Ok, vacation over.

I’m teaching myself to cook: one, two, three, and four. While learning something, it’s nice to talk to other people about the subject. And since I can’t afford the tens of thousands to go to a nice culinary school, the eGullet message board is a bit help. Go browse it, everyone loves food.

Spoiler, here is the sound of one hand clapping! As found on the Quirky Japan Homepage.

How to light a grill with liquid oxygen (scroll down a bit). Be ready to grill in 3 seconds and have an ultra clean surface!

It’s sad that a novelist who writes something critical of Islam has to worry about being assassinated for it. It’s similar to saying something bad about Apple.