Random links
- TV Cooking vs. Real Cooking
- Some criticism of food tv after the author witnessed a mishap on a Food Network set - "Things catch fire sometimes, even in 'real' kitchens. Things overcook, they undercook, they look like something the cat dragged in, they’re oversalted, underspiced, soggy when they should be crisp, dry when they should be moist . . . in restaurants, good restaurants, chefs do these over. On TV, chefs gloss these over. Rarely are you given a sense of what really goes on. "
- Is homemade always better?
- "I have had to swallow my pride and recognise that there are some things I just can't make as well as products I can buy." What you can make that's better is likely to be dependant on your level of skill, although then how do you learn to make stuff better? Of course, for me, the set of things that I can buy better than I can make is pretty large.
- How Did the Church Interpret the Days of Creation before Darwin?
- "Before the Westminster Assembly there were a variety of interpretations of Genesis 1 and its days. If the text of Genesis is so clear-cut why did the church down the centuries not see it that way? Does that not say something not only about the interpreters but also the text? Claims that a literal reading of the days of Genesis 1 is obvious fall down when the history of interpretation is taken into consideration."
- Scoping Out The Sad State Of Affairs At A Borders Liquidation Sale
- Basically even at a physical bookstore in liquidation, it's probably cheaper to instead buy items online at Amazon