Funny, the way the brain latches on to coincidences. I'm having trouble reconciling two things I've seen today.
One is Philip K. Howard's TedTalk. He not only identifies what's wrong with the legal system (mostly, but not exclusively, in the US) but also how to fix it: bring back trust, and all...
What to call sourdough breads, given that they’re not always sour? There is a variety of alternatives. The French levain is popular, but somewhat poncy and effete. (Unless, of course, you happen to be French.) We do have the perfectly good English word leaven, but for some obscure reason, while th...
Start: 95.4 Last week: 89.3 This week: 88.7
Drifting, very slowly, down. I think.
Marion Nestle, Colin Tudge, Michael Pollan. Any one of them could have said this.
Let the scientists and their interpreters fight it out over single nutrients. Eat food and enjoy your dinner.
It was, in fac...
It was always a good joke to point out that Perrier was more expensive than petrol. The joke just got better. Coke in a small 7½ oz. can costs US$8.50 a US gallon and, better yet, 50-140% more per ounce than Coke in an old 12 oz. can. The full article is here. Money quote:
You’ll save money...
Some things are too bizarre to make up, or to believe, and such is the story of the “ambient sausage rolls”. I saw it first at [Yahoo News] http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100201/tuk-ambient-sausage-rolls-an-error-6323e80.html, which explained that the Plain English Campaign had informed the Co-O...
