Good Magazine produced this politically charged, entertaining, and interesting youtube video about the state of the world, our demands for oil, and the dramatic increases to the cost of living in a world thirsty for energy.
If we’re addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. As the price of oil creeps higher, finding new energy sources is more important than ever. But the search for alternatives, combined with environmental disruptions, is putting new pressures on other essentials like food. There are some things that are going well in the world. Right now, the economy is not one of them.
It’s usually a good thing when someone says they just can’t eat another bite. That is, when you assume it’s because they’re full—not when you accidentally added 6 times too much salt.
Pierre Tourigny downloaded about 30 pictures of women from Hot or Not, a popular internet “photo rating” site, then used SqirlzMorph to create each of the virtual women in the composite images shown here.
“These women do not exist. They are a composite of about 30 faces that I created to find out the current standard of good looks on the Internet.”
See also averages based on Hot or Not ratings and origin.
Specifically it’s snails that need to watch out because that’s what was on the menu for supper on Friday night.
I’ve never had escargo before, but it wasn’t as bad as I imagined (nor was it as good as many people like to pretend). I think the biggest problem is the “ewww” factor. Even though they taste alright, there is no getting around the idea that you are, in fact, eating snails. It was worth it though, if only to expand my horizons a little.
A short time ago, the bake element in my oven decided it would prefer to experience life as a sparkler rather than as the key component in the “heating up Jeff’s food” process.
An interesting thing happens when good elements go bad. It’s not uncommon for the metal to start shooting fiery sparks in all directions travelling around the whole element or until it snaps apart due to the breakdown of the material. It’s fun to watch but a little scary at the same time especially if no one has warned you that it’s not unusual for old elements to self destruct in such a manner.
Ok, here come the boring (but important) life lessons:
Always put something under your food—the oven is not a barbecue. I’ve caught roommates doing this on several occasions. Luckily we’ve so far never had a house fire ensue (maybe that’s why the bottom of the oven looks so bad). There are some exceptions to this rule of course, like the pizza that is currently rising to delicious perfection as I write this—I always say “They’ve come a long way in frozen pizza technology”.
Clean your oven before you take pictures and post them on the Internet or the world will think you’re lazy. I’ve chosen not to clean it just to prove a point. Think about how right I am by how apathetic you’re judging me to be.
I guess that’s it. Now I’m off to enjoy some gourmet frozen pizza. Oh and I did clean the oven after I got the old element out—Mr. Muscle you are my hero. I just hope that now my pizza won’t taste like heavy duty oven cleaner.
Last night my friends wanted to do some shopping at Walmart and not being much in the mood I decided to do some exploring on my own. After doing the usual daily Flickr upload ritual, I headed out and found myself a mighty greasy looking taco stand and ordered 5 of the most delicious quesadillas I have ever eaten. I also had a really delicious Coke-Cola—which as you may or may not be aware tastes so much better in a bottle.
It might seem a little scary to eat food prepared right on the street but so far, other than a couple of the guys having a natural reaction to the beans, we haven´t had any real issues.
I ordered the pork quesadillas which in addition to flame roasted pork chunks come with melted cheese, fresh pineapple, a little bit of onions, and cilantro. They have a motley selection of sauces to add but I usually just stick to good old guacamole.
On one of the first nights where we had tacos and quesadillas, Steve was showing us the ropes of what was good what was bad, and how to prepare a delicious taco. He poured on some of the green—which he thought was guacamole (the other green sauce). Luckily for Steve, the guy at the stand warned him that it was going to be quite hot. Despite his efforts to scrape most of the sauce off, it was still easily observable that Steve was enjoying some very spicy food. Though you wouldn’t think it was possible, his red sun worn face became even more red and tiny beads of sweat collected on his forehead. He kind of laughed as he mentioned that yeah, this stuff was pretty hot, and we might want to avoid that particular sauce.
I’m in the process of trying a new recipe. Actually pretty much all recipes are new to me considering I don’t do much cooking. Now that I’m an official bachelor I guess that’s going to change.
So I’m cooking up some delicious smelling (and hopefully delicious tasting) dall. It’s an East Indian vegetarian dish and it’s great—at least it was when Anna-Maria made it.
Anna-Maria made the second recipe from her Poppy yesterday night. I have the picture of how it turned out and I’d have to say—it was just as good or better than the first recipe. I can’t wait til we make the next one.
What you see in the picture is a pita, covered in smashed avocado, cheese, tomato, fresh garlic, and more cheese. You can find the recipe for the Avocado melt in the section on the right (Just click to expand the menu). Anna-Maria and I decided only to add the recipes after we try them, so there will be more added in the coming weeks. By the way, if you just make the Avocado part, it makes a great dipping sauce along with sour cream and salsa.
Anna-Maria was emailed a bunch of recipes from her “Poppy” back East. She tried one last night that was quite good. We’ll post each recipe as we try them along with suggestions. I figure it was a meal that Mom and Dad would just love. (Beans and Corn and stuff all mixed together). Just wait for the recipe.
Dad bought me an extra medium pizza to take home after eating out yesterday, after all Pizza Hut has the “regular price five bucks five bucks five bucks deal”. Being that this post is written under the “Roommate Update” heading, I think some of the astute readers may see where this is going.
I went upstairs to grab a slice of pizza and discovered that all but two of the slices of pizza were gone! I could hardly believe my eyes. Nobody was here and it’s a good thing too because my sister-inlaw’s swearing fit to the magazine subscription people would have paled in comparison to the obscenities that I was spewing. Oh I was so mad, and hungry! I don’t really have any other food to eat right now. I am still in shock that he could be so rude.
