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Yum: "What we like here are the the herbs - a good variety (Thai basil, rice paddy herb, teensy-weensy watercress, mint leaves and a parsley-like green) and generously sized pile - the richness-sans-sweetness that the bean sauce adds to the soup (super-sweet hoisin is more common in Saigon and around), the full-on heat of the dried chili flakes (reminiscent of Thai guayteow nam, for us), and the sour punch of the green papaya which, eaten together with the chewy noodles, makes for a crunchy/soft, steaming-hot/cool, texture-temperature contrast tour de force."
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"the term for all Queenslanders. It is said they spend their time putting the bends into bananas."
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"This mapplet," we read, "shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion. Search for a place, pick a suitable weapon and press 'Nuke It!'" ... via BldgBlog
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from bighappyfunhouse (found photos. free pie.) and watch out for the one on the right...
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45+ minutes of Google Tech Talk by Dominik Grolimund
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probably worth reading, and tracking as this realm elaborates
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another county heard from
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(be sure to read the UPDATES at the end of the posting)
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what is one to make of this and its look-alike cousins? where's the Hitch? why am I just a bit leery? what about (cough cough) copyright?