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Good luck and have fun! Hopefully, you’ll wander further afield than the standard bánh mì and phở. (Although I wouldn’t mind seeing pics of those, the way the Vietnamese actually do them.)
Also curious about what counts as street food over there.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/September/2019 @ 7:33 pm
Happy Hashing, safe travels, and please upload lots of food pics.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/September/2019 @ 7:13 pm
In French, “queue” means “tail.” It’s also slang for “dick.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/September/2019 @ 2:01 pm
Damn. I was sure your reply was going to be, “You’re right!”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/September/2019 @ 9:39 pm
That last dialogue—the one with “you’re right” in it—cleverly portrayed a verbal judo flip.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 31/August/2019 @ 8:20 pm
One lifetime, many lives–Chapter 5: Working for a living (part 2, safety first!)
Oy. Those nuns, with their bad habits.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 31/August/2019 @ 12:42 pm
“the Postal Service training facility in Potomoc, MD”
As a resident of the DC-metro area, I must lodge a protest, as the spelling is “PotoMAC.” Just think: “John MAC. Poto-MAC.”
Meanwhile, all praise and honor to Bobbie MAC!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/August/2019 @ 8:39 pm
Hey, thanks for the moped pic. I can’t unsee that.
re: typography
Yes: two spaces after periods, question marks, exclamation points, and colons. One space after other punctuation like commas. That was the old-school way of thinking until the internet came along and fucked it all up. Now it’s all different, at least when it comes to online prose.
I type my blog posts and comments in the old-school way, but Blogger—and other people’s commenting software—automatically “corrects” my typing to make everything a single space.
The standard explanation for the change is that, with the advent of modern word-processing software, automatic kerning (managing the space between typed letters and symbols) and other typographical measures have made it unnecessary to do the two-space thing. The software does it all for you, so there’s no longer a need to “signal” to the reader, via extra spaces, that you’re ending a sentence or introducing a list.
Personally, I find this new way of doing things aesthetically irritating, but I have no choice but to bow to the modern convention because, even if I type things old-school, the software changes my spacing.
re: dawgz
Our dog, a terrier/spaniel mix named Velcro (I named him when I saw how his paws made ripping sounds every time he walked on a carpet), was a horny bastard who humped our cat, our tossed-aside pillows, and pretty much anything else he could salaciously hug. We never got him neutered, so he remained randy for most of his doggy life. I have no idea what goes through a dog’s mind, but the urge to hump may simply be a dominance play although, as you say, if it’s “teh gey,” then there’s nothing wrong with that.
Just don’t be surprised if your dogs end up on parade floats in San Francisco, dressed in rainbow-colored clown costumes and wearing G-strings with “PRIDE” written across the back.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/August/2019 @ 7:09 pm
That looks to have been an awesome celebration. What’s better than food, fun, and time spent among friends? Once again, a Happy Sixty-fourth to you. Here’s to many happy returns.
Oh, yeah—did I see that right? Did the slaw have raisins in it? That’s actually kinda cool if so: the sweetness of the raisins balances out the tang of the vinegar in the slaw’s sauce. I’d eat that.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/August/2019 @ 7:45 pm
Pasty looks good! And Happy Birfday, Old Fart!
“Age is just a number,” says 89-year-old Clint Eastwood as he hungrily eyes a twenty-year-old.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/August/2019 @ 6:17 pm
For what it’s worth, I have no problem seeing the pics from my Mac laptop at home. Beddy strangie.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/August/2019 @ 12:29 am
UPDATE: I’m seeing the pics on my cell phone, but not my on my Windows desktop at work. Strange.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/August/2019 @ 5:17 pm
Are there supposed to be pictures? If so, I’m not seeing them.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/August/2019 @ 5:16 pm
Hunt wins again! Lauda fumes, stomps off to his room, and goes back to his mathematical formulas.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/August/2019 @ 6:10 pm
A victory over Steve is a victory indeed. He’s the mechanically precise Niki Lauda; you’re the brilliant-but-inconsistent James Hunt. It can’t be “Rule Britannia” all the time, after all. The Yanks have to represent! But the moment you beat a guy like that is the moment you leeringly offer him a pint, knowing full well he can’t accept because of his Mormon or Muslim or Korean Protestant beliefs.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/August/2019 @ 10:30 pm
Have fun in the ‘Nam! What are your travel dates?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/August/2019 @ 4:13 pm
The older lady in that second-to-last pic reminds me of Rachel House from “Thor: Ragnarok.” Rough and ready!
Looks to have been a good walk.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/August/2019 @ 5:30 pm
A new addition to the culinary family! Rejoice!
And if your housekeeper drops THIS one, fire her ass.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/August/2019 @ 2:36 pm
A tip of the hat for having laid a good trail. Job well done!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/August/2019 @ 6:29 pm
That’s one raggedy-looking high school!
Sounds as if you had an interesting adventure. May your Kennys always be Loggin’!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/August/2019 @ 9:12 pm
I think you’re right: whatever you like is the right pie for you. If you prefer your crust to be firm and not doughy, then there you go. I’m a fan of textural contrast myself, so I like a crust that’s crispy and flaky on the outside and soft/doughy on the inside.
I also saw a recipe for exactly the same pie dough that I’ve been making, except with twice the butter. Gonna have to try that one out soon.
Good luck in your culinary forays!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/August/2019 @ 6:47 pm
A darts victory and a walk victory! Most excellent. Congratulations!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/August/2019 @ 11:23 pm
Always feels a little surreal to see tires being used as stairs.
As I wrote in a previous comment, I don’t normally think of cottage/shepherd pies as true pies, at least in terms of having a legitimate crust made of dough. I didn’t realize that dough crusts were possible with these dishes; I personally have never seen either type of pie made with an actual crust—the top is always a layer of mashed potato.
I think of cottage/shepherd pies as cousins of Greek moussaka. Moussaka is roughly the same concept, but with different herbs, tomato (sauce), and eggplant in addition. Very hearty.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/August/2019 @ 6:44 pm
Yeah, I was only writing a self-deprecating comment about the wussiness of flat trails. But, sure, if we want to get technical: the colon means “list or explanation to follow,” and the word “then” often takes a comma before it:
All right, then.
First do X, then do Y.
(etc.)Examples of the colon preceding an explanation:
She knew what she was doing: twenty years of hard fighting had made her an expert.
My thirst for blood is infinite: I am Dracula.So when the colon precedes a list, it’s like saying “to wit,” and when the colon precedes an explanation, it’s like saying “for” or “because.”
The colon is often optional and can be replaced by a semicolon in compound sentences (i.e., sentences with two independent clauses), but there will be a change in nuance:
Koreans are a tough people: they’ve endured many foreign occupations. (2nd clause explains the first)
(or) Koreans are a tough people; they’ve endured many foreign occupations. (2nd clause = one related idea merely following another)» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/August/2019 @ 7:08 pm
Sounds as if you did a Kevin-style trail, then: pretty much level, and mostly/totally on asphalt. May your next trail be more entertaining!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/August/2019 @ 6:35 pm
Yeah, I’m not going to be able to watch that in the office. I’ve got a CCTV camera sitting above and behind me. It catches everything on my monitor (including what I’m writing right now).
That’s an impressive pulled-pork sandwich!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/August/2019 @ 6:28 pm
Good thing the tree fell away from the house and not toward it. As for re-planting it… why destroy a perfectly good tree, eh? I hope it’s been packed firmly back into the ground.
When Lucky leaps the wall, does he try to run far, or does he always come back quickly? How often does he skip out?
Epstein’s no longer alive to testify, but his home is probably full of all sorts of records. I’ll be morbidly curious to see what happens next. Wikileaks to the rescue!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/August/2019 @ 4:44 pm
One lifetime, many lives– Chapter 5: Working for a living (part 1, the check is in the mail)
“Rarely,” he says.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/August/2019 @ 4:46 pm
If only life could be more like an 80s porn movie.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/August/2019 @ 4:12 pm
«« Back To Stats PageBy the way, John, I may have to borrow that “fart rape” meme above. It’s a fantastic example of a shittily punctuated run-on sentence, which makes it the perfect candidate for teaching a lesson about commas.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/August/2019 @ 2:00 am