09/03/10 10:41 - ID#52649

Parkour in Buffalo

Salsa, tango, hip-hop, whatever, you all just lost out. I find this absolutely fascinating.

I am fairly confident that no one in Buffalo wants to vault over this low wall quite as much as I do.

Maybe I should start local like this bloke at Target.

Don't think I will be ever able to jump over any cart though.

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Category: the odes

08/29/10 12:14 - ID#52599

Childhood Fears.

I hated low ceilings - they made me feel trapped. I still do.

But I liked this song and the video was a favourite.

PS: There. I took your suggestion. (e:Paul).
PPS: I guess that is why I like hanging out on the floor so much. It adds an extra 3 ft between me and the ceiling.
PPPS: Someday my home will have glass ceilings. Away from people who throw stones of course.

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08/19/10 11:01 - ID#52477

Chuck Norris CAN believe

that it's not butter.

But I can't believe that
I share my birthday with HIM!

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Category: the odes

08/18/10 08:59 - ID#52467

Bread Crust

As a kid, I always liked the brown crusty edges of bread and the two extreme-end slices (that are completely crusty on one side) way more than the white portion. Even now, I really like the brown bits and eat them first.

No one else in my family liked bread enough to eat it so I had no idea that many people actually prefer to throw the brown crusty edges out when they make sandwiches. I am constantly amazed whenever some kid makes a fuss about the edges. Surely everyone knows the crust is the most delicious part of any bread!!? If I were given a choice, I would like all my slices to be the extreme-end slices.

PS: Extreme-end slices toasted with a hint of hummus, mint sprigs and raw crispy red onions. Mmmm...

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08/11/10 11:14 - ID#52417

Amazing.

I have seen the swallow-dance incorporated into so many films and videos, but I think this is probably right up there among my favourites.

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08/04/10 10:34 - ID#52365

French Press Mesh Vs. Permanent Mesh Filter

The wikipedia entry on the French Press reads...

A French press consists of a narrow cylindrical beaker usually made of glass or clear plastic, equipped with a lid and a "plunger", made of metal or plastic, which fits tightly in the cylinder and which has a fine wire or nylon mesh filter.

Because the coffee grounds remain in direct contact with the brewing water and the grounds are filtered from the water via a mesh instead of a paper filter, coffee brewed with the French press captures more of the coffee's flavour and essential oils, which would become trapped in a traditional drip brew machine's paper filters.

So does this mean that using a mesh filter instead of paper filters will produce better coffee in a regular coffee maker?

Reviews for this gold mesh coffee filter on Amazon don't really address the question of taste.

Has anyone tried the mesh filter instead of paper and noticed their coffee tasting better?

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07/20/10 01:04 - ID#52243

Healthcare: Expensive =/= Effective

Just read this critical, well-written and well-researched piece on why healthcare in this country is so expensive and yet so ineffective and wasteful: (pdf version of the report).

Healthcare might well be the biggest bureaucratic easy money-making scheme in the US - if you are on the right side of the bed. It's a pity that socialistic medicine is mocked and labeled with such derision by the section of the population that prides itself on understanding fiscal independence so well. Capitalistic healthcare is an oxymoron and always will be.

Related interesting statistics:

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Category: the odes

06/30/10 02:08 - ID#52062

Topical laughs

Ha. Ha.