Discovery

I like webcomics a lot, and, though I claim no expertise, Achewood seems to be about as good as it gets. It's obviously hilarious, with a great mix of the surreal (like this strip, in which Philippe the otter gets possessed by the soul of Billy Idol) and the nerdy (like this strip, in which Ray, Téodor, Lyle, and Mr. Bear express their displeasure with the font Comic Sans). But what I really like is how, after its own idiom, Achewood is really genuinely sweet. That's what I think the embedded strip above shows, and it's what makes Achewood such an unusual pleasure.

Public Image

Okay so Johnny Rotten/John Lydon/Whatever definitely seems like a bit of a tool, but Public Image Ltd have really piqued my interest of late. Here's my favorite song so far:



Pretty rad. More updates possibly in the future.

Deep Thought, Again

Neko Case knows how to sing a song or two. In fact, here she is singing one of my favorites of hers:



Just saw her live. Pretty damn good!

That is all.

Deep Thought

The Sazerac is probably my favorite cocktail, which is unusual given that I generally hate anis-flavored stuff. Close runner-up would be the Manhattan. I'm not particularly good at making them myself, but consarn it, I'll get better.

Countdown

A real quotation from one of my orals books:

"Conforming to the meaning of the word ‘process,’ recording falls back on (se rabat sur) production, but the production of recording itself is produced by the production of production. Similarly, recording is followed by consumption, but the production of consumption is produced in and through the production of recording."

I think that's pretty clear.

Whew. One week to go.

Experiment: Failed!

Sautéed blood oranges with a bit of ras el hanout. I generally like sautéed fruits, but the blood oranges got a bit too bitter. Though perhaps that's because they weren't of the best quality. Also, the texture wasn't all that appealing. Adding the spice was a decent enough idea - for whatever reason, I have a suspicion that blood oranges and fresh ground pepper (maybe white pepper) would go well together - but that particular mix didn't quite work. Maybe the ras el hanout would work in some kind of warm fruit tart. Or maybe it wouldn't work at all!

At any rate, experiments for another day. And now back to reading.

Deep Thought

It is ill-advised to read both volumes of Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action in one night. Glarg.