Icecream is Optional, Rum is Imperative

Totally blame Viroj for bringing up the subject of icecream on a hot day.[1]

I don’t usually go to the local supermarket for grocery, preferring to dash into a larger store at the train station on the way home. A few days ago I went to our local EDK to pick up some milk, and ended up with a bottle of Mint Bailey’s.[2]. Today before crossing out all the items on the shopping list [3], I grabbed a bottle of white rum. Who knows what I’ll be bringing back next.

What is the rum for? Oh, this.

Rum&Resin Icecream - glass shot

Rum&Resin Icecream - ingredients

Another grill this Sunday, and another plan I came up with: Rum&resin icecream to cool down the heat and wash down the grease. So for this brilliant idea, I bought rum and resin, literally. With a tub of vanilla icecream as an afterthought.

Som’s Rum&Resin Icecream
- 1 shot of Rum
- add Sprite or soda to half a glass
- float a scoop or two of vanilla icecream in the mix
- decorate with resin
- enjoy

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[1] How am I going to survive summer if spring is this hot?
[2] Served on the rock after the chicken-wing grill on Sunday. Andrea, Joegen and even Anna (with a dash of cold milk) loved it. The tug-o-war between Andrea’s trying to raise a respectable Schwäbisch kid (with S. beer and all), and my trying to give Anna some Irish influence is on.
[3] This house’s occupants’ shopping lists are gradually merging together. It’s uncanny.

Howl’s Moving Castle the Second

Finally found this elusive version of the Castle paper model! This one is more menacing than the first model, a bit more steampunk tang to it.

Since it’s actually a book sold in Japan, getting my hand on this PDF is probably breaking some law somewhere. Duh, like I care. Though if anyone is visiting Japan soon *coughP’Pimcough* please, oh please pick it up for me. Along with a life-size plushy of Totoro would be great.

Around 120MB, 70 pages. Via Lifeinbook.com

Go watch Tonari no Totoro Piano Duo video! I imagine it’s Satsuki and Mei playing together. With Totoro & Co. and their harmonica on nearby treetop. Now, that’s a scene I’d love to see.

Mur’zce·ne

Shameless self plugging.

A new photoblog *snorts, like I need another one* up and running at Mur’zce·ne.
Blame WordPress.com’s new theme. What could be a better way of trying out a free, new outfit than actually setting up a mannequin to test it.

Or two mannequins in this case: Gou and Mikan .

Who remind me from their new already-dust-covered desk corner that, despite the new wooden desk being nicer than the old cold glass pane, they would like to go out and get some action soon. Preferably sometime this century.

The Of And To A In

Everyone probably knows that ‘E’ is the most common letter used in English. A child might even learn this trick from a cartoon or a kid’s spy movie before knowing what ‘cryptography’ means.

Wordcount took a more daunting task of finding out what 86,800 most frequently used English words are. The most impressive job of all: they found an interesting and visually-meaningful way to present the data.

Success and Happiness

Success may not mean holding a high official position; it may not mean big money. But it does mean lots of work, of the kind you like to do to make yourself feel happy. That’s success.

— Dr. Yi Pan

ACM Ubiquity - An interview with Dr. Yi Pan of Georgia State University