Randomosity
1. Can someone link me to the very funny review of Dan Wells' I Am Not A Serial Killer
? I remember them making the point that sociopaths are not typically deeply concerned about the fact that they lack empathy.
2. What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
. Note title.
Randomly chosen story of improvised genius # 1: People annoyed at inability to bathe and resultant stinkiness caused by water shortage during hot summer get the genius idea to... wear cologne.
Randomly chosen story of improvised genius # 2: Writer hired to write story for book realizes that she has no story, and gets the genius idea to... recount the plot of a MacGyver episode as if happened to her.
3. If you live in Los Angeles, I have found the best tempura bowl in the city. It's the newly opened Hannosuke (other location in Tokyo) at Mitsuwa Market on the west side.
I had a good feeling when I saw that it served exactly two things: the tempura bowl with whitefish, and the same tempura bowl with eel. I haven't tried the eel, but the whitefish bowl is amazing. There is a fried soft-boiled egg, which you break and mix into the rice. The sauce is at the bottom of the bowl, so you have to stir well. The bowl includes crispy nori, perfectly (lightly) cooked shrimp and teeny scallops, a pepper, a prawn, and a slice of sweet potato. It is perfection. Here's some photos.
4. Apparently Betsey Johnson is going out of business? I am sad. And also madly dashing to her two stores in LA today. I realize that I do not have any actual need for adorable and totally work-inappropriate girly dresses, but she is my favorite designer and there could be some great deals. Maybe I can wear them while visiting my mom in Asheville, North Carolina, where she is currently hanging out with the apparently sizable Baba community there.
Crossposted to http://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/1051087.html. Comment here or there.
? I remember them making the point that sociopaths are not typically deeply concerned about the fact that they lack empathy.
2. What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
. Note title.
Randomly chosen story of improvised genius # 1: People annoyed at inability to bathe and resultant stinkiness caused by water shortage during hot summer get the genius idea to... wear cologne.
Randomly chosen story of improvised genius # 2: Writer hired to write story for book realizes that she has no story, and gets the genius idea to... recount the plot of a MacGyver episode as if happened to her.
3. If you live in Los Angeles, I have found the best tempura bowl in the city. It's the newly opened Hannosuke (other location in Tokyo) at Mitsuwa Market on the west side.
I had a good feeling when I saw that it served exactly two things: the tempura bowl with whitefish, and the same tempura bowl with eel. I haven't tried the eel, but the whitefish bowl is amazing. There is a fried soft-boiled egg, which you break and mix into the rice. The sauce is at the bottom of the bowl, so you have to stir well. The bowl includes crispy nori, perfectly (lightly) cooked shrimp and teeny scallops, a pepper, a prawn, and a slice of sweet potato. It is perfection. Here's some photos.
4. Apparently Betsey Johnson is going out of business? I am sad. And also madly dashing to her two stores in LA today. I realize that I do not have any actual need for adorable and totally work-inappropriate girly dresses, but she is my favorite designer and there could be some great deals. Maybe I can wear them while visiting my mom in Asheville, North Carolina, where she is currently hanging out with the apparently sizable Baba community there.
Crossposted to http://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/1051087.html. Comment here or there.