I have visited a few stores in search of ginkgo nuts ????????to no avail. I found a place that sells the tress. Apparently they smell so the females are not popular as ornamentals. Very interesting tree. http://www.grimonut.com/section2.htm#ginkgo
The sushi Nazis are coming!
This is so silly. I am going to go over there and complain about their sad excuse for kimchi! http://www.thestar.com/article/199067 Mr. Hashimoto explains that, in true Japanese cooking, the rice has to come from Japan. “It makes a difference,” he says. “There, people can eat the rice by itself because it’s so much more flavourfulcontinue reading
But what colour were the neckties?
Diplomacy prevails, Ahmadinejad shares his famous sense of humour once again, etc. But the BBC doesn’t waste much time getting to the most important aspect of the release: The Britons were wearing suits, rather than the military uniform and tracksuits they wore in previous pictures. The one female crew member, Faye Turney, wore a bluecontinue reading
It’s the 7th Annual Brocklebank Paperweight Lecture!
…and I’m going to drop $16 and go, because really, a whole lecture on paperweights? For the 7th year running? I’m deeply curious about this. It’s only an hour, so if it’s boring at least it won’t go on forever, and however it goes I’m sure it’ll make for at least one decent blog post.continue reading
Imperia
A week or so ago Joanne Kates favourably reviewed Imperia, a new Italian restaurant close to our place, so we decided to give them a try for my birthday. I think it’s fair to say we weren’t as bowled over as Joanne but nevertheless they seem to have a good product at a decent price.continue reading
He’s Everywhere!
Today’s Globe has a thing on Corrado.
No better time to fly
Air Canada had good news to share and couldn’t think of a better time to share it than 1:40 pm on a Sunday afternoon: Air Canada launches non-stop seasonal service between St. John’s, NL and London, U. K., with daily flights during summer peak travel MONTREAL, April 1 /CNW Telbec/ – The departure today ofcontinue reading
Not any better for cats than for counters, apparently
Hills MD Prescription diet dry food is contaminated with melamine. This is starting to get a bit close to home.
Firefox
…is crashing on me roughly every other day. Is this consistent with others’ experience, or am I just a bad Mozilla owner? (I don’t think I’m trying to do anything especially crash-inducing)
England expects… you to do what your captors tell you to
Sir Alan West, First Sea Lord (these titles — truly mirth-making) in 2004 when Iran detained eight servicemen, comments on the current situation: What training would the personnel have been given to help them in the event of capture? These particular people would not be trained in counter-interrogation techniques because they are not expected tocontinue reading