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While googling around for recipes today, I stumbled upon this outburst: One warning about Vietnamese food….fish sauce!!! It is one of their favorite seasonings…. The waiter said to me “fish sauce vegetarian!!” and when I explained that I did not want the fish sauce and could he ask the cook to leave it out, he again said, in a…
posted at 1:13 AM | comments (9) | food, misc
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Nerd alert, more bookmarklets. This first set takes advantage of Google’s translation service: english to french english to german english to spanish english to italian english to portuguese french to english german to english spanish to english italian to english portuguese to english Create a folder called “translate” or the like in your bookmarks toolbar (in IE, this would…
posted at 2:37 PM | comments (3) | nerdy
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“Like placard-sized wolfbane against the masturbatory cult of Saddam Hussein”
posted at 10:19 PM | comments (4) | grrr
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After being barred three times from taking his elected seat in the Georgia House of Representatives because of his vocal opposition to the war in Vietnam, Julian Bond wrote a short comic book called Vietnam. Vietnam is targeted to African Americans, connecting anti-war politics with the movement for civil rights and equality in America. Its history of the wars…
posted at 1:22 PM | comments (5) | politics/history
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If fishes were wishes, the ocean would be all of our desire.
posted at 7:38 PM | comments (11) | nerdy
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