Archive for the ‘food’ Category
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
“The Patrician took a sip of his beer. ‘I have told this to few people, gentlemen, and I suspect I never will again, but one day when I was a young boy on holiday in Uberwald I was walking along the banks of a stream when I saw a mother ...
Posted in animals, food, pain, queasy, religion | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
From a recent Quotation of the Day Mailing List email comes this gem from a collection of letters written in response to the US Department of Agriculture's redesign of the Food Pyramid:
"The cleansing properties of urine are not even addressed in the food pyramid. This must be corrected. We cannot ...
Posted in art, bizarre, food, funny, meaningless, scams | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
"This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Optical Microscope shows a strongly magnetic surface which has scavenged particles from within the microscope enclosure before a sample delivery from the lander's Robotic Arm. The particles correspond to the larger grains seen in fine orange material that makes up most of the ...
Posted in food, science, space | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Very sugary water + skewers + time + iStopMotion = Time lapse video of rock candy formation:
Homemade rock candy - timelapse from David Oranchak on Vimeo.
(vimeo link)
This is about four days of crystal growth. Not massive, but cut us some slack - this was our first attempt! :)
Posted in food, science | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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Atlanta
The Atlanta trip was a lot of fun. We stayed in a really nice rental house ...
Posted in computing, defense, food, math, people, science, tech, toys, travel, zodiac | 6 Comments »
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Their horrific cannibalism continued; now only four big triops remain out of the three dozen or so that hatched almost two weeks ago. How's that for a survival tactic? I've been reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy; the novel describes apocalypse survivors who resort to cannibalism due to ...
Posted in animals, food, science | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
These burgers are offered by The Vortex Bar & Grill in Atlanta:
I should try them when I go to Atlanta in July. That way, I won't have to buy the return ticket to fly back to Roanoke.
I wish more businesses shared The Vortex's policies:
WARNING
The Vortex Bar & Grill is ...
Posted in animals, food, funny, travel | 3 Comments »
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
It was sad to have to come back from our London trip. We had a lot of fun experiencing the city with Chris, Angel, and Eris. London is such a fascinating city and there is just so much to see. We are always struck by London's diversity ...
Posted in art, computing, family, food, funny, math, people, tech, travel | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
...as a pork product?
See for yourself!
The money quote:
The Baby must dry several weeks before it is ready to be sold.
I'm off to buy some Baby Jesus and Lil Chub.
(thanks to Galen for the discovery.)
p.s., why is there a Buddha on the banner for babyjesus.com?
p.p.s., there is a band called Jesus ...
Posted in bizarre, food, funny, religion | 22 Comments »
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
I have always suspected that there is something peculiar about the construction of the foul-tasting energy bars Kathryn is fond of buying:
Lasting for one thousand years is an admirable feat. But I don't think that will improve the flavor.
(My guess is it's supposed to mean "May 30, 2007".)
Posted in bizarre, food, funny, queasy | No Comments »