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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
By 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
Brandon,
They do indeed have air fryers here, and they’re not that expensive. Should I get one? How well does it fry other things like, say, french fries?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/August/2019 @ 7:36 pm
A tragic loss, the crock pot is. Good luck finding a replacement.
My boss gifted me with a very nice crock pot a few years back. Unfortunately, it developed a crack (and I missed the opportunity to make “crackpot” jokes), so I had to buy my own replacement. I didn’t want the boss to feel guilty, so I didn’t tell him about the breakage until a year or so later, when it came up in conversation. Anyway, my point is that, like Bill Clinton, I feel your pain.
Personally, I’d love to get an Instant Pot. Those things do everything. Maybe on my next trip to the States…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/August/2019 @ 3:12 pm
Congrats on getting second place. Better luck next time!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/August/2019 @ 5:59 pm
re: crime and perception of crime
I normally feel perfectly safe walking around Seoul. I never felt that safe in DC. As for European cities… big cities like Nice, Marseilles, Paris, Geneva, and Stockholm are fairly crime-ridden these days.
When I was in Paris last year, I got accosted by a beggar who tried to escalate his requests for money after I gave him a couple euros (he suddenly said he also needed 30 euros for a pair of shoes).
I didn’t experience any of the tourist nightmares caught on video, in which African guys drop a bracelet in your unwitting hand, then demand you pay for it. Then, when you try to give the bracelet back and step away, they accuse you of racism and surround you with some of their buddies. At that point, most tourists simply pay ten euros just to get the fuck out of there.
This is why the term “shithole” is being bandied about with ever-increasing frequency when people talk about Europe. Now, outside the big cities, Europe still looks and feels like Europe. But it’s a shame that the cities, which are centers of culture, are becoming unlivable—which is true in the US as well, if Portland, LA, San Fran, and Seattle are examples. Human shit, tent cities, piss odor, vandalism, and needles will be our legacy. Maybe they already are.
All of which is why your lovely photos of your local area are a relief to the eye. So much green. So many smiles.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/August/2019 @ 7:24 pm
I’ll have some water and mud with my Hash, please!
I sympathize with the whole wet-shoes thing. Be glad your trek was under 10K. I was rereading my 2017 journal and came across the entry where I described how it had been raining all day, so I of course ended up with blisters after eight or nine hours of walking. That said, it’s always nice to get back to a dry place and tug/peel off one’s nasty footwear. One of the simple pleasures of existence.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/August/2019 @ 3:59 pm
Stay safe!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/August/2019 @ 5:08 pm
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, but you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/August/2019 @ 1:49 pm
If you lose running water, it might indeed be a good idea to collect some rainwater and also buy one of those hanging “solar showers” from the camp store. That’s basically a huge plastic bag that acts as a gravity-operated shower once you fill it with water.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/August/2019 @ 2:16 pm
Have you set up huge, plastic 55-gal drums to collect rainwater for home consumption? (I guess you’d also have to have some kind of purification/processing setup, too.)
As my dad used to say: if the rain keeps up, it won’t come down. Har har.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/August/2019 @ 3:44 pm
I have to wonder how good a pie crust is after you microwave it. Normally, microwaving anything even remotely bread-related is a bad idea unless you’re trying to soften and rejuvenate stale bread.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/August/2019 @ 6:37 pm
«« Back To Stats PageYou must be in heaven: the entire country is hot and wet.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/August/2019 @ 4:03 pm