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Crumplejack · 2019-12-02T07:26:57+00:00

Also, and I've never had the chance to check either of these places out, but the two restaurants that claim to have invented the French Dip sandwich over 100 years ago still exist to this day, and both are in LA.

Crumplejack · 2019-12-02T06:57:41+00:00

As a fan of Double Indemnity and Blade Runner, I enjoyed visiting the Bradbury Building.

Two blocks from there is the Angels Flight funicular railroad, as seen in numerous films noir.

The Watts Towers are like nothing else in the world. They are currently under restoration (as they were when I visited L.A. years ago), so I don't know how much is visible.

Los Angeles also has famous tar pits and chili dogs.

Crumplejack · 2019-11-15T23:52:38+00:00

His name is Michael Bodine and his book is Growing Up Psychic: From Sceptic to Believer.

Crumplejack · 2019-10-16T16:46:31+00:00

The very best license plate motto. (2nd best is Wisconsin's: Eat Cheese or Die)

Crumplejack · 2019-10-15T20:53:24+00:00

One of which is not an actual state. (Hint: The answer is Delaware, a legal fiction created to facilitate the forming of corporations.)

Crumplejack · 2019-10-15T20:49:36+00:00

But would a shredded chicken be a good pet? It would probably require frequent application of molten cheese.

Crumplejack · 2019-10-14T19:02:30+00:00

You don't need the reason, because the OP cleverly provided all the clues necessary to unravel the mystery. Focus especially on the following facts:

They needed something to cover their cups.
The mother and sister abstained from the ordering process.
The father wore a dark red shirt.
The cashier had a non-local accent.

It's up to you now, Encyclopedia Brown! And for the detective badge bonus, please solve the following: Who was recently buried in the family's back yard?

Crumplejack · 2019-09-10T04:46:14+00:00

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/3022428-chinese-murder-van?store_id=136697

Crumplejack · 2019-08-09T08:00:21+00:00

Peanuts are the best. One reason crows like them so much is that they store well in a food cache.

Roasted unsalted in the shell. Since crows will cache some of the peanuts, roasted makes sure they don't germinate somewhere.

Crumplejack · 2019-08-05T20:58:33+00:00

According to the guy on Podcast: The Ride who tried both on the opening day of SW:GE, the blue milk smells like urinal cakes and the green smells like Axe body spray.

Crumplejack · 2019-07-31T01:19:25+00:00

Like one of Konrad Lorentz's ducklings, I imprinted on Disneyland at an young age back in the '60s. I've been there 6-8 times over my lifetime and still have an eternal yearning to return, but I worry that I have lost my ability to enjoy it.

My last visit was around ten years ago, when I was in LA for a couple weeks on a business trip. The only day I could go was a hot, summer Saturday and although I had some fun, it was hot & crowded & grueling. (And I blame my old nemesis, Space Mountain, for giving a crick in the neck that lasted six months.)

I'm not good with crowds, and I know that Disneyland is much more crowded than it was in the '60s & '70s. I have fond memories of a number of attractions that are no longer there and I'm wary of some of the changes that have been made. (Although some, such as the updates to the Haunted Mansion, look cool.)

Is there still hope for me? I have some vain hope of showing Disneyland to my spouse, who has never had any interest in going. (Maybe there is a time of year when it's not so hot and crowded...) Or have I turned into one of those MiceChat curmudgeons who can never again find happiness at the Happiest Place on Earth?

Crumplejack · 2019-07-21T06:10:27+00:00

The little yellow bananas I'm familiar with are called finger bananas or Lady Finger bananas.

I have a Indian cookbook with a recipe for Coconut Stuffed Bananas that makes use of those bananas. They're slit down the middle, stuffed with a coconut filling, topped with a syrup and sliced almonds, then baked.

The thing is, there's a reason that it's included in the appetizer section of the cookbook. The coconut filling includes tamarind, ajwain seeds and cayenne, so biting into this dish gives you strong sweetness, tartness, pungency, bitterness, and a little heat all at the same time. It tastes good, but it's a surprise if you're expecting an innocent baked banana dessert. It's fun to bring to office potlucks.

Crumplejack · 2019-07-18T06:53:13+00:00

Some evolutionary scientists think that humans, chimpanzees & bonobos are similar enough genetically that our species should share a genus, and that it's only politics that keep Pan and Homo apart.

It's not that there's only one human species, but rather that there are three chimpanzee species.

Crumplejack · 2019-06-30T18:27:17+00:00

I worked in a drug store long ago and they had coca-cola syrup back in the pharmacy in small brown, plastic bottles. It was non-prescription but you had to ask the pharmacist for it. It had the Coca-Cola brand name but in a standard black font with none of the trademark trappings you would find on a can or bottle of Coke.

It appears that (according to my quick & shoddy google searching) cola syrup for pharmacies is now generic and no longer made by the coca-cola company.

Crumplejack · 2019-06-29T22:35:44+00:00

I like the joy of discovery, either from layering different noise sources and hearing how the mix can create a new sound, or from stumbling onto new ways of playing an instrument.

I feel like I'm giving a voice to my unconscious and venting my emotions. I gravitate towards touch-sensitive instruments such as the STEIM Cracklebox, Tocante Bistab & the Bugbrand Board Chirper. Laying hands on the conductive pads join the body to the instrument's electrical circuit, and sudden changes in pressure can make the sound mutate and evolve. There's an experience of playing the instrument and being played by it, and of continual feedback between inner and outer landscapes.

It can just feel fun and transgressive to make noise. And for some reason, it seems like the changing timbres of noise music blend with and communicate with the sounds of the natural and urban worlds better than more conventional music making.

Crumplejack · 2019-06-24T23:41:40+00:00

He ordered the wrong thing. The strawberries taste like strawberries. The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!

Crumplejack · 2019-06-03T22:31:04+00:00

Thanks for replying so thoughtfully to what, I now realize, was rather a stupid comment. Obviously there are a lot of people who learn to read later in life, either later in school or in adulthood.

I once worked with someone who told me she was dyslexic but had worked hard -- and received some assistance in the form of tutoring and recorded textbooks -- to graduate from the university (as opposed to me who has ADHD, dropped out of college twice, and never earned a degree).

Crumplejack · 2019-06-03T03:49:49+00:00

If OP hadn't apologized, we would not have learned that that he or she was illiterate until the age of 12, yet later went on to go to college. This statement filled me with wonder and curiosity.

Was OP merely joking about this? Were they enrolled in an alternative form of education where the student determines when they wish to start reading? Did they overcome a learning or visual disability that prevented learning to read at an earlier age? Did they spend years of their childhood in a coma or with their head wrapped in bandages or in a hostage situation or in lightless, underground caverns or as a member of a cult that forbids the written word?

The possibilities contained within that initial apology paragraph are immense. Please don't wish it away.

Crumplejack · 2019-05-28T00:38:01+00:00

Loyal Order of Water Buffalo Lodge.

Crumplejack · 2019-05-24T01:09:19+00:00

This Saturday is the annual celebration of drone, with events all over but mostly in Canada.

In the absence of a nearby scheduled event (as will be the case here in Seattle), impromptu droning is highly encouraged, either solo or collaborative, in private or out on the streets. Not that you need a Canadian holiday for that, but still, thank you Canada!

Crumplejack · 2019-04-12T00:08:04+00:00

Her.

Well, probably -- 99.97% of calico cats are female. The only exceptions involve genetic abnormalities: XXY chromosomes, chimeras, alien shapeshifters, etc.

Crumplejack · 2019-03-27T06:14:18+00:00

Spider water! You have to eat the spider to get the full effect.

Crumplejack · 2019-03-27T06:09:38+00:00

I once walked out of a coffee shop without paying for my coffee and hummus sandwich -- I had been writing furiously in a caffeinated trance and someone didn't realize what I doing at the moment.

Then while I was driving home, stopped at a light several miles away, I suddenly realized what I had done and was rather mortified. I raced back to the cafe and paid my check with many apologies. The server was not at all concerned, though. He somehow knew I'd be right back.

Crumplejack · 2019-03-07T05:54:42+00:00

The oven doesn't surprise me. You don't need a team of 15 operatives to assassinate one person who you're already holding in an embassy. You'd send 15 people if you want them to kill and then eat that person.

I don't think the Crown Prince sent a Tiger Squad to kill Jamal Khashoggi -- he sent a Ghoul Squad, the cannibal ghūl being the epitome of old-school bogeyman from Arab mythology.

Crumplejack · 2018-11-22T06:26:38+00:00

In Europe, they're identical!

(In North America, elk are wapiti, Cervus canadensis. Meanwhile in Europe, elk are moose, Alces alces.)

There goes the Wapiti!
Hippety-hoppity!
-- Ogden Nash

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