I’ve been in Kyoto when the heat index was 114 Fahrenheit. I don’t recall what the humidity was other than awful. I was so glad that there were vending machines available all over the place because I would go through one Pocari Sweat per three or four blocks–I just sweated it all right out of me.

…beautiful city though.

They want poor people to be desperate and subjugated. They need the poor to be wage slaves and soldiers.

Sadly only helpful for type one, but it’s great to see a potential new treatment for those folks.

You should try Hungarian hot paprika.

And if there aren’t now, new gay people can be born there. What then?

I don’t firmly believe that he did or did not kill himself–though I lean towards he did not–but I take great offense to how every news organization reports suicide as fact when it’s quite questionable.

It’s $100 in the US. I’ll be going for a free replacement battery.

My dogs.

Oh look, more fascism.

So, uh, how would one make use of this knowledge?

At least the people would have something to celebrate

With pans that have a non-stick coating, you want to add your fat (butter or oil usually) before you heat the pan.

With stainless steel pans, it is the opposite. You want to heat your pan up and then add your fat.

If you do either of those in the wrong order, you’ll get food sticking to your pan.

That really covers most people’s problems when cooking with stainless steel. They don’t wait long enough to have their pan heat up before they add their butter or oil.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, I get a very ample supply of lobster mushrooms every fall. I honestly think they’re better dehydrated than fresh. Their texture is kind of woody and their flavor is mild.

Wouldn’t Vietnam have won regardless of whether it was north or south? They were both Vietnam.

As a Pacific Northwesterner who also loves to eat blackberries, I have found that there are tactics. I can handle some brambles pretty well.

Raspberry thorns. Those are worse. They are so thin that they will go right through most leather gloves.

I was a big fan of Excitebike. I should see about getting a copy of that again.

Also Paperboy.

Good. Maybe he’ll give himself a stroke or a heart attack.

High quality kitchen knives. I’m partial to hand-forged Japanese carbon steel. So sharp. Maintains an edge. Easy to sharpen. Being beautiful is just an added bonus.

They make closed-toe versions which look far less ridiculous.

Yellowstone, too.