The other night bilunabirotunda and I were having dinner at Big Lantern, a great Chinese restaurant in the Mission, when it occurred to me that one could use almost anything on the dim sum menu as a pet name. Much as one can add ". . . in bed" onto the end of a fortune cookie's fortune, the excess of buns, dumplings, cakes, and puddings means I now can't help but ( Read more... )

The Yes on 8 folks have launched their TV ads, and they're working. A new poll came out today showing 47% of voters in favor and 42% against. Simply voting No is not going to be enough to win this one - you need to donate time and money.

So here's the deal: you donate $50 or one three-hour volunteering shift and I will bake you two dozen home-made ( Read more... )

Or, really, two thoughts put together for horrible effect:

First, you're probably familiar with the concept of uplift, wherein an advanced species will tinker with a non-sentient species to "uplift" them to sentience ( Read more... )

The kidney transplant team has decided that I'm an OK candidate for donation, at least psychologically. Now we start with the medical stuff. Today I went in to a clinic to have blood samples drawn and... kids, always remember to eat a good meal and drink a lot of water before having blood drawn. I, missing Mexican food in Scotland and saving my ( Read more... )

My boss is an amazing baker who is planning on starting her own vegan bake shop called Something Special. For now she's doing special orders, and she just got her business card, which has a very apt slogan on it: "I can't believe it's vegan!" So if you are having a party or just want a lot of tasty (soooo tasty) treats, call Sarah Schoenberger of ( Read more... )

From the BBC:A man thought to be the oldest living person in the world is celebrating his 116th birthday. Hryhoriy Nestor was born in what is now Ukraine ( Read more... )

Had an odd dream the other night. A few other people and I were taste-testing different religions, in the form of cookies. Each cookie was somehow the embodiment (encookiement?) of a different religion - not just a recipe from members of the religion but the actual religion in cookie form. I think we were only tasting the Christian cookies and the ( Read more... )

I really, really, love Good Eats. The one we watched last night had - in one episode, mind you - references to Monty Python, MC Hammer, and They Might Be Giants. And of course the food science is fun.

I think it started back a few years ago when my favorite shoes (the canvas Galil combat boots) went out of production. Since then I've had a deep sense of insecurity about Ovaltine. Every time I go to the store some little bit of me is scared that I'll get to the coffee/tea/chocolate milk section and find that Ovaltine has been discontinued. I've ( Read more... )

Anyone know a good place to get a large quantity of cheap (but of acceptable quality) vegetarian sausages or hot dogs?