http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE8lAFKA2U8&feature=related
How did I not know about this?!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Paranoia
On the off-chance you look at my side boxes, you'll see that I recently read "The Ghost Map." It was a really interesting book about the 1854 London Cholera epidemic that spread via one waterpump. One guy, John Snow, basically did detective work to determine the paths of disease spread and came up with an innovative map format that is used in epidemiology (or so i think). Anyways, it was a well written book and i recommend it, even though the author tried to tackle a bit too much in the conclusion.
The point of this post is that cholera is nasty and I'm feeling a bit paranoid about it--so I keep washing my hands, etc.
P.S. sorry for the bad quality of the photos in the previous post. Looks like I had a little trouble focusing!
The point of this post is that cholera is nasty and I'm feeling a bit paranoid about it--so I keep washing my hands, etc.
P.S. sorry for the bad quality of the photos in the previous post. Looks like I had a little trouble focusing!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Ah sweet domesticity
Now that I have more spare time, I have time to indulge my domestic tendencies. While I still do not cook, with the exception of this carrot soup I came across and have now made several times, I have been baking up a storm. My parents really like this whole wheat and walnut bread (see picture 1). And I just made some rhubarb bread (picture 2). This is more of a sweet bread and next time I'll definitely make it with walnuts (as the recipe suggests but I was out) to give it some more texture.
Finally, I just got my parents to buy an ice cream maker for their Kitchenaid so stay tuned for my adventures with that. (I'm trying to figure out how I can sneak the whole apparatus out when I move to Michigan otherwise it will be back to good old elbow grease for kneading.)
Friday, June 20, 2008
This makes me ill (rant alert)
My sister can attest that i am a moderate person. I like tepid food and beverage and it takes a lot to get me riled up. However, this ad campaign makes me physically ill:
http://www.fijigreen.com/index.html
particularly in a city that has some of the best tap water in the world. In fact, it may even be cleaner/better for you than Fiji water (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/health/14real.html).
While I'm the first to admit that I am not a paragon of environmentally friendliness and occasionally buy bottled water when traveling (not from Fiji though), there is NO reason to purchase Fiji water even if they are "carbon negative" and encourage bottle recycling. Putting water in bottles (made from petroleum), and shipping them half way around the world (using even more fuel), is just another example of extremely unnecessary consumption, particularly of fossil fuels. Part of my anger is due to the fact that I just got back from an event held by my father's club to welcome wounded veterans in nyc for the weekend. Most of the guys were younger than me and had lost one or more limbs in Iraq and Afganistan, entirely unnecessary losses related to our addiction to oil. If you believe that we're there solely to liberate the Middle East, I've got a bridge to sell you. We certainly aren't trying to liberate any war-torn African dictatorships that have no resources we need.
Friends who read this blog (all 3 of you), if you purchase Fiji water, I must seriously reconsider our friendship.
http://www.fijigreen.com/index
particularly in a city that has some of the best tap water in the world. In fact, it may even be cleaner/better for you than Fiji water (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/health/14real.html).
While I'm the first to admit that I am not a paragon of environmentally friendliness and occasionally buy bottled water when traveling (not from Fiji though), there is NO reason to purchase Fiji water even if they are "carbon negative" and encourage bottle recycling. Putting water in bottles (made from petroleum), and shipping them half way around the world (using even more fuel), is just another example of extremely unnecessary consumption, particularly of fossil fuels. Part of my anger is due to the fact that I just got back from an event held by my father's club to welcome wounded veterans in nyc for the weekend. Most of the guys were younger than me and had lost one or more limbs in Iraq and Afganistan, entirely unnecessary losses related to our addiction to oil. If you believe that we're there solely to liberate the Middle East, I've got a bridge to sell you. We certainly aren't trying to liberate any war-torn African dictatorships that have no resources we need.
Friends who read this blog (all 3 of you), if you purchase Fiji water, I must seriously reconsider our friendship.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Wildlife Emergency
My friend L has accused me of not updating my blog that much. In actuality, I have been quite busy, too busy to update my blog which i think 2.5 people read. since finding my awesome ann arbor place and roommate, i was at Dartmouth to see my sister graduate, back in DC for a few days of working and partying, and finally back at Dartmouth for my 5 year reunion. AND yesterday, i had a wildlife catastrophe. I was minding my own business watching tv when i hear a chirp chirp coming from the kitchen. The chirping didn't phase me because there a lot of birds in our backyard, but this was louder than normal. turns out a bird had flown into the kitchen! i shrieked, it chirped, i shrieked, it chirped. I finally managed to chase it out of the house. but phew.
Monday, June 16, 2008
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