My so called life*

On the days of flying backpacks, self lacing shoes and music you can touch, some things never change.

‘Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.

[…]

Among our most benign experiments are those with people who voluntarily isolate themselves for extended periods. Long-distance solo sailors, for instance, commit themselves to months at sea. They face all manner of physical terrors: thrashing storms, fifty-foot waves, leaks, illness. Yet, for many, the single most overwhelming difficulty they report is the “soul-destroying loneliness,” as one sailor called it. Astronauts have to be screened for their ability to tolerate long stretches in tightly confined isolation, and they come to depend on radio and video communications for social contact.’

Full text, by Atul Gawande:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawande
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawande
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawande

Evil.

http://www.darksites.com/evilplan.php
http://www.darksites.com/evilplan.php
http://www.darksites.com/evilplan.php

Not sure if it really is the best chocolate cake in the world, but it is definitely pretty close. Shops in Lisbon, New York, Brazil (several of them) and now Madrid.

http://www.lamejortartadechocolatedelmundo.com/
http://www.lamejortartadechocolatedelmundo.com/
http://www.lamejortartadechocolatedelmundo.com/

And leveling IRL.

‘[…]So I quit. I quit hard enough that the way the game had pulled me in the last time wasn’t an option anymore. And instead of spending an hour every day doing my daily quests in-game, I spent an hour every day doing “daily quests” in real life – I started working out. I started leveling my actual skills and stats. […]’

http://tinyurl.com/quitwowalready
http://tinyurl.com/quitwowalready
http://tinyurl.com/quitwowalready

And the cheese table. The OMG table.

Truthful site ever.

“Well of course hours will be located on the Contact Us page. I’d be foolish to look anywhere else!”

http://neversaidaboutrestaurantwebsites.tumblr.com/
http://neversaidaboutrestaurantwebsites.tumblr.com/
http://neversaidaboutrestaurantwebsites.tumblr.com/

Best movie of 2010.

[watching a clip of Hitler speaking]
Lilibet: What’s he saying?
King George VI: I don’t know but… he seems to be saying it rather well.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/

And everything you need/want to know about it.

So what exactly is Prime Rib?
‘To locate the prime rib, start by cutting your favorite cow neatly down the center from head to tail along the spine. Set aside one half for another use. Place your hand on its back and feel your way backwards along its vertebrae until you start feeling ribs. Count backwards to the sixth rib (this is called, appropriately enough “Rib #6”), and cut here.
Now continue counting back until you get to Rib #12 and cut again. Reserve the head section and the tail section for another use, saving just the ribs you just cut out. Now saw the ribs off at about 13 to 16-inches down their length and set aside the belly section. Take off the hide, and what you’re left with is the prime rib.’

And the link to the whole story:

http://tinyurl.com/primeribohyeah
http://tinyurl.com/primeribohyeah
http://tinyurl.com/primeribohyeah

Food for thought.