Archive for January 2008

30 Jan 2008 1938H

We have experienced ‘ma’

Not 嗎、馬、媽、but 麻, that peculiar numbing sensation from the hydroxy-alpha-sanshool unique to the huajiao peppercorn that I was never able to get at a certain old Sichuan restaurant down at the end of the mall. . . on the windiest night of the year, we decided to fortify ourselves for the storm by dropping by [...]

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24 Jan 2008 1328H

Iron Chef database

As a fun little side project, I am gathering data from 157 episodes of Iron Chef, the original series from Fuji TV in Japan, spanning all seven seasons from 1993 to 1999, and constructing a relational database upon which I should be able to run data analyses. It should make for an interesting subsite. Ideally, [...]

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21 Jan 2008 0859H

Best eats on the road in Consultingland, 2007

This last year I spent time on the road in Kansas City, MO; Ann Arbor, MI; Nashville Airport, TN; a few days in Toronto, ON; occasionally in Beachwood, OH; Fishers, IN, and Reston, VA. If you are in these cities, hear me now and believe me later about these eats:
Lidia’s Kansas City, 101 W 22nd [...]

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20 Jan 2008 2155H

My best Chicago(land) eats of 2007

I’m going to ask E. (and J. or J. & E. if you will) and maybe S. to contribute here since they’re the only ones I go eat with basically. But I think I would say:
Larsa’s Restaurant, 3724 Dempster Rd, Skokie. I don’t know why people stand five deep in line at Pita Inn up [...]

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11 Jan 2008 2057H

Site updates, life updates

So I monkeyed with the header to get my proposed CSS fix of several months ago to take. It didn’t. Something wrong with my floats and clears, clearly and only in MSIE 7. Whatever. Just another day. Also need to tweak each of the other templates to make sure I’ve killed off the last of [...]

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11 Jan 2008 2035H

How to Look Good Naked

I’m not the target audience but I can’t help but be charmed by this show on Lifetime. Really good, really heartwarming. So much so, I’m willing to overlook the stereotypical gay man as body servant and best friend to the straight woman. Download it on iTunes, or watch it online here.

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09 Jan 2008 0046H

Sexing up the curry

In this case, we’re using Japanese-style curry out of a box — this particular box is S&B Golden Curry, Hot variety — and it doesn’t have a whole lotta depth, which is why we start by sauteeing 2.5 lbs of onions. Since we’re feeling generous, I use a 3 lb bag. All kinds of goodness [...]

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08 Jan 2008 1854H

Don’t the Republicans actually want Clinton to win?

It’s ironic isn’t it? Let’s not dwell on the fact that she’s riding still on her husband’s record and has yet to emerge into her own, which I think is the biggest problem with her image. If the nomination goes to Clinton, I think she’ll polarize and energize the right wing to turn in droves [...]

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08 Jan 2008 1825H

What do you want with me?

what do you want from me?
what do you want from my life?
what do you want from me?
cos my heart can’t take it
my heart can’t take this anymore
let’s fall deeper into sleep
and our dreams become fake reality
we hope and we pray everyday it works out
and it leaves me with this empty feeling
I just can’t take this [...]

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08 Jan 2008 0934H

Springtime in Chicago, ahhhhh

Well, not so much so. It was 65° yesterday and so I popped open all the windows. Didn’t venture outside much though. Then the thunderstorms and tornado watches started in the evening, but it was already getting chilly. I really do enjoy the brief spring we have here in Chicago. Looking outside the window it’s [...]

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