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Something vaguely sensible. Surprise.

Something vaguely sensible. Surprise. http://www.vox.com/2014/11/26/7295175/fad-diet-weight-loss http://www.vox.com/2014/11/26/7295175/fad-diet-weight-loss

Oh, politics. What a turkey.

Oh, politics. What a turkey. http://www.vox.com/2014/11/26/7280561/franksgiving-fdr-thanksgiving http://www.vox.com/2014/11/26/7280561/franksgiving-fdr-thanksgiving

You know what's more annoying than a teenager?

You know what's more annoying than a teenager? New parents, for certain values of new parents; more specifically, an extremely narrowly defined set of new parents. I know this because even the teenager was complaining about them. Here's a hint. Try weaning yourselves down to one picture sent per day. Then try for every other day. Then try for put it in an album and just send the link. Once. Don't get me started on the video clips or or or. Just, don't. When you have a video of the baby chasing a laser pointer up a wall, you can just post that.

For purposes of distraction, things I can't afford but sure look pretty:

For purposes of distraction, things I can't afford but sure look pretty: https://www.etsy.com/listing/183349323/petrichor-custom-hand-mixed-strong?ref=shop_home_active_19

Still think the score of The Nightmare Before Christmas is just one of the great scores of music, ever.

Still think the score of The Nightmare Before Christmas is just one of the great scores of music, ever. With a lot of credit to those who did the orchestration in addition to composer Danny Elfman.

Everytime I see Sanctuary listed on the television programming, I hear Charles Laughton's voice.

Everytime I see Sanctuary listed on the television programming, I hear Charles Laughton's voice. I used to watch it all the time when I lived in Vancouver. I even went to see a production of Hamlet because Jonathon Young (Nikola Tesla) was in it. Doesn't matter. I see the word, and I hear Laughton.

So today I went for a run in the morning.

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So today I went for a run in the morning. Do not mock, please. I is bad at it but I goes anyway. Then I went and found a place where they make, wait for it, xiao long bao, by hand, from scratch! One of many things living in Vancouver left me with. I can have them at home, now. Yay! Then I went and found another little market where I had Laotian coffee and some kind of Burmese noodle dish from the Western part of Burma called Arakan. Both of which were very tasty and I would eat again.  XLPS (extra long post script): The Laotian coffee was very good, and I must determine if I can purchase the beans or whatnot for purposes of brewing at home. Besides, I must have it more if I am to attempt to describe it to you. I really don't have a hope of remembering the name of the noodle dish, although I remembered it is specific to a region of Burma named Arakan. Which I proceeded to look up, because I'm weird and find this stuff interesting and I know less than nothing about Burma/Myanmar....