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[pmcd9]

I just realized that Aioli is foodie douchespeak for mayonnaise.

[wombat]

To be fair, aioli is mayo with a shit-ton of garlic in it, and it's probably not a bad idea to have a different word for that.

[AugustWest]

Reloading road flares now, are you?

[pmcd9]

Reloading road flares now, are you?

I was all like, well that's never crossed my mind, but sure why not, but then I was like now wait a minute, that's not possible. You tricked me counselor.

[theinevitable]

My old roommate (the one that went to Wombat's old school) wrote this fantastic thing at some point in the past and I just now read it. It's about Brooklyn, but I think it captures a lot of what I think about urban issues in general. Theoretically about public libraries, it really addresses the question of who a city ought to serve. I am also a big fan of this publication, started by a friend of his, the purpose of which is basically "write in-depth articles about Brooklyn that do not mention trendy cafes or hip bands. And pay the writers."

[wombat]

That reminds me that I have been wishing I could find someone else who would appreciate this thing I stumbled upon. Inev, don't you watch anime?
http://likeagiraffeinwater.com/category/weekly-review-of-transit-place-and-culture-in-anime/

edit: Ugh. De-filterify that link as needed.

[theinevitable]

whaaaat this is great!

[wombat]

It is pretty amazing. I am glad that it actually doesn't tempt me to watch the anime, because it's going to take enough time just to read all the blog entries. But I feel like this is a perfect extraction of just the things I would like in those anime, without me having to sit through them.

The non-anime posts are good too, but maybe you need to have been there... You should go to Tokyo, it would be very educational. Do you write a thesis in the program you're in? Surely you can think of a topic that you could research there.

[theinevitable]

No thesis. We have to do two "studio" classes which are big group projects for real clients (usually local municipalities that need help with some kind of planning issue), but no thesis. I will definitely try to get to Tokyo, several of my friends went last year and rave about it.

When I moved in my roommate surveyed my stuff and asked if I'm "one of those people who is really into Japanese stuff." Oh nooooo.

[theinevitable]

Maybe after graduation I can get a fancy NYC real estate job and fly to Tokyo for fun.

The gagging sensation I felt when reading the Real Estate section of the NYT might suggest I don't have it in me.

[wombat]

When I moved in my roommate surveyed my stuff and asked if I'm "one of those people who is really into Japanese stuff."

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Is this one of those people who said it was normal for bugs to get in the window screens?

[theinevitable]

Today I am reading about Austria, because I met an Austrian woman yesterday and was very confused. Somehow this whole time I thought Austria was like Bavaria or Prussia, just another part of Germany. I am not an ignorant person about geography, I just thought that they never became independent again after WWII? I follow international news, follow the EU, and have not heard a single mention of Austria in a modern context. How is their economy doing? Did they have problems during the recession, when EU countries were mentioned on the news constantly?
Maybe I recently slid into a different parallel timeline, and in my original timeline Austria didn't exist anymore.

[wombat]

I think this is a normal thing to happen to an educated American because we just don't learn much about the outside world in school and you end up with weird gaps in your knowledge. I like to think so anyway because something similar happened to me the first time I heard of Russia invading Afghanistan. This seemed inexplicable because I had totally the wrong idea of where Afghanistan is - I thought it was in Africa somewhere maybe? Instead of having, like, a common border.

I know that story dates me - given more recent history everyone should know where Afghanistan is - but that wasn't true at the time.

[AugustWest]

Dude, Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976?  Julie Andrews prancing through the promontories?  Arnold Schwarzenegger?  Those disgusting little sausages that come in cans?  Nothing?

[wombat]

Dude, Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976? 

I don't think Inev was even alive in 1976.