Found this in a jar of random Japanese candies.

September 1st, 2009

Poison, or delicious?
???

Pigeons suck at video games.

August 1st, 2008

Fun with Brisby, my pet pigeon:

The TransAtlantic Telectroscope

July 7th, 2008

This is the Telectroscope, an art installation designed by Paul St George and produced by Artichoke, the same folks responsible for the absolutely amazing Little Girl Giant a couple years back. We were (obviously) at the Brooklyn end; the connecting end was set up in London, giving visitors at each location the opportunity to view and wave hello to the other side.

The Telectroscope installation ran from May 22 to June 15, 2008.

Eat a delicious mangosteen.

June 25th, 2008

Relatively unavailable in the US until recently, we first tasted the mangosteen while in the Vietnam countryside, and I’ve been keeping an eye out for the things ever since. With its thick pomegranate-like shell, a meaty interior resembling an orange crossed with a peeled grape, and a unique sweet with a touch of sour taste, the mangosteen would sit near the top of my favorite fruits list, were I to compile a list of favorite fruits.

At long last, the local 99 Ranch received a shipment (selling for $6.99/lb), and I snatched up a couple pounds worth last night. Damn these things are good.

Mangosteen

Forget the miracle fruit nonsense, as you wouldn’t be eating the rind anyway and the nutritional content of the meat really isn’t anything special, but do dine on one if given the chance.

And, in preparation for that potential partaking: how to enjoy a mangosteen.

What else I did last weekend.

June 17th, 2008

Found this pigeon sitting on the street as the car he was taking refuge under pulled away. The above video is after he’d been in the house for a few days and graduated from baby bird mush to soaked pellet bits. The tea kettle sound he makes when he’s hungry drives the dog bonkers.

Hrm.

May 20th, 2008

The response.

April 28th, 2008

Dear Chris Ainsworth,

Thank you for visiting our website and for your e-mail message. It is always a pleasure to hear from our consumers whose ideas, comments and concerns are very important to us here at Dreyer’s.

Dreyer’s Loaded is classified as a Frozen Dairy Dessert. Frozen Dairy Dessert is defined as having more whey and less dairy and there by it does not meet the standard of identity of Ice Cream as set by the FDA back in 1929.