Random links
- A Scientific Map Of Optimal Food Pairings
- Reminds me a bit of The Flavor Bible, one of my favorite books on food.
- Traveling Without Seeing
- "I’m half a world from home, in a city I’ve never explored, with fresh sights and sounds around every corner. And what am I doing? I’m watching exactly the kind of television program I might watch in my Manhattan apartment." I've never been to Manhattan but I've definitely been guilty of much the same from time to time.
- London skyscraper’s ‘deathray’ reflection is melting cars, burning businesses, but also cooking eggs
- "I was sent out to see if I could fry an egg in the heat, a task that I presumed was impossible on an overcast September day. But, not only was it possible, I had to run out of the death ray that was slowly cooking my egg, because the thinning hairs on my head started to catch fire."
- Now it's wrong
- Some thoughts on the following case which is now headed for retrial: Judge Who Blamed Teen For Her Own Rape Now Thinks the Sentence He Gave Her Rapist Is Illegal. "While the sentence and the judge’s comments are outrageous, they pale in comparison to the irony they spawned. Cases like this one happen all the time, except the abuser is typically female and the victims typically male. It takes little effort to find them. ... For example, Julie Diane Green raped a 14-year-boy by getting him drunk. The judge sentenced her to 30 days in jail. Jenny Lee Mitchell also raped a 14-year-old boy, and the judge in her case completely suspended her sentence because Mitchell was abused as a child, and stating that she had 'been very much a victim.'"