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Ask, and ye shall receive.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/December/2018 @ 1:33 pm
“…but I do monitor my weight/blood pressure/resting heart rate [every day]. I want to stay healthy so I can continue to live large (without getting large).”
You’re an example to follow. Congrats on getting back under 200! I bloated up after losing 6 kg in France, and I’m trying to get back down from that bloat.
The breffus looks good. Carbaliciously good. I’d call it “chicken-fried” steak as well, for what it’s worth, but I’ve heard “country-fried” before, too. I’ll have to do some research and see whether there’s a difference.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/December/2018 @ 1:30 pm
Oh, and thanks for the undeserved shout-out.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/December/2018 @ 8:46 pm
Have you figured out a new way to caption your photos? Cool.
Good for you re: blazing new trails. Glad to see you being curious about the country. As you know, my worry, when it comes to barflies, is that they’re generally incurious about the world, preferring routine over excitement and discovery. Glad that you’re striking the balance between secure routine and somewhat risky adventure. Happy exploring!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/December/2018 @ 8:46 pm
It’s been a most excellent ride. Congrats and Happy Fourteenth!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/December/2018 @ 10:19 pm
Buddy does look a lot like a cat that’s strung out on catnip. But it just means he’s relaxed and comfortable, or as the French say, bien dans sa peau, i.e., “(feeling) good in his skin.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/December/2018 @ 8:16 pm
Eight hours in the crock pot and still tough? Christ, that’s hard to imagine. Might be time to look into getting a meat injector and injecting some sort of tenderizer directly into the muscle before crocking.
(I see they also have 2-in-1 tenderizer/injectors on the market. I would normally call such an item a frivolous purchase, but if the meat you’re dealing with really is that fucking tough, then it’s time to enhance your kitchen weaponry.)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/December/2018 @ 6:29 pm
A 22K average is not bad at all! Congrats to the granddaughter. And I hope you enjoyed the pot roast.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/December/2018 @ 4:30 pm
How is Anal Retentive able to build a house in the PI? I thought foreigners couldn’t buy property there– they could only rent. Am I missing something?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/December/2018 @ 1:58 pm
OK, enough hours have passed; I won’t leave you hanging. It does indeed have to do with a horse: the cowboy’s horse’s name is Friday, which is why he was able to ride into town “on Friday” and ride out again “on Friday.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/December/2018 @ 12:13 am
Big hint: mentally remove the phrase “into town” from the first sentence.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/December/2018 @ 6:05 pm
Ah, yes: one example of a genre of “distraction” riddles. You open the front door first, of course, to let your parents in. Then the fridge. Then the goodies’ various bags and bottles.
Or maybe the answer is, “You open your parents’ minds first by talking to them through the front door about the benefits of a free-market economy. Only when they’re convinced do you let them in.”
Here’s an easy riddle in exchange:
A cowboy calmly rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, starts no fights, then leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/December/2018 @ 5:32 pm
Maybe it’s a cause/effect feedback loop: life imitates pop songs, and pop songs imitate life.
Some might say “vicious circle” instead of “feedback loop,” though…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/December/2018 @ 5:35 pm
See, there’s your problem right there: you keep modeling your life after pop songs.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/December/2018 @ 3:24 pm
In the “What She Sees” part of that meme, that’s the popular dude from H3H3 on YouTube, isn’t it?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/December/2018 @ 9:41 pm
Great-looking pulled pork, man. A slow cooker is the best solution for tough meats. (Next best thing might be a pressure cooker—very popular in Brazil, apparently, if my brother David is to be believed.)
I recently did a writeup about the “eye round” cut of beef, which one food writer described as “unredeemable.” That’s bullshit. Run that thang through a slow cooker, and you’re golden. Ain’t no reason to complain about tough meat as long as you’ve got a slow cooker. (Why am I sounding Cajun all of a sudden?)
You have an oven, ja? If so, then for ribs and such, the solution is low and slow cooking, just as if you were using an outdoor smoker.
Glad you’re keeping up your 20K steps/day average. I’m way below that, and I need to bump things up, starting this week. It’s cold and rainy here, though, which is very de-motivating. Anyway, good luck maintaining those numbers.
Have you heard about the increasingly popular Instant Pot? It’s a slow cooker and much more. My brother Sean, who’s a talented cook, swears by it. I’m curious to get my hands on one as well. It’s a large-capacity appliance, I think, which might make it good for brisket and such.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/December/2018 @ 9:38 pm
Oh, yeah:
I sat down in a nice open bar/resto, drank beer, and people watched.
So it sounds as if people watched you while you sat and drank.
Slight change:
I sat down in a nice open bar/resto, drank beer, and people-watched.
Behold the power of hyphens.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/November/2018 @ 6:25 pm
As long as you (1) make it out of Manila alive, (2) with a clear plan of how to handle whatever paperwork remains, and (3) without contracting an STD, I think that’ll be a clear win.
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
—Obi-wan Kenobi, reminiscing about his time in Manila» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/November/2018 @ 5:16 pm
I thought the Hare planned out the hikes well in advance. Ah—but your Hash is normally on Mondays, right? So this wasn’t a true Hash?
Well, at least you found your way back to civilization. Getting lost can be fun sometimes, just as long as it doesn’t become the basic condition of your existence!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/November/2018 @ 6:40 pm
Tipping is not a city in China
In many parts of the world, no good deed goes unpunished. Of course, I realize I’m preaching to the choir in sharing that pearl of wisdom: your time in Korea taught you the same thing, I’m sure.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/November/2018 @ 1:41 pm
Great vistas and great-looking food. Looks to have been a fun time.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/November/2018 @ 4:04 pm
OK, that sounds saner. Whew. Enjoy your Turkey Day meal!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/November/2018 @ 3:45 pm
Happy Thanksgiving to you.
32,000 steps in 3 hours is almost 11,000 steps an hour! I’m plodding along at 6,000 steps an hour. You on speed or something?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/November/2018 @ 1:47 pm
I was going to ask whether you’d seen that article. This isn’t the first time such an article has appeared. People all over the world squawk and gobble whenever they see random deposits of white powder.
Great photos, as always. And congrats on Number 25!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/November/2018 @ 4:55 pm
Congrats on the darts and on a good walk. Germans are a Volksmarch kind of people; walking up and down mountains is what they do (if they live near mountains, anyway).
I had been wondering who the burly, shirtless guy was in several of your previous pictures. I think I know who he is now. Do these gents have names? And what do they do for a living? I can’t imagine that they’re retired.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/November/2018 @ 8:37 pm
Sausage and Hash are a good breakfast combination. Will you be doing both, now, or are you planning to transition from one to the other?
And how on earth did Buddy’s leash get so twisted up? I guess you can lift Buddy up and let the leash un-twist while Buddy whirls around like helicopter blades…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/November/2018 @ 6:50 pm
From the previous comment:
“Unfortunately, for those of us who like to drink, governing the emotions is made more difficult when we imbibe because, as we all know, alcohol lowers the inhibitions, thus regressing us into emotional infancy (or as Paul Joseph Watson calls it: emotional incontinence) and opening the door to our saying and doing stupid things that we regret later.“ [italics added]
God, it’s as if I’m a prophet!
Confucius say: “If drama always following you around, maybe because you source of drama.”
“I’d been drinking all night in celebration of my return home so was feeling no pain.”
I suspect you wouldn’t have been so “jokey” had you been less pickled. It’s amazing, though, how well you can remember the previous night despite having drunk so much. That’s like some kind of superpower.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/November/2018 @ 9:15 pm
Whoops. I wrote:
“That said, traditions like Buddhism (and, probably, Stoicism) view the passions as something that either enslave you or are enslaved (i.e., managed or governed) by you.”
That should read:
“That said, traditions like Buddhism (and, probably, Stoicism) view the passions as things that either enslave you or are enslaved (i.e., managed or governed) by you.”
Bad monkey! BAD!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/November/2018 @ 12:58 am
I’m reading a book called The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, which is a psychological exploration of why people so passionately demonize each other when it comes to politics and religion. Haidt repeatedly states one of the major findings of neuroscience and neuropsychology, which is that we are feeling beings who happen to think, i.e., feelings come first, and thoughts follow. We commit ourselves to our worldviews on an emotional level, and only then do we formulate rational, intellectual justifications for why we believe what we believe. For Haidt, then, human emotions don’t “result from thinking”: it’s more the other way around, which actually makes sense to me.
That said, traditions like Buddhism (and, probably, Stoicism) view the passions as something that either enslave you or are enslaved (i.e., managed or governed) by you. The person who is unable to control his passions ends up ruled by them, so even if the intellect isn’t the source of our emotions, it’s nevertheless the intellect’s duty to make sure the emotions don’t run rampant.
Unfortunately, for those of us who like to drink, governing the emotions is made more difficult when we imbibe because, as we all know, alcohol lowers the inhibitions, thus regressing us into emotional infancy (or as Paul Joseph Watson calls it: emotional incontinence) and opening the door to our saying and doing stupid things that we regret later.
But, yeah: it’s that battle between the rational superego and the emotional id. The dick and the brain, constantly at war. If we believe in the power of choice, though, then we affirm that we have the ability to lead dick-shaped lives or brain-shaped lives. We always have a choice in the matter.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/November/2018 @ 11:21 pm
Gee it’s good to be back home again
«« Back To Stats PageGood to see you quoting prominent Stoics. They have a lot in common—temperamentally, at least—with the Buddhists. Both schools of thought advocate a low-drama life because too much drama is a waste of time.
Welcome back! I guess Gina has already taken care of the “welcome wagon” issue. Heh.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/November/2018 @ 7:33 pm