Current edit: new age self-help workbook. It makes me feel all stabby. Especially when thousands of years of collected knowledge are blithely made out to be a Magic Oriental Exercise specifically designed so that soccer moms can unblock their spiritual constipation ( Read more... )

Here are a few lovely photos of the famous Jilin rime, along with some background info. Seeing the top photo made me do a double take, because I could have sworn those things were a food I only dreamed about eating in Taiwan when I was a kid. Could my childhood dream-candy be real?

Then I dug around and found out they are called tanghulu ("sugar ( Read more... )