This

versus

this.

People think they can say any any kind of crazy things to little kids and it doesn't matter ( Read more... )

I just noticed something bizarre. I was googling "hooky rice" (long story) and only three hits came up. All three were Livejournal profiles ( Read more... )

Sometimes I surprise myself. I never anticipated that I would derive any special enjoyment from lifting weights or drinking scotch. The latter was perhaps inevitable, since there are very few alcoholic beverages that I cannot appreciate (shochu comes to mind, though it's due for another try,) but the pleasure I take in weight training would have ( Read more... )

Raw foodists are just another variety of vampire.

A foodie versus a vegan is like a humanist versus a racist.

Things deer eat:

• Gladiolas
• Chrysanthemums
• Wasabi leaves
• Tomato plants
• Potato plants
• Strawberry leaves
• Another flower that I've never been able to identify because the deer have been eating it since I moved here.
  

Things deer don't eat:

• Jade plants
• Schefflara
• Calla lilies
• Garlic (yet)

Feel free to contribute based on your own gardening catastrophes.

( Anecdotal instructions )

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF A HUMAN BEING
The Paris Gazette des Tribunaux of Feb. 25 states that a house-painter, while drinking with some companions in an inn near the Barriere de l'Etoile, made a wager that he would eat a lighted candle. Scarcely had he placed it in his mouth, when he uttered a slight cry, and a bluish flame was seen upon his lips. ( Read more... )

"Guncha, a plant possessing many of the properties of opium, is grown abundantly in Siam, and may always be purchased at the shops with very little expense. Many who are too poor to buy opium, resort to this weed for their stimulant and opiate, and smoke it till they become intoxicated, stupid, and mad. Its effects upon the human constitution ( Read more... )