Turducken
3. Chicken Feet
4. Sauerbraten (And I'm even part German - the shame!)
5. Limburger Cheese
6. Asian Pears
7. Ham Hocks (in green beans count, right?)
   
8. Ghee
9. Corn Bread
   
10. Buffalo Mozzarella
11. Florida Stone Crabs
12. Som Tum
13. Oxtails
14. Sundried Tomatoes
    
15. Beef Jerkey
    
16. Tongue
17. Calves Liver
18. Shoofly pie
    
19. Pulled Pork
    
20. Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting
    
21. Bison
    
22. Persimmons
23. Monk Fish
    
24. Hoja Santa Cheese
25. Whoopee pie
26. Peking Duck
27. Sopa de Ajo - Castilian Garlic Soup
28. Pistolettes
    
29. Naan
    
30. Country Ham
    
31. Jambalaya
    
32. Anchovies
    
33. Black and White Cookies
34. Chives
    
35. Potato Pancakes
    
36. Boudain
37. Macoun Apples
38. Brooklyn Pizza
39. Star Fruit
    
40. Dosa
41. Lutefisk (umm... you have to clean everything immediately because "Lutefisk left overnight becomes nearly impossible to remove" - wtf?)
    
42. Rhubarb
    
43. Scrapple
44. Cuitlacoche (not since I know what it is - before that, sure)
    
45. Cherry Pierogi
46. Kumquats
    
47. Ambrosia Salad
    
48. Taylor Ham
49. Sardines
    
50. Capers
    
51. Dungeoness Crabs
52. Grape Leaves
    
53. Pepper Jelly
    
54. Hanger Steak
    
55. A just picked vine ripened Tomato still hot from the sun
56. Stuffed Quahogs
57. Smoked Eggs
58. Chicken Kiev
59. Bigos
60. Andouille
    
61. Shropshire Blue Cheese
62. Real Moonshine
    
63. Yuca
64. Chicken Katsu
    
65. Clams on the half shell
    
66. Scallion Pancakes
67. Tamales
    
68. Maine Lobster
    
69. Picadillo
70. Romesco Sauce
71. Sour Cherries
    
72. Paella
73. Gulf Shrimp
74. Empanada
    
75. Fluff
    
76. Ostrich
    
77. Wild Blueberries
    
78. Skate
79. Black-eyed Peas
    
80. Hatch Chile Peppers
81. Morels
    
82. Water Chestnuts
    
83. Massaman Curry
    
84. Goose
    
85. Jamon Serrano
86. Knish
87. Quail Eggs
88. Gyoza
    
89. Conch
90. Rutabaga
    
91. Turtle
    
92. Salsify
93. Hummus
    
94. Seviche
95. Barbecue Baby Back Ribs
    
96. Parmigiano-Reggiano
    
97. Pine Nuts
    
98. Basmati Rice
    
99. Pickled Herring
100. Kohlrabi

What's it say about me that I've tried less on this list than the fancy schmancy one? Does it help that there are only a few on this list that are no-gos (and two or three were for non sustainability reasons more than anything else)?

• I've had: 47 of the 100
  
• Will never try: 7 of the 100
  
• Still on the list to try someday: 46 of 100

It's Alive!!!

Well, we didn't get destroyed when they turned on the Large Hadron Collider, so that's something, right?

New favorite quote:

Mark my words... come Friday, we'll all be eating black holes for breakfast with lashings of superheated strange milk. - PinkyDead via /.

In other news, Ikea announced that they're going to build a store in Denver. Coincidence or the beginning of the end?

I kid, I kid. I want to experience this Ikea thing everyone talks about. I mean, I've been on the Ikea hacks RSS feed for a couple of years. Every time I find something I want to hack/buy - it's not available online.

Dang It

I'm finishing up the last bit of baking some cookies, and watching Serenity in between.  That stupid part still makes me choke up.  Stupid Joss.

I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I...

Yeah, What SueB0B Said...

Go over to red stapler and watch the video or go visit GloZell directly. (LOL - "This is Anx.")

Food List Thing

(As seen on Red Stapler and countless other ones, I'm sure.)

• Copy this list into your blog, including these instructions.
• Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
• Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
• Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
• My little add-on: Asterisk anything you had to look up.
  

1. Venison - Probably, maybe - I dunno?
2. Nettle tea *
3. Huevos rancheros - Mmmm... tasty tasty green chili
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - Sausage counts, right? Chalk it up to a weird employer.
6. Black pudding - no, no, nononononooooo
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush *
11. Calamari
12. Pho *
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi *
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Best damn hot dog. Evar.
16. Epoisses *
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns - Never again. Ewww.
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries - Blackberry bush as a kid, yummmmm
23. Foie gras - Twice. Once was excellent and the other was so gross I can't even think about it.
24. Rice and beans - Nummy
25. Brawn, or head cheese * - ewww
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper *
27. Dulce de leche - Homemade and store bought. (we got both kinds here, country and western - dude, I don't know just go with it)
28. Oysters
29. Baklava - Best friend's mom in 6th grade made it from scratch *does the Homer gurgle*
30. Bagna cauda *
31. Wasabi peas - Love those things, but I'll eat the whole bag if I open one.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - meh on the bowl, love the chowdah
33. Salted lassi *
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - Does it count if they were separate?
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal *
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - meh
47. Chicken tikka masala *
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin - Blech, ick, yech, etc etc etc...
51. Prickly pear (mmm, prickly pear margarita)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - Allergic to something in beer, so nope
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips (soooo not the same as chocolate chips)
61. S’mores - yes, I was a Girl Scout. I'd much rather have just the gooey marshmallow though.
62. Sweetbreads - yes, no, yes, no... eeeeeh
63. Kaolin * ???
64. Currywurst *
65. Durian *
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe *
74. Gjetost, or brunost. *
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu *
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum *
82. Eggs Benedict - made even more awesome by subbing green chili for the hollondaise
83. Pocky - nothing special
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
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - Love.
100. Snake - same boss as the crocodile, weird pizza toppings

Hmm... So stat wise:

• I've had: 51 of the 100
  
• Will never try (again): 11 of the 100
  
• Still on the list to try someday: 40 of 100
  

Yeah, I know the numbers don't add up, but there are a few that I've tried partially.

Randomosity

Because I'm barely coherent, you get random bullet-thingamajigs:

• Saw Babylon A.D. My advice? Wait for the director's cut to come out in the hopes it fixes everything. Or rent it and stop it just after they reach the apartment. You'll know the one. *sigh* What a waste of Vin.
  
• My eye is twitching: "stop contaminating the future-wife pool." (But this is hilarious: "I don’t know where the pressure for women to lie comes from. Must be biological, probably something hard-wired in the Madeitupital Lobe, where the Slutdometer is." Heh, Slutdometer...). I have no idea who this Mike S. Adams dude is, but wow.
• PMS + Depression = awesome crying jags for no apparent reason. (Did I say awesome? Yeah. Bleah.)
• We You made it, baby! Hallmark, who'd a thunk it?
  
• Aw, man... I had forgotten how much I liked Joan of Arcadia. On the plus side, SciFi is apparently running the show now.
• And then my head exploded. The end.
  

PS - Can you tell I'm catching up with blogs?