I want to see the empirical evidence proving intelligent design / creationism as a legitimate scientific theory. Otherwise it should only be taught as part of a religious knowledge class.
Since I’m a cheapskate and love teh Internet, you might be surprised that I believe not everything on the Internet should be free. I’m trying to work out if it is a symptom of or contributory cause to the attitude that no one needs to be held accountable for anything these days.
re-designed this here website as I mentioned in my self-absorbed post (what post on a personal website isn’t self-absorbed?) of last week, I’ve been feeling somewhat uninspired. So I’ve gone back to ‘asides’-type postings, this time for news articles I find interesting and have brief comments on (not grammatical, but shorter that ‘on which I have brief comments’). Google Reader is for articles I’ve read, Tumblr is for crime news I found noteworthy, and del.icio.us is for interesting sites. Friendfeed aggregates almost everything.
made something from scratch that tasted really good Neil cooked it but I prepared and marinaded all the ingredients myself, while Neil was being manly and doing DIY-type things. I still do not enjoy cooking, but I do enjoy discovering new dishes because I get bored with food really easily (case in point — after months of eating yoghurt-covered cereal back in 2006/2007 and stopping because I got really tired of it, I tried it this morning with plain yoghurt, honey and cereal, and it almost gave me the boak).
considered doing a web programming course I’ve been toying with the idea of doing some additional training in web geek stuff since my sparkling personality can only get me so far (heh). Somehow I have managed to get a job that involves a lot of social media and general webbiness (no I haven’t changed jobs, I’ve just made it more, er, mine), and I really want to learn about web application development. I need some advice here — basically I need to know if the Master CIW Website Manager course is worthwhile. I’m calling the course advisor this week to find out more, but if anyone out there has had experience with it, please tell me if you think it’s worth doing.
Only the Straits Times would describe as ‘robust’ an argument against liberal democracy. Those who are part of the establishment seem to make statements only the completely credulous wouldn’t doubt — what this implies about the establishment, I couldn’t possibly say.
Totally inspired by Thai Orchid’s minced chicken salad (a wee bit too spicy for me, but otherwise a-fucking-mazing), I needed to be able to reproduce it at home because I cannae go to Glasgow every time I fancy it.
Neil, brutally honest when it comes to my food preparation skills (because I don’t really cook), says this is better than Thai Orchid’s. I rock!
For two people, get two chicken breasts (free range is bigger and nicer) and slice them into pieces that are as small as pieces. I suppose if you had a mincer you could do that, but I like some slight irregularities in size.
Chop up the following into teeny bits and mix it through the chicken: half a red onion, garlic, and one or two chillies (what kind of chilli and how many depends on how much you like hot food).
Add a dash of dark soy sauce and sesame oil. Mix everything together as well as possible, then cover and leave it to marinade in the fridge for a couple of hours.
When you’re ready to cook the chicken, get some coriander and shred it roughly. Throw it into the wok when you’re cooking the chicken.
(Oh yeah. We have a real wok, the kind without a flat bottom.)
Just before the chicken is completely cooked, add half a tablespoon of fish sauce and stir it through.
We serve it with rice.
We’ve done this with lamb mince, and I reckon you can also do it with firm tofu (tau kwa) as the main ingredient. And you could probably also use light soy sauce if you want to avoid fish sauce.
That would be my made-up version of blogging ennui. It’s not outrage fatigue, I can never get tired of being pissed off at something or other.
This site (and my online ‘presence’) needs a serious re-vamp.
It’s T in the Park this weekend, which means there won’t be much else going on — maybe I can do some hardcore (by my standards) WordPress ‘hacking’ and give myself some new inspiration and enthusiasm.
computered (another new layout in the works, why can’t I be happy, dammit?!)
had an excellent mushroom and mascarpone cheese pizza from Morrisons
helped out at my cousin’s second child’s birthday party (I do not understand why rolling around on the floor punching one another is a fun activity for four year old boys, BTW should that be completely hyphenated?)
took my cousin’s wife to the airport
hung out at Carene’s (girls’ night in?)
did a small shop at Asda and then B&Q
prepped my lunches for the week (sometimes I am so organised)
tried to watch the teevee while Neil used his new mitre saw (give the man a power tool and his day is made)
was thoroughly impressed by Neil’s carpentry efforts upstairs (quote: “I missed my calling, I should’ve been a joiner!”)
cooked up some lamb mince in the wholly-unprofessional ‘trying to copy our favourite Xinjiang restaurant in Xiamen’ way (not too bad, especially considering that I did everything, though it wasn’t quite spicy enough for Neil)
Don’t do it, Luke Goss! You have a respectable career in acting now, don’t fall for your brother’s desperation for the fame he hasn’t achieved as a solo artist and try to claw Craig Logan back from his great music executive life!