Today, I learned the secret to a good thai curry sauce.
Curry powder (shallots, tumeric, coriander, etc.), fish sauce, sugar and coconut milk.

What.

Actually, this truly surprised me. I find the smell and taste of ultra-pungent fish sauce to be beyond foul. The French term infecte comes to mind ( Read more... )

Today, I learned that you can eat the peel on mangoesTrue story, didn't know that ( Read more... )

Today, I learned that a contract signed with a minor is voidable at his or her option! So, if a contract is signed with someone under the age of majority (in the US), he or she can choose to enforce the contract as far as he or she wants. If they don't like the contract anymore, POOF! It disappears! But if they feel the need to litigate to enforce ( Read more... )

Today, I learned that smart contracts are designed by smart lawyers.I've been recently reviewing a couple of contracts related to work, both of which were created by companies whose revenue is in the hundreds of million. I've also been reading up on Contract Law, as I bought a used few books on the subject when I was meandering around the Harvard ( Read more... )

Today, I learned that I don't think I get Francis of Assisi.I've spent the last few weeks listening to a lecture series about his life (given by two profs at the same time! They were completing each other's thoughts, and they even put on a sketch together! They were so cute!!) I've come to the conclusion that I just don't get it. I don't understand ( Read more... )

Today, I learned how much I can feel connected to a man I've never met.
Rest in Peace, Jack. Today, we really lost a great Canadian.

Today,I learned that you can't hug every cat

:'(

Today, I realized that my time might be better served picking "Models" short-term for many of my interests.I'm slowly growing to realize that my interests (including Math, Economics, Programming, Theology and Philosophy) are so broad that there's truly no way I'll be fully satisfied in any of them if I doggedly pursue all of them. But I like them ( Read more... )

Today, I realized that my inability to gauge time properly is probably due to my consistent lateness (and not the other way around.)
I've been thinking lately on my sense of self-confidence, and it's only recently, viscerally hit home that having the perception of a strong link to oneself necessarily limits or attenuates the effect of external ( Read more... )

Today, I realized that our choice of drugs might say more about us than we might expectJust an idle thought... I was thinking about the possibly temporary though nonetheless enjoyable lucidity I've been feeling recently. And I was thinking about my consumption tonight of a fair-sized can of caffeine (and the report I wrote to a friend about the ( Read more... )