Some degenerates hacked the UCLA servers and stole my Social Security number. Anyone who has had to deal with or prevent identity theft, I would love some advice about the most efficient way to prevent them ruining my credit in the States.

I should mention that in the recipe below, cornflour refers to what I think is called corn starch in the USA.

Also, where the heck is Chuie? I miss you.

As requested by Jen, this Japense fried chicken dish is outstanding, and I crave it from time to time like the naughty fried treat it is. As I told Jen, I don't eat fried food very often, which is why I don't feel in the least bit bad about making this dish every so often. It yields an amazingly fragrant fried chicken with the crusty, delicious ( Read more... )

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Congratulation to Jenny on the birth of her baby daughter! Such happy news ( Read more... )

I'm really excited today - it looks as though it may be possible for me to pick up Japanese languages classes at uni, as part of my doctoral study. I'm thrilled. I've been looking for a way to bring my long-since expired Japanese skills into practical, fluent reality. I would describe my knowlege of Japanese as like one of those lovely, crispy ( Read more... )

I have a severe Wikipedia addiction.

Someone just told me about the wonder that is the wii. Apparently you can play computer games like golf and tennis, as though you really are, while standing in your lounge room via the wireless controller. My question is, if it's so realistic, why not just go outside and play golf or tennis for real?

Jeez.

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Check out the spam poetry which just landed in my mailbox. You could write an album of songs using the phrases below as starting points for the titles. If I was still in high school, I would do my final artwork based on this piece of writing. A painted tile for each line? A canvas? A short film? I would just call it "Spam" and make 11 objects, like ( Read more... )