Yesterday I was held up on my way home by a police "chase" on I-40. Doesn't look like it ended up being interesting enough to make the news - I suspect the suspect may have just been drunk off his ass or something - but it held up traffic for a while because he more or less "pulled over" in the middle of the freeway, and I think he'd been acting ( Read more... )

Trip report!

So. Friday I got up at ungodly:30 o'clock and flew to Oakland. Rented a car, drove to Addendum. Detour to see tiny, tiny foster kittens, then out to dinner with (let's see if I can get all this) madmanatw, leora, darch, eirias, beth_leonard, jon_leonard, Vynce, and Ruth. Awesome to see so many friends. I then attempted to continue being social until I was more or less ( Read more... )

As a public service announcement, the Japanese restaurant across from my office that closed down late last year has finally re-opened with a new name (Sansui Sushi Bar and Grill) and new staff. Other than that, though, it's pretty much the same place it was before, and the sushi is still delicious. No super-cheap 2-for-1 lunch special, but I had ( Read more... )

*yawwwwn*

G'mornin' eveyrone, welcome to 2009 and all that rot.

Had fun ringing it in with akiko, anacoluthon, listener, Kevin, and Em. Started out with a delicious meal at Panzanella in Carrboro, then back to Chez Molan for delicious home-made eggnog and candies and what-not. Then we played about four hours of Rock Band while waiting for the new year to actually ( Read more... )

So there's this new place that opened up pretty much across the street from my office. It's called "Tokyo Fun". From both the name and the outside looks of the place, you'd be expecting mediocre food-court-style Asian cuisine. The secret: it's actually a relatively high-end Japanese place masquerading as a low-end one. Once you step inside, the ( Read more... )

Posted some twitters of general interest lately, so recap ( Read more... )

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Thing One: Has lunch at Spice & Curry in RTP, and they had a new dessert which is totally awesome. Labeled "fruit custard", it's basically mits of mango and grape in a just slightly thicker and sweeter version of mango lassi. Om nom.

Thing Two: Apparently Lawrence Lessig has joined the new LJ advisory board thingy. This makes me feel slightly ( Read more... )

So for Valentine's Day, while akiko was sleeping off her Lasik procedure, I spent a ludicrous amount of time making dinner ( Read more... )

We were at Grand Asia market yesterday and came across a Chinese guy demonstrating the creation of Dragon Whisker candy. The end product is something like a sweet stringy cocoon filled with chopped peanuts. Tasty, though very sticky ( Read more... )