Actually, only the Inuits prefer that name; the rest prefer Eskimo to Inuit - "there are two main groups that are referred to as Eskimo: Yupik and Inuit. A third group, the Aleut, is related. Because of the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural differences between Yupik and Inuit peoples there is uncertainty as to the…

Or, as Stony Stevenson said, "Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt."

I think that is the way science works - you take the current data, make a working hypothesis, keep checking against new data. When you get new data that contradicts the working hypothesis, modify the hypothesis to fit the new data, eventually, it is satisfactory enough and it becomes a theory - but even then, when…

Moral of story addendum: put it out of sight - if they can't see it, they won't be tempted to break in.

This trick is a little harder to do now with all the spaghetti under the hood but you can attach an old milk can behind the radiator, fill it with water, and have warm water for washing up on long car trips; you can also attach roasting pan to the engine and cook a pot roast for the same long trip (Montana is a lot of…

The other reason to rinse your rice is to remove the 'extra protein' - bugs and/or bug eggs. We buy our rice in 20 pound bags or more and store a couple pounds in smaller containers; we put the small container in the freezer overnight. We may be overly concerned but our rice never looks back at us.

Eew! you overcooked it - just kidding. Choose a steak that is at least 1 inch thick if you like your steak rare to medium rare. I like the thumb test:

My mom rubs the salad bowl with fresh garlic first then puts the lettuce in followed by a couple tablespoons with salt and pepper whisked over the salad topped with olive oil with pepper whisked over the salad. Toss and enjoy - mom (who is French, duh!) also drinks/eats the last of the salad after everyone leaves the…

Just what I need (not sarcastic) - I am on furlough; looking for work but knowing that I will be called back in January (actually I just got a call that I am on the short list for a 3 week call back at the end of the month - I am 54th on a list of 280). My days get blurred together and I can walk past tasks for…

I am on the Paleo-dietl meat, leaves, nuts, water - no alcohol or anything else not on the list. I have been at least a 3 drink per week for 49 year. Before that I was a pass out drunk all through high school and up throo most of college. Both grandfathers lived over 90, my mother is slouching her way to 90 and I…

The last E.coli event I remember was caused by a rainstorm that washed cowpucky from a nearby ranch onto the spinach field. IIRC the flooding was not noticed at the time - it was worked out by some forensics

Yes - this is the very book that immediately popped into my head. I remember some classes in the 1960s that had to do with verbal jujitsu using some phrases that offer the other person validation w/o accepting what they are saying like "I understand how you might think that",

One of the interesting things I have noticed is how important breathing is. When I am out walking and I begin to feel uncomfortable, I start to breath deeply to the spot below my navel (heh,heh - some of my martial arts buds call this 'breathing with your ass' - you pull the breath so deep that you clench your butt).…

OMG - I wish that weren't true but someone somewhere said that most tech is driven by or adopted first by porn.

Brings up the question - how are you able to make the taste comparison

I generally suck on the tip a bit then scribble on a piece of scratch paper to get the pen started again. I will also take a look to make sure that there is ink left. Flat spots can develop on the ball so scribbling helps.

My workstation at the IRS has an up/down button so I can choose whether I want to sit or stand. I can even have one of those fitness balls but must offer proof that I can handle it - seems that some amateurs kept falling off and hurting themselves.

A little tense there!?

The only reason I made the correlation was because an old girlfriend's mom went on and on about StarHawk's wedding ceremony which lead me to the attendees list that included ShadowHawk, MoonHawk, et c. who apparently whistled something by Brahms for the ceremony. (ooh, ick - sigh)

That is the gene that offers nearly complete resistance to HIV-1 infection and aids. There have been attempts to correlate this resistance to the Plague but CCR5-Δ32 is found in approximately 14% of European populations and about 0% in Chinese. Since the entire bubonic plague cycle is more of a subtropical disease…