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Bocadillos, originally uploaded by Jen Chan Full write up of my meal at Txori.

On columbia city rolls. Cured chorizo and roasted garlic purée.

Was really full at this point, but hey, garlic purée!? I'm there. I thought this a rather tasty sammich. Small, so you couldn't actually have this for lunch, but a decent-sized snack indeed. Loved picking the pickled peppers off the toothpick (say that 5 times fast!).

// Txori 2207 2nd Avenue, Seattle | Details on our meal at Txori on foodpr0n.com

cuteoverload

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/12/10/dont-cross-the-maltesie-crime-family/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=36335

Hey boss, I ain’t workin’ for free here. I dug your hole, but if you want me to – you know – “bury the bone” too, then that’s gonna cost you extra.

Oh, you’ll bury the bone. You’ll do it quickly. And you’ll do it quietly. And fortunately for you, I’m going to try and forget your very unfortunate attitude.

Has anyone seen Sir Purrsalot, Gwyneth D. and Ariel C.?

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Impending Doom, Pups

cuteoverload

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/12/10/hedgehog-its-whats-for-dinner/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=35615

Oh sure, every time we show you a baby bunny, or a cute kitteh, you people are all like “Squeee!  Ah wawna pop heem in mah mouf!“  Well, bon appétit, kiddies!  (On the plus side, you won’t need a toothpick after dinner.)

What wine goes with hedgehog, Brittany H.?

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Hedgehogs

duckydoo

• 09:57 Stuck on the Tarmac. Weather. 30 planes ahead of us before we can take off. #
• 10:39 Moving our assigned runway for the third time. Just rolling around the airport... #
• 10:56 Number 6 to take off. Phones off. See u over there! :) #
• 21:54 7+ hours in a plane. Yet I feel surprisingly well. #
• 23:31 Caught up with my beloved Love U consultants on our private message boards. #
• 23:32 Love them. So many creative ideas and big brains. #
• 23:36 Nite lemon cookies... Sleep well... #

cuteoverload

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/12/10/auf-wiedersehen-bernice/

http://cuteoverload.com/?p=36276

I’m not molting right now, so I couldn’t knit the look I intended. But I think this works as a cowl neck, no?

No, SilverHonu.

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Birds

snowmit

Films like Tron have a lot to answer for … Children see these worlds, and the men and women they become try to build them.

Will Wiles posting on Spillway

For most of my life the videophone was telecom’s holy grail, & now? Just another of the Net’s many afterthoughts, & a B-teamer at that..

Julian Dibbell, on Twitter

photo credit: Jana Mills

Julian is right. When it was on its way video-conferencing felt very futuristic but then it got here and failed to take hold.

Which got me thinking. What other synecdoches for the future turned out to be duds on arrival? What other advances drove our imagination, only to fall short of where we thought they might lead? Two leapt to mind.

Chess-playing computers. People have been trying to make machines that play chess since 1769. Cybernetic pioneer Norbert Wiener and computer pioneer Alan Turing each devoted time to the problem. It was seen as an important branch of AI research. And then Deep Blue beat Kasparov and now Deep Fritz’ win against Kramnik is barely mentioned in Wikipedia. And we still don’t have talking robots.

Orbital space stations. The docking scene in 2001 is how the film tells you that it’s an advanced future. Well, we’ve had people in space continuously for 9 years. This has had far less impact on your life than one might have hoped.

A Contest

There are more, I know it. I’d like your help in finding them.

So I’m running a micrononfiction contest. Send in your 100-word-or-less nominations for miracles that didn’t quite make it. There are prizes and everything. Click here for all the details.

This should be fun.

Update: To be clear, don’t post your ideas here. Instead check out the details over here which tells you where to send your entry. Remember! Quality of writing also counts!

Originally published at Quiet Babylon. You can comment here or there.

sockgirl

• 14:46 @noirbettie we're doing all edible or biodegradable decorations for Xmas since we dont want to buy anything. Any suggestions? #
• 15:10 @noirbettie Like made out of cinammon stix? we're planning popcorn strings, mini-apples, cookie shapes, etc on the tree #