50 things you are not supposed to know

01 Aug 2009 No Comments

by ryanin Signs of the Horsemen, Uhm... yeah Tags: ,

  1. The Ten Commandments We Always See Aren’t the Ten Commandments
  2. One of the Popes Wrote an Erotic Book
  3. The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Each Year
  4. The First CIA Agent to Die in the Line of Duty Was Douglas Mackiernan
  5. After 9/11, the Defense Department Wanted to Poison Afghanistan’s Food Supply
  6. The US Government Lies About the Number of Terrorism Convictions It Obtains
  7. The US Is Planning to Provoke Terrorist Attacks
  8. The US and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on the Moon
  9. Two Atomic Bombs Were Dropped on North Carolina
  10. World War III Almost Started in 1995
  11. The Korean War Never Ended
  12. Agent Orange Was Used in Korea
  13. Kent State Wasn’t the Only – or Even the First – Massacre of College Students During the Vietnam Era
  14. Winston Churchill Believed in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy
  15. The Auschwitz Tattoo Was Originally an IBM Code Number
  16. Adolph Hitler’s Blood Relatives Are Alive and Well in New York State
  17. Around One Quarter of “Witches” Were Men
  18. The Virginia Colonists Practiced Cannibalism
  19. Many of the Pioneering Feminists Opposed Abortion
  20. Black People Served in the Confederate Army
  21. Electric Cars Have Been Around Since the 1880s
  22. Juries Are Allowed to Judge the Law, Not Just the Facts
  23. The Police Aren’t Legally Obligated to Protect You
  24. The Government Can Take Your House and Land, Then Sell Them to Private Corporations
  25. The Supreme Court Has Ruled That You’re Allowed to Ingest Any Drug, Especially If You’re an Addict
  26. The Age of Consent in Most of the US Is Not Eighteen
  27. Most Scientists Don’t Read All of the Articles They Cite
  28. Louis Pasteur Suppressed Experiments That Didn’t Support His Theories
  29. The Creator of the GAIA Hypothesis Supports Nuclear Power
  30. Genetically-Engineered Humans Have Already Been Born
  31. The Insurance Industry Wants to Genetically Test All Policy Holders
  32. Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
  33. Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus
  34. Most Doctors Don’t Know the Radiation Level of CAT Scans
  35. Medication Errors Kill Thousands Each Year
  36. Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually
  37. Work Kills More People Than War
  38. The Suicide Rate Is Highest Among the Elderly
  39. For Low-Risk People, a Positive Result from an HIV Test Is Wrong Half the Time
  40. DNA Matching Is Not Infallible
  41. An FBI Expert Testified That Lie Detectors Are Worthless for Security Screening
  42. The Bayer Company Made Heroin
  43. LSD Has Been Used Successfully in Psychiatric Therapy
  44. Carl Sagan Was an Avid Pot-Smoker
  45. One of the Heroes of Black Hawk Down Is a Convicted Child Molester
  46. The Auto Industry Says That SUV Drivers Are Selfish and Insecure
  47. The Word “Squaw” Is Not a Derisive Term for the Vagina
  48. You Can Mail Letters for Little or No Cost
  49. Advertisers’ Influence on the News Media Is Widespread
  50. The World’s Museums Contain Innumerable Fakes

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The Omnivore’s Hundred

06 Sep 2008 No Comments

by ryanin Food Tags: , ,

I don’t usually do whatever list-of-intItemToDoPreDeath, but this was food, a subject at which I excell, so, what the hell. Found at titled: some amusing blog pun.

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here atwww.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

1. Venison.
?2. Nettle tea.
?3. Huevos rancheros.?
4. Steak tartare.?
5. Crocodile?
6. Black pudding.? – ug
7. Cheese fondue.?
8. Carp. ?
9. Borscht.?
10. Baba ghanoush. ?
11. Calamari.? – love it
12. Pho. ?- maybe? had something very similar, but it wasn’t Vietnamese. 
13. PB&J sandwich.? – serioulsy? 
14. Aloo gobi.?
15. Hot dog from a street cart. ?
16. Epoisses.?
17. Black truffle.?
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes.?
19. Steamed pork buns.?
20. Pistachio ice cream.?
21. Heirloom tomatoes. – There aren’t many tomatoes I haven’t tried
22. Fresh wild berries.?
23. Foie gras.?
24. Rice and beans.?
25. Brawn, or head cheese.?
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper.?
27. Dulce de leche.?
28. Oysters.?
29. Baklava.
30. Bagna cauda.?
31. Wasabi peas.?
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl.?
33. Salted lassi.? – coworker brought this in for a potluck once
34. Sauerkraut.?
35. Root beer float.?
36. Cognac with a fat cigar. – oh, college?
37. Clotted cream tea.? – individually, yes, but together? Huh. 
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O.?
39. Gumbo.?
40. Oxtail.?
41. Curried goat.? – wouldn’t bar-b-qued goat count? 
42. Whole insects.? – would lobster count? 
43. Phaal.?
44. Goat’s milk.?
45. Malt whiskey from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more. – far too many times?
46. Fugu.?
47. Chicken tikka masala.?
48. Eel.?
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut.?
50. Sea urchin. – not a chance. when even sushi lovers say this is an aquired taste.. no way.?
51. Prickly pear.?
52. Umeboshi.?
53. Abalone.?
54. Paneer?
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal. ?
56. Spaetzle. ?- Ann Arbor folks, go to Metzer’s on Zeeb
57. Dirty gin martini.
58. Beer above 8% ABV.?
59. Poutine.?
60. Carob chips.?
61. S’mores.?
62. Sweetbreads.?
63. Kaolin.?
64. Currywurst.? – where oh where can I try this?!?!
65. Durian.?
66. Frogs’ legs. 
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake.
68. Haggis.?
69. Fried plantain.?
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette.?
71. Gazpacho.
72. Caviar and blini.?
73. Louche absinthe.?
74. Gjetost, or brunost.?
75. Roadkill.? – Deer hit by a car, made into sausage. Wasn’t bad, actually. 
76. Baijiu.?
77. Hostess Fruit Pie.?
78. Snail.?
79. Lapsang souchong.?
80. Bellini.?
81. Tom yum.?
82. Eggs Benedict. ?
83. Pocky.?
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.?
85. Kobe beef. ?
86. Hare.?
87. Goulash.?
88. Flowers.?
89. Horse.?
90. Criollo chocolate.?
91. Spam.?
92. Soft shell crab.? – so good on a sandwhich
93. Rose harissa.?
94. Catfish.?
95. Mole poblano.?
96. Bagel and lox.?
97. Lobster Thermidor.?
98. Polenta.?
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. 
100. Snake.

61/100… not too shabby.

How to Drive Your Significant Other Crazy

21 Jan 2008 2 Comments

by ryanin General Tags: , , , , ,

In the Bad Way (driving them crazy the good way is not for this blog).

  1. Ramble on about work politics.
  2. Endlessly talk about, price out, and search for discounts on an MacBook, but then end every conversation with “…but I’m not going to buy one.”
  3. Take out cilantro and set it on the counter whenever you cook dinner, but never actually but any in since you know your S.O. hates it.
  4. Go to dinner, order the most expensive beer on the menu, then wax about how much better another beer as (even though that beer cannot be purchased at this restaurant).
  5. Only put hyper-nerdy, niche sci-fi/comedy films in your movie rental queue.
  6. Stare agape when your well-read movie-aficionado S.O. hasn’t seen the above movies.
  7. Order seemingly-random T-shirts on impulse, then insist that they agree about how cool they are (they’re not).
  8. Eat their chocolate. This may be cause for justifiable homicide in some states.
  9. Blog lists of things that drive them crazy.

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