Miscellaneous Debris – Archive

How you can tell a Wikipedia author is writing, not for other people to learn but for him to express his knowledge: Malabar (Nadan/Native) – As the name suggests, this is the native variety of Kerala. These plants have pannicles which grow horizontally along the ground. Mysore – As the name suggests, this is a […]

Ooh, they’re making mass-market big-name caffeine-charged candy bars now, are they? Nestle released Butterfinger Buzz, an apparently terrible candy bar with as much caffeine as a can of redbull, not to mention a radioactively orange food-colored center. Mars released Snickers Charged, without unnecessary flavor or color changes, but with as much caffeine as a cup […]

היום שאחרי. מאד שונה. עדיין יפה.

הים: הטיילת: היה עדיף עם חצובה:

פתחו מחדש את הטיילת בגן צ’ארלס קלור,  דרומית לדולפינריום. קריר בחוץ, אבל לא קר מדי, והטיילת עובר ממש ליד הים שמתנפץ לסלעים. עוד חורף, ואין הרבה אנשים, והעיריה עוד לא טרחה להדליק את פנסי הרחוב, ואי אפשר שלא לעצור ולהסתכל על הים בחושך עם הרוח הקרירה והריח המתוק מהנרגילה של החבר’ה על הדשא. ולהרגיש בפעם […]

I find myself, somewhat surprisingly, in possession of six (6) little microSD memory chips, each one containing about 2GB of storage. They are tiny – about the size of a fingernail – and very precious to me. I intend to send them  forth into the world to find new sources of music and return to […]

Fiction on the bus Non-fiction is for bathrooms Where else do I read?