Well it has been a crazy few weeks, as they say. Where ‘they’ are kind of lacking in imagination but generally quite concise and often good company.
First I was in Houston (to be written up, an interesting place), then I made the emergency trip back to Arbroath, then Glasgow, then Dundee (also some great notes to write up), then Edinburgh, then NYC again. I’ve taken this week off work as my first wedge of vacation time. The original plan was to spend it in Arbroath but that’s not really an option any more.
So I’ve done some last minute research and tomorrow I fly to Miami. I’m staying here at the Clinton on South Beach.
I watched an episode of CSI:Miami on the plane coming over as vague and ineffective research. The programme is almost-intentionally hilarious. It’s worth watching just and only for the amazing legendary performance of David Caruso.
For mind food, I bought the whole Ender’s Game quartet today. I need a break from the current pile of science I’m hacking through (Dennett, Dawkins, Pinker). Excited to get stuck in with eyes narrowed against the sun.
Bah / Hurrah*
Hurrah: Dune is being remade! Bah: zero confidence in the director.
Hurrah: I got a ticket to the Neil Gaiman reading/Q&A at New York Comic Con next Friday. Bah: it’s on at the same time as the Silent Rave at Union Square.
Hurrah: The New York Asian Film Festival is coming. It’s bonkers and truly excellent. Bah: it’ll all be on during the day. No use for us corporate puppet nine-to-fivers.
* I promise I will never do this again
09-Apr-08 at 5:08 pm | Permalink
That Caruso montage never gets old. Apparently on set, the cast refer to his shades as ‘the sunglasses of justice’.
Dune: No faith in Peter Berg?!?! The man made ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, The Rock’s finest hour!
09-Apr-08 at 6:55 pm | Permalink
Made it in one piece, despite drokk-all sleep.
So now I will periodically put photos up on flickr…
*puts on the sunglasses of justice*
…using my phone.
YYEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
10-Apr-08 at 11:13 am | Permalink
* I promise I will never do this again
Shut up, I like asterisks.
10-Apr-08 at 5:38 pm | Permalink
Did you know that the biggest asterisk is called Ceres and at 625 miles long is almost as wide as Texas…
Not a lot of people — huh?!
10-Apr-08 at 5:48 pm | Permalink
Ah no, you’re thinking of asteroid.
An asterisk is a small French hero with wings on his helmet.
11-Apr-08 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
Is it true that the D’Or Ahn in West Chelsea is closed? I read a review once and then saw “closed” hints among a set of google results. Puter refuses when I attempt to click on any of them. What I’m trying to say is, I would really like a vicarious taste of kimchi pizza. Can you help? Have you the stomach?
14-Apr-08 at 10:07 pm | Permalink
That restaurant is indeed closed (as reported by the reliable nymag.com).
If you point me at another kimchi place I will be the intrepid reporter and document the sensations of scooping the veggie filth into my puss.
15-Apr-08 at 7:42 am | Permalink
TJ’s pizzeria in Flushing (click on my name for link)
Cabbage Kimchi is the best food ever. It’s good for your guts because of the fermentation, has natural antibiotics, vitamin A, and can help to prevent prostate cancer. Don’t eat too much or you’ll do a red (not to mention hurty) poo (cf. one of my previous TF posts) XXX
29-May-08 at 11:18 am | Permalink
Good news everyone! I finally got to eat kimchi. St Mark’s Place on the east side houses a cruel selection of Japanese restaurants. I guzzled sauteed pork with cabbage kimchi at Oh! Taisho, and it were very tasty and not at all scary.
Not nearly as mind-troubling as the bowl of pork cartilage.
02-Jun-08 at 5:56 pm | Permalink
Gutsy high five! Literally! I eat it with spam >_< xxxxx
15-Jun-08 at 3:45 pm | Permalink
>Don’t eat too much or you’ll do a red (not to mention hurty) poo
Too much info.
15-Jun-08 at 4:15 pm | Permalink
It turns out that references to poo (especially healthy poo) are incredibly attractive to Googlers. We are in the top 20 hits.
Though if you’re the kind of person who would actually choose the search terms ‘healthy poo’ for serious medical advice then frankly you deserve to die of bowel cancer.