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convo of the day
Tairese: Hm. The longer I’m waiting, the worse traffic is getting
Me: You need a P-wing
Tairese: An a-wing?
Me: A P-wing from mario 3
Tairese: Oh, that
Tairese: I think an A-wing is faster
Me: Yeah but poorly shielded from attack
Tairese: I’m going to work
Tairese: Who is shooting at me?
Me: Me, in my Tai fighter
Me: Pew pew pew
ford fiesta!
met a cool dude named mark who was driving around (actually stuck in traffic) in a 2011 ford fiesta. it is one sharp looking car!
if they make it with the turbocharged-5 cyl. it might very well be my next car!
charlie and the string
charlie bit me afterward in his excitement haha :O
charlie and string from ericlikeseatin on Vimeo.
braised ribs, shen family style
my mom makes quite the good braised ribs and this is her recipe. i don’t have exact portions of any of the ingredients because measuring is overrated.
wet stuff (soy sauce, rice wine, sesame seed oil, water):
aromatics (ginger, onion, garlics)
the meat (pork ribs), cut in half efficiently by the chinese butcher:
secret ingredient is rock sugar:
infuse sesame seed oil with garlics and ginger, use a large pot:
sear your ribs:
dump in liquids and chopped up onions. liquids should almost cover the meat. use good sense when measuring proportions:
bring to boil and then simmer on low heat for 2-4 hours:
hot pork fat! you can let this solidify overnight and skim the top the next day:
enjoy!
once every 28 years…
if you get paid bi-weekly every friday, today is quite special….
because after today, there will not be another Three Paycheck February for another 28 years! that’s right! the next time we will have five fridays in februrary is 2036.
enjoy your third paycheck everyone!
chocolate cake
i have never in my life baked a cake from scratch. i do not like baking. it requires a lot of measuring, sifting, whisking, and dish washing, all of which are components of cooking i do not enjoy. that being said, i practiced making this chocolate cake with orange zested whipped cream this evening.
here is my sue-chef (HAR HAR) dusting the cake with confectioners sugar:
and here is a slice of the cake served:
i actually added lemon extract to the whipped cream instead of vanilla extract. the bottles look the same. the cream was still pretty delicious – very citrusy, since it already had orange zest all up in the hizzy.
ok that is all! my company has a dessert competition on valentines day and the winner gets an iphone!
want!
two albums and a book
i’m finding it increasingly difficult to find music that i like for reasons unknown to me. maybe as a i grow older, i am being more of a snob, rejecting anything that is even remotely mainstream. or maybe it is because i think 90s rock is the epitome of all music and nothing will ever come close. anyway, here are two cds that are worth a gander. or a listen. whichever suits you!
stars – in our bedroom after the war
athlete – beyond the neighborhood.
these two albums are filled with great melodies that will make your timpanic organs resonate with joy. immediately, all the dust of the world’s suffering will melt away as you listen to arpeggiated happiness and your mind will be opened to all of nature’s secrets.
sex god – rob bell.
the title always raises some eyebrows when people ask what you are reading. its a great book by mars hill pastor rob bell. i havent finished it yet but it has been a great read so far. i won’t write a book report for you because .. i can’t be bothered. head over to the library or half.com and get these three necessities pronto!
caffeine free diet coke
in the corner of the grocery aisle where you find the fizzy drinks, there is that one drink that is shunned by its bubbly compatriots. it has been ostracized by its canned and bottled peers and despite its glittered up appearance, with its gaudy gold can and fancy container graphics, it is still as unattractive a drink as cat urine. this drink is caffeine free diet coke.
what is the reason for this drink’s terrible fate?
this drink is less fattening than regular coke.
this drink won’t keep you up if you decide to have a can of it with a late dinner.
the color scheme of this can reminds me of the san francisco 49ers, and they are my favorite football team.
caffeine free diet coke has all these things going for it. but maybe things arent exactly as they seem.
simply put, caffeine free diet coke tries too hard to be something that a fizzy drink isnt meant to be and as a result, it becomes something that it was never purposed to be. it is akin to the fat kid in 7th grade who was able to dress “cool” and talk “cool” but everyone knew, was just a poseur. by making this soda a diet soda and a caffeine free soda, coke has took away the very meaning of soda.
people drink soda for one of two reasons. the first reason is obviously taste. colas are proof that god loves us. i dont care how artificial sunkist orange soda is – i think its brilliant. sprite with tons of ice is absolutely the most refreshing thing i can think of on a hot summer evening and just the thought of grape soda makes my tongue dance with eager expectation. sorry tongue, no grape soda today.
the second reason is caffeine. the reason why caffeinated diet coke is immensely popular is because it gives people an alternative to coffee as a stimulant source with none of the calories in coffee. you can also drink it cold, which is nice on a hot day. people will even endure the less desirable taste of diet coke (compared to coke) just to get a little buzz from the caffeine. in the working world, as well as academia, caffeine is king.
so then, if its taste you’re going after, you won’t find it in caffeine free diet coke. if its an early morning pick-me-up you need, you won’t find it in caffeine free diet coke. caffeine free diet coke, then, is completely pointless. the only sort of person who drinks caffeine free diet coke is the sort of person who needlessly counts calories and is deathly afraid of the stimulating and addictive properties of caffeine. do you really want to be this person? and if you are that sort of person, then why are you looking at fizzy drinks? grab a bottle of v8 and get on with it.
