A Tale of Two Rice Cookers

“It was the best of rice-cookers, it was the worst of rice-cookers.” Admiral Nelson wrote that.

That’s not a very good quote, though, because I’m actually talking about two different rice-cookers, which isn’t what Admiral Nelson had in mind, at all. Kind of ruins the poetry of the thing, now, don’t it? Ah, well.

Vietnamese noodles, and the death of a hot-pot

Tonight’s adventure in food was (and is) Vietnamese noodles. The English part of the name only says “Vegetarian Noodles”, which is odd. Are there noodles made of meat? I guess egg noodles wouldn’t be acceptable to a serious vegetarian.

These are the pros and cons of apartments

I picked up a card table, today, next to the dumpster. The usual square folding model, a bit battered, but free. As was my desk chair, sofa, shipping table, oddball cabinetry, portable CD player, and bed. The lamp I picked up was, oddly enough, dead. People don’t usually throw out things because they don’t work. People throw things out “because”. But, the lightbulbs were fine. People are nuts. Oh, not you or me… well, let’s be serious. We’re all stone crazy. A benefit of apartment living is, you don’t necessarily need to pay for furniture.

Beating around the bush

Tonight, I wish to discuss topiary. Yes, topiary… the fine art of painting things taupe. I… umm… I… hell, you’re not going to go for that one, are you? Wise of you. What color is taupe, anyway? I can never remember. Brownish? Purplish? Greenish? It’s bound to be some “ish” or other, I’m pretty sure of that.

Come to think of it, I need a haircut. Do you suppose I could get it done in the shape of a horse? Who does Dennis Rodman go to when he has these questions?

The well-temper(atur)ed refrigerator

Living in a small space can inspire unusual solutions. My refrigerator is festooned with a decorative, yet functional, array of kitchen implements, courtesy of hooks attached to very strong magnets. You can find these magnets at http://www.tinyliving.com/ by the way. Inject a little surrealism into their lives, and tell them the Aardvark sent you. They’ll be completely baffled.