Thursday, July 21 ( Read more... )

1. It's been fun to tell people here that I've been catching various football games and seeing their completely confused reactions.  After all, I have never talked about football in my life before.  And goodness knows I didn't even know what an "endzone" was three weeks ago.  For those who care, the Lions game this Sunday was amazingly dramatic, and I ( Read more... )

The morning began with an actually successful coffee transaction! I did not miss a beat. I got all the prompts: ee, amerikeoppi, hot, box. [two coffees to go.] Obviously I was so high on karma at this point that something had to break, and it did: just as I was getting into the elevator, the to-go box from Charles and Smith broke and I lost most of ( Read more... )

( In which Yvonne has her first successful Korean transaction and notes the Korean obsession with French flair )

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Sierra Beauty!  I found a place here that sold them today, and even though they were expensive for apples, I couldn't resist getting a few.  They're a variety of apple that I have only ever seen in Berkeley Bowl, they're in season for fewer months than most apples, and Chez Panisse uses only that variety in their desserts when they're available.   ( Read more... )

... where by "Public Service Announcement", I mean "Attention, isomorphisms".

I deem the seitan recipe from The Accidental Vegan an initial success!

Now, I still have to see how well it keeps and marinates. But the obligatory now-it's-done-gotta-taste-it sample was delicious.

This post from An Ergodic Walk reminds me that I have always wanted to do a video project on vaccinations ( Read more... )

This doesn't necessarily agree with my experience of grad school, but it does capture something:

"If you think something's supposed to hurt, you're less likely to notice if you're doing it wrong. That about sums up my experience of graduate school."

(Paul Graham, How to Do What You Love)

A friend of mine is adores a mini whisk she got for Christmas as part of a hot chocolate present. I adore mine too ( Read more... )