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As one
When I was a child, I sometimes used to wonder why adults would cry over things that didn't involve them. I stopped wondering about that a long time ago, though. -
It works, bitches.
"We invented the scientific method because we are naturally terrible at explaining our own experiences. Without the scientific method, there is no way to know what causes simple, everyday things like thunder. Every explanation is as good as another, and if an explanation becomes culturally bound and passed down, that becomes the official ( Read more... ) -
The Hunger Games
The following is a very recent post in my soon-to-be-shut-down (end of month) G+ account, whence of course it would soon perish. A friend said, "This would've made a great blog post," so I promised to repost it here ( Read more... ) -
The Nekkit Time
I'm not very much into clothing, generally. I consider them mostly functional, and often unnecessary. Their main functions, as I see it, are: 1) make or keep me comfortable; 2) keep other people from hassling me more than necessary. From that view, the idea that I must wear anything, especially any particular thing, just to make someone else happy ( Read more... ) -
Long Time Gone
I don't actually remember exactly when I stopped posting to LJ. It was not planned. It just sort of happened, and not all at once. I mean, obviously, the posts stopped coming at some discrete point. (And no, I haven't bothered to look up exactly when; it's only academic, after all.) I mean, it was only after a good while that I sat up and realised ( Read more... ) -
Red saffron ideas?
I got 2 g (0.07 oz.) of Greek red saffron as a gift. This is apparently "the good stuff," supposedly superior to 'regular' saffron. I think it's properly called ManchaI've worked in restaurants that used saffron, but I've never used it myself. I figure it might be a long time before I use it again, if ever, so I want to make this count ( Read more... ) -
Jacob's cattle beans
I have a pound of 'em, and guests coming in from Maine in a few days, so I thought they might like something made with some real Maine cattle beans ( Read more... )