The Quantum Mechanic » general http://quantum-mechanic.com Uncertain rants and musings Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Food to eat before you die? http://quantum-mechanic.com/2010/02/26/food-to-eat-before-you-die/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2010/02/26/food-to-eat-before-you-die/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:44 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/?p=115 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding.
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (had them in something, not straight)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (hot off the line)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

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]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/10/11/smartflix-debuts/feed/ 0 “You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend.” http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:25:44 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/ The remastered Balance of Terror will air locally on Channel 5 at 02:05 on 18 September. Set your TiVos on stun!

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/feed/ 1 Obit of the year http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:50:32 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/ You have to read this.

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]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/10/shaving-geekery/feed/ 1 Sherman! Set the Way-Back Machine! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 21:04:33 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/ A frighteningly time-wasting site where you can look up the TV shows and toys you frittered away your childhood on. You know you can’t resist…

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In the United States, the National Federation of State High School Associations issued a new rule for the 2006-07 school year requiring that cheerleading uniforms cover the midriff.

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Dear Miss Manners:
What is the proper way to request cash in lieu of gifts via a bridal registry?

Sit on the floor with a hat turned upside down on the floor beside you.

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