"Despite (or perhaps because of) its potential lethality, the flesh of the puffer fish is prized as a delicacy in Japan, where it is called fugu. Most of the poison in the puffer fish is found in the viscera (especially the reproductive organs). When these are removed, the fish can be eaten safely, giving diners no more than an agreeable prickling sensation of the tongue and a slight feeling of euphoria."
Show LessOne question remains: why is it that Japanese diners who ingest too much tetrodotoxin open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur?
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Superb cadence, great topic
fear is the heart of love. and i never looked back.
Show LessI did what I wanted to and didn't feel bad.
Show Less"Think about it: Serendipitous encounters between people who know each other well, sort of well, and not at all. People of every type, and with every type of agenda, trying to meet up with others who share that same agenda. An environment that’s alive at all hours, populated by all types, and is, most of the time, pretty safe. What he was saying, really, was that New York had become the Web. Or perhaps more, even: that New York was the Web before the Web was the Web, characterized by the same free-flowing interaction, 24/7 rhythms, subgroups, and demimondes.
Hampton says…
"Think about it: Serendipitous encounters between people who know each other well, sort of well, and not at all. People of every type, and with every type of agenda, trying to meet up with others who share that same agenda. An environment that’s alive at all hours, populated by all types, and is, most of the time, pretty safe. What he was saying, really, was that New York had become the Web. Or perhaps more, even: that New York was the Web before the Web was the Web, characterized by the same free-flowing interaction, 24/7 rhythms, subgroups, and demimondes.
Hampton says he views the Internet as the ultimate city, the last stop on the continuum of human connectedness."
Show LessIt's people not faith, etc, which keep you living long. So re-examine and why don't we see if you can't come around to the human side of things
Show Lessloneliness is an alarm system, but some work best in a permanent state of emergency. if I drive under 60mph, I explode.
Show Less"A Splendid Desert"
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http://nymag.com/news/features/52450/
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DID I MENTION I'M JEALOUS
Show LessCALVIN IN THE REAL WORLD / LARS AND THE REALEST GIRL
Show Lesspretend i'm lookin you guyz in the eyez when i tell you i saw this happen...big freedia totallllllly non-plussed
Show LessFORTHCOMING: SAMIZDAT PUBLICATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF RYAN GOSLING AS MEME AS TREATISE ON BOTH THE INCORPORATION OF POP CULTURE INTO SELF-COMMENTARY AS WELL AS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AS A PALIMPSEST FOR TUMBLING
Show LessZ should eat Prego to a song about pregnancy. That'd be fun.
Show Lessdrag me right out
Show LessWhat sort of version?
Show LessGOT DISTRACTED BY THOSE EYES
Show LessSORRY, WHAT?
saul i really wish that article had actually landed somewhere
Show Lessbut deep down aren't we all old gregg? and addicted to drugs
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bj-gallagher/is-everyone-addicted-to-e_b_490824.html
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I'm Old Gregg!
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