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Hard to say, most of my books are historical fiction, which would be horrible-living with a huge conflict during times of war and strife, or science fiction, which would be horrible for the same reasons.

But I guess I would choose Spider Robinsons The Callahan Chronicles (Cross Time Saloon) because it's a few good stories, where the only conflict is personal...and there is plenty of beer.

Absolutely fantastic people still know this and share it.

Having a species named after you, even if you're a fictional character

Testudo Aubreii

He was a big dude...and health was his last concern.

Fernand Point, Chef, La Pyramid.

Besides the champagne every morning, this chef was one of the first to emphasize mentoring young cooks.

"You may be born to cook, but you must learn to roast."

Point was a large man, and he liked to eat. It is said that he rose early every day and ordered all the food that would be required from his regular purveyors (he forbade the recycling of leftovers from the previous day; "Every morning the chef must start again at zero, with nothing on the stove," he wrote. "That is what real cuisine is all about") and then sat down to a solitary breakfast — a light snack, like two or three roast chickens — accompanied by a bottle or two of Champagne. For his 50th birthday, on Feb 25, 1947, he cooked a modest dinner for his friends (and himself): foie gras parfait, warm woodcock pâté, a mousse of trout from the Rhône with crayfish sauce, cardoons with truffles, beef à la royale (stuffed with ham and truffles, garnished with cockscombs and more truffles), aspic-glazed cold truffled Bresse capon, Saint-Marcellin goat cheese, a marjolaine (invented by Point, this now famous cake is an elaboration of the classic merinque-and-buttercream confection called the dacquoise), lemon sorbet, and assorted fresh fruit, all irrigated with Dom Pérignon, Château Grillet 1945, and Hospices de Beaune Cuvée Brunet 1937.

He was generous with others as well as himself. In an era of obsessively secretive chefs, he shared his knowledge freely. He loved serving large portions to his customers, and roamed the dining room making sure that everyone was satisfied. He assigned young chefs to work side-by-side with their most experienced colleagues. "It is the duty of a good chef," he wrote in Ma Gastronomie, "to hand down to the next generation all that he has learned and experienced."

Read More: https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/daily-meal-hall-fame-fernand-point/

At this point the Kremlin propaganda machine is working overtime to capitalize on the Israeli war,and everyone is taking the bait thinking Fatboy is going to give 2 shits and really show those Dems!

A corporate analogy/strategy is to block your competition from the market share.

For example, a company I used to work for would open accounts in non-viable/non-profitable locations so that our competition would not have the chance to get more market share.

Big corps don't give a shit if it works or not, as long as they are the biggest they can squeeze out anyone else, so they will launch whatever is trending (meta/threads) and bullshit thier way into another piece of the pie.

Cutting cherry tomatoes (olives, grapes) in half: lay your free hand over the top of a few on a cutting board and use a SHARP knife (or good serrated) to cut horizontally between your palm and the cutting board. I have seen some people use a plastic lid to do the same if you're timid (it really is safe since the surface area of your hand is flat and won't cut you easily)

On the pomegranate note, I cut in half (across the segments) and hold over a large bowl and gently spank the end with a spoon to tap out the seeds. ( I'd rather save all the juice with them).

Mandarin #1 Spanish #2 English #3

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers

So maybe it's not necessary for them, or maybe they prefer Español.

Apparently Doom plays on anything

Currently I have Tucson for some reason popping up on my feed here. I have never lived there but have a good friend living there forever.

It's interesting.

Also Ontario, BC, Minnesota, Malaysia, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Finland, (f)Rance, Melbourne, New Zealand, and finally uniquely German Memes.

I love this feed.