The Omnivore’s Hundred

Nods to Roberta X and Atomic Nerds; I was feeling Meme-y.

The rules are to bold all items on the list you’ve eaten, and cross out any you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht ( I got the flu while visiting the Deutsches Museum in Bonn. There were serving Borscht in the cafe- it was AWESOME.)
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14.Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (I have an irrational hatred of Hot Dogs)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (My grandfather's Blackberry wine was the wine we used for the Toast at my wedding)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float (I dislike Root Beer almost as much as Hot Dogs)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (I've had chocolate covered ones- does that count?)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (Unagi is the best!)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (Eating them hot and fresh really is better!)
50. Sea urchin (Like eating Baby Crap)
51. Prickly pear (I've had Pickled Prickly Pear)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (I don't drink beer)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips (Nasty. My mom foisted these on us when I was a kid))
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (Not with my knowledge)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox (Had the bagel, not the lox)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Hmm, did better than I thought I would.

I forgot a title Title.

James R. Rummel over @ Hell in a Handbasket chimes in on Sarah Palin;

Teddy Roosevelt was the last elected person with the word "President" in their job title who hunted bigger wild game than I ever did.

If Sarah Palin becomes Vice President, then that long streak will be broken.

The 80's

One of my fav songs ever-

Sarah Palin

Like everyone, I'm making a Sarah Palin Post. I've been a fan of hers for most of the year; I think the first time I seriously looked considered her a contender for VP was when CDR Salamander mentioned her in March.

I've been hoping she would be VP for months now; hell, I'd vote for her as Prez! But think, Palin with a few years as VP as a candidate? Woo-Hoo!

At the very least, every time I hear her surname, I think of Monty Python and I snicker.

One More Thing!

Yeah, so I broke a toe today.

Yep.

At least I'm not inflicting my doom upon others anymore!

Imperial Fleet Week in San Francisco

And an interview with the filmaker!

Next Model Project

I'm thinking of building something fun. Something with no historical accuracy to worry about.

I'm thinking of building a Steampunk Airship.

I want an Airship Pirate Ship!



"Airship Pirates" by Abney Park

Do they still sell those glowy-plasma ball thingys?

A Test

for my blog-buddy King Tiger;

My Year so far-

I got Bell's Palsy.
My Dad get sick.
Mother in Law sick.
Dad gets sicker.
Dad getting transplant.
Dad dies.
My Mother in law unexpectedly dies.
Wife's best friend gets breast cancer.
Wife's cousin in bad car accident, may loose both legs.
Wife's friend dies.
I have a colonoscopy.


Apparently, it's not healthy to know me. Stormcrow! Pariah! Outcast! Unclean!

Soon, and DAMN!

It is my goal to attempt this blogging thing again soon. Maybe life will calm down some.

To fill in the time- the coolest submarine models I have ever seen. I may have a new hobby!

Continuting the "Can't catch a break" catagory

My mother-in-law was found dead today.

Sigh.

Fanboy!

OMG! Xavier made a comment on my blog! Woo-Hoo! I feel special!

Also, I added my buddy Tracy's blog over on the right- Researcher@Large.

Retropolis Transit Authority

HOLY CRAP!

Retropolis Transit Authority

Just about every t-shirt this guy has is really very cool. I think I may have to redo my entire wardrobe.

My father recently died, and I'm not tracking very well. So, here's a stupid quiz!

I was Righteous!
I scored 100% on the

Take the 80s quizby SheGoddess: Quick Weight Loss

From Teh Interweb

Think about it this way. You live on a nice quiet residential street with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour. All night long, gangs of kids drag race down your street at ungodly speeds. If we used the logic of gun control advocates their solution would be to lower the speed limit to 20.

Lifted from When your only tool is a Hammer.

Inspired by the König- We had blizzard conditions most of Saturday.

I had about 20" of snow when it all was said and done.

Taken late Saturday morning, right in the middle of it all.

From Teh Interweb

Cynics: Realists you don't agree with yet.

Primary Day

I proudly, with malice forethought, voted for Fred Thompson today. It felt good to vote my conscience, even though my vote was useless.

I also added Roberta X to the Daily Reads.

From the Treppenwitz Blog

Shackled to the peace process... or free to wage war

Once the seductive distraction of peace is out of the way we must begin by sending negotiating teams to meet with each of the groups who are currently in an active state of belligerence against us. Each Israeli team should bring unsigned copies of the Geneva Convention, all current agreements on prisoner treatment and protection of medical vehicles/facilities and the inviolate nature of civilian populations.

In addition, the Israeli negotiating teams should bring pictures and diagrams clearly showing all current IDF uniforms and insignias. They should provide photos of military and civilian ambulances as well as maps showing the location of vital humanitarian infrastructure facilities that provide water and electricity to civilians and hospitals.

Once all of these documents are spread out on the conference table, the Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade, PFLP, (et al) representatives will be invited to sign each and every convention, agreeing to treat POWs humanely and to allow Red Cross access to all prisoners... to outfit combatants in recognized uniforms and insignia... to exclude civilians from attacks... to refrain from placing military infrastructure in or near civilian centers... and to insure that humanitarian facilities remain outside the scope of hostilities.

If they balk at agreeing to any of these most basic terms of warfare, our negotiating teams should be instructed to gather up their papers, photos and drawings and to leave behind only Israel's unambiguous declaration of our intent to carry out unrestricted warfare until an unconditional surrender agreement is duly signed.

WOO HOO! YEAH!

1970

In 1970 (the year you were born)

Richard Nixon is president of the US A federal jury finds the "Chicago 7" innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention The lunar spacecraft Apollo 13 splashes down in the Pacific after near catastrophe The first Earth Day is marked by millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations At Kent State University, National Guardsmen fire into a crowd killing four student antiwar demonstrators A powerful earthquake claims 50,000 lives in Peru 18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections Tidal wave driven by cyclone from Bay of Bengal hits East Pakistan, killing hundreds of thousands An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Damon are born Baltimore Orioles win the World Series Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl IV Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup Tearjerker Love Story is the top grossing film I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is published "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song

What Happened the Year You Were Born?