I very mildly regret getting my upper ear pierced when I was a teen. It caused the collagen to push to the back of my ear, creating a little bump. It has gotten somewhat better over the years.

Books that I have already read more than once:

The Stranger by Camus The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kobo The Fisherman by John Langan

We are fed garbage from birth and become immediately addicted to it. And no one knows how to cook anymore (exaggeration, but not by too much).

A 2014 report by US non-profit Consumer Reports found that 97 per cent of 300 American chicken breasts tested contained harmful bacteria, including Salmonella, campylobacter and E.Coli.

Around half of the chicken breasts tested also contained at least one type of bacteria that was resistant to three or more antibiotics.

Meanwhile, if you ate a large amount of chlorinated chicken – the equivalent to 5 per cent of your body weight in one day –you could be exposed to harmful levels of the chemical compound known as chlorate,

Yeah, I’d suggest holding out on this one. The way US farms raise chickens is deplorable and leads to the spread of disease.

Thanks again! Glad you had such a good experience and I’m looking forward to going there myself.

Thank you for sharing. The language barrier is mostly the thing that has held me back. I know some vocabulary related to food, but that’s about it.

How well can one get by as a tourist without speaking Vietnamese? Vietnam has been around the top of my list for places to visit for ages.

Interesting. My experience was the opposite; I couldn’t practice German at all because everybody would switch to English.

That didn’t cause a significant economic downturn, though.

I’ve always liked the number nine because it feels round. Not the shape, mind you. The concept of nine.

But the head is delicious.

Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now

Never planted any seeds yourself, I see.

It looks like nothing at first.

Getting started is exciting–don’t shit on people’s joy.

He doesn’t give a shit about climate change; he’s going to be dead. He cares about their mineral resources and their strategic location in the event of a war which involves the Arctic. Which he’s likely to be the one to start.

They may be inconveniently small, but at least there’s the one thing going for them.

My hands are exactly 6 inches long from the base of the palm to the tip of my middle finger. I use them to measure things all the time. Very handy.

My stepmother does this with trees. She’ll see a tree with a wide trunk and guess how old it is, then measure it and look up how old it’s likely to be based on its circumference.

I’d just like to point out that there is no “taste of fish”. Different species can taste very different from one another.

Cod is the most popular among people who otherwise don’t eat much fish because it is versatile and light on flavor. Salmon is one of the more flavorful fish, so I’m not sure what was up with the salmon you had. Mackerel is very flavorful (the oily fishes in general are), which you may or may not like. Sole or flounder are also popular among the lighter flavored fish, and easy to cook. You might like them battered and fried. You should try fresh tuna as well.

I also am a big fan of sole a la meunier (with butter, parsley, lemon, and capers). I’d also recommend trying teriyaki salmon. I like to make fish chowder with cod. Mackerel I tend to make shioyaki style (while baked with a bunch of salt, served with lemon or ponzu).

I’m sure it depends on where you live, but in my area, those outdoor tiles last about a year, maybe two. Mine are growing mushrooms and maple seedlings as we speak. Time for a replacement. To be fair, it is very damp here.

This is so disturbing.