Michael Kindt's Blog, page 457
October 27, 2011
lalitab replied to your post: scrivvleland replied to your post: scrivvleland…
Where do you...
Where do you buy it? Because that´s not something I´d find in any regular shop……
Well, here in my town I can find low and mid grade senchas loose in health food stores. I've gotten them that way a few times, but they taste like they've sat on the shelves awhile, which they probably did. Usually, I buy them online direct from a farm in Japan called Hibiki-An, or from a Japanese clearing house in Shizuoka. Hibiki-an is my favorite, but it's just a single farm, so the inventory changes quite a bit.
scrivvleland replied to your post: scrivvleland replied to your photo: Tea…
that definitely...
scrivvleland replied to your post: scrivvleland replied to your photo: Tea…
that definitely beats the bag tea i just made. i'm going to have to learn more about tea! that looks fantastic.
I'm a total tea freak and have been for years. I'm also a tea snob, but a kind one :) I only drink Japanese tea…it's so much fresher tasting than Chinese. Here's some info about varieties of Japanese tea on wikipedia. I've tried probably all of them. My favorite is gyokuro, which is really high grade and kind of expensive. On a daily basis I drink a variety of senchas and often add a little matcha to it. Matcha is finely ground green tea powder and the stuff that's used in the Tea ceremony.
scrivvleland replied to your photo: Tea time!
what's going in that?! it looks beautiful
Well,...
what's going in that?! it looks beautiful
Well, it's done. The stuff to the side is what went into it. Jo sencha, which are the leaves, and matcha, which is the powder :)
October 26, 2011
The Ramones invented punk rock, not England or girls. New York...
The Ramones invented punk rock, not England or girls. New York City \m/
brevetcaptain replied to your post: So I didn't get any almonds. I got whiskey instead.
What...
What did you get?
Bulleit and Old Forester. I'm currently sipping Bulleit neat. Spicy. The whole "Frontier Whiskey" sold me since, secretly, I see myself as a cowboy :)
The Masons
I'm intrigued by all the mystery. Any secret society really. I just think they're neat. Here in my new town, I live only a handful of blocks from the Masonic Lodge and I always look at it when I drive by. It's a really cool building, aggressively square and stone, with a dignity and a darkness to it. It looks like a cross between a temple and a tomb.
Not gonna lie, the thought has crossed my mind of joining up just to see what it's all about and to get a look inside that awesome building. I did some research and apparently you have to believe in a supreme being of some sort—not necessarily the Christian God, but SOME sort of supreme being—to be allowed in.
Honestly, I don't think I can say that I do. Can't really say that I don't either, but am I certain there's a supreme being? Hell to the no.
Should I fake it?
probablyharrison replied to your post: I know you just posted the whole thing about not being a...
Writers have the ability to create words and it has nothing to do with grammar! :)
My friend Rob created the word "insinuendo" like 15 years ago and I'm still jealous, and he's not even a writer. He's a nurse :)
I know you just posted the whole thing about not being a Grammar Nazi, but funner isn't a word.
Hahaha! Hey, I can be a Grammar Nazi too sometimes :) I thought the person had a unique thought and thought I'd share it. I may not agree with it 100%. I do agree with the fact that it takes balls to put yourself out there, writing-wise, and that it can be petty to nitpick. Besides, the written word comes from the spoken. It's just a few miles behind. Funner is now a word, based on its higher efficiency rating over that of 'more fun', also on the fact that I decided it was.
So I didn't get any almonds. I got whiskey instead.
Funner, with less chewing. I am hungry, though, and I only have potatoes. Seriously, I have to go to a store someday that's other than liquor.
