Someone I know might be interested in this little gadget – it’s called a HeadBlade. As Seen at BoingBoing.
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A catering college in the northern Algerian city of Tizi Ouzou has cooked the world’s largest couscous. The traditional north African dish was made from 2,600 kilos (5,732 lb) of dry semolina, meat from 100 sheep and 1.5 tonnes of vegetables. We love, love LOVE couscous around here. We don’t make it from scratch or anything, it’s very easily made using the Near East brand – takes 5 minutes once the small amount of water comes to a boil. And it can be jazzed up very easily – here’s a recipe for Apricot Ginger Couscous that we’ll try soon. However,…
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I’ll listen later to :NPR’scoverage of Reagan’s passing. I’m shedding no tears, mind. At the time of his election, I was toying with the idea of moving to Canada, just on general principle. It’s sad for his immediate family, of course. And, besides… I always thought the onset of his illness was late in his first term, and everyone around him was covering it up. Remember, this is the president that brought us Iran-Contra, the highest number of ethics violations by members of his administration in history, and a lot of very dirty “most favored corporation” deals. Oh, and he’s…