Just made the best extra-rare steak. Shoulder meat, so it was nice and tender. Seared it at very high heat for three minutes per side, tossed it, pan and all, in a 500F oven for a few minutes, then let it rest. Combine with garlic mashed potatoes and a Caesar salad, and you have a great meal ( Read more... )

Got a beer brewing kit from my dad. It's going well. Should be bottling on Saturday, got 23 one litre bottles from a brew store today. I checked the specific gravity of the beer today to see if it would be ready, and it smelled really alcoholic. I'm sure some of that was CO2, not alcohol. According to the chart I've got, it's sitting at 4.5% ABV, ( Read more... )

"A central lesson of history is that States are parasites which always expand until they destroy their host population."
Maybe I was too high when they taught that lesson. He must be talking about inward expansion, because outward would destroy other populations instead. I'll use the example of industrial Britain, because it happens to be what I'm ( Read more... )

Goddamn nanny-state assholes. My favourite weapon merchant has a sale on nunchukus and all the ones I want are illegal in this country.

Pronto! Get it on pronto with Pronto condoms!

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Apparently it was developed for Africa, where a common reason given for not using condoms is that they take too long to put on and spoil the mood.

"I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy ( Read more... )

So I sent a longish letter to the professor I mentioned two posts ago. His midterm was exactly what I feared, a collection of questions about the particulars of specific programs, which I regard as extremely short-lived information. At first I got a typical brush off answer: "Everyone is entitled to opinions, I'll take it under consideration, ( Read more... )

1. If you're young and cute, people will give you shit if you ask, no matter how ungrateful you are about it.
   
2. Screaming at people is ok, so long as no one can make out what you're saying.
   
3. The person only has a few pieces of candy, but the bowl has lots.
   
4. When someone opens the door, they're inviting you into their home. Feel free to walk into their ( Read more... )

Warning: existential, somewhat whiny post ahead ( Read more... )