". . .our momentary lapse of concentration allowed "Charlie" to get the drop on us. I spent the next three years in a POW camp, forced to subsist on a thin stew made of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk, and four kinds of rice. I came close to madness trying to find it here in the States, but they just can't get…

They're bringing back heritage dining to the White House!

Japanese preparation of eels is amazing - a eel rice bowl is one of my favorite lunches.

I'll vouch for the gizzards! They can be good.

Today, outside German or Chinese restaurants, hock is all but forgotten—a shame, truly.

Also the flat earth people led a comeback from a 3-1 lead in last year's NBA Finals.

Him, Farage and Louise Mensch.

Camacho 1. Hired the smartest person in the nation 2. Admitted when he was wrong 3. Wanted the best for the nation 4. Had use for electrolytes.

I'm a Cal grad - just prior to this, I saw buzz about the Berkeley College Republicans inviting him back again.

. . .because of the implication!

Hey Walter, what's a pederast?

Trading him? Maybe. (although I wouldn't have)

I did see someone - who isn't a complete moron - posting the other day "he just needs to get his cabinet confirmed - and the real work can begin" - as if Obama hadn't been obstructed the entire way and as if this shit-show of a cabinet wasn't responsible for half the things you've complained about over the past 8…

In Germany you can order a Spezi which is half Fanta/half Coke. I don't know how good it is, but when I was 10 I was obessed with ordering it everywhere.

In Cantonese Chinese culture, when guys are looking for girlfriends/wives - the traditional thing to say is that you're looking for someone to make soup for you.

The guy I sit next to at work is Hui - he isn't really noticeably different than any other Chinese dude except he doesn't eat pork.

Those people you heard? They're idiots. Absolute morons.

I haven't recited the Lord's Prayer since 1986 . . .and I still know it better than she did.

In a world where W ran a sub-4 hour marathon and Obama played full court hoops at least weekly, and Gerry Ford was an All-American Center.

Most of the magic of a thing is is due to it's rarity. when rarity is taken away, so too is much of the magic.