The Kacks of Life

Although common marketing practice in North America, calling sweet potatoes yams is a misnomer.

The two plants are botanically very different. Many plants in the sweet potato family, Convolvulaceae, are actually poisonous and only one species is widely used commerically. Yams, on the other hand, yield from a variety of perennial vines.

Yams are an important crop in Asia and Africa while sweet potatoes - distantly related to potatoes by the way - have been cultivated in Central and South America for thousands of years.

(Source: Wikipedia)

5 days ago

Last night I was asked which medium I prefer : books, movies, or music.

For some reason my companions weren’t convinced that I am a music person and chose “books” for me.

And I just thought, What a silly question. How could I choose ?

So I said, You don’t have to choose. You enjoy each in a different state of mind.

But they weren’t buying it, so the issue was presented in a more concrete way:

If, on the same night, there were a music festival with all your favorite artists, a book festival with your favorite authors, and a film festival with your favorite actors and directors, which would you attend ? (Assuming each is an occasion to meet and discuss with these personal heroes and not just watch them from afar.)

6 days ago

Conneries

Somehow I’ve finally gotten pretty good at writing bullshit in French. Just finished writing my letter of motivation for a grad school application.

I mention something about wanting a dynamic and well-rounded education but I really just want to sleep, eat, read, play games, and internet all day.

2 weeks ago -

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joachimesque:

Le Paper Globe est mon dernier projet. Un patron de globe terrestre à réaliser soi-même.

Ça a commencé le mois dernier, un premier brouillon, puis un autre, puis une page web pour le projet, des tests par des amis sympas, beaucoup de café, et voilà !

Je vous invite à partager, liker, tweeter, piner (sur pinterest mais ailleurs aussi, hein), tumbler… mais surtout, téléchargez le PDF, imprimez/coupez/pliez et postez vos photos !

Le Paper Globe is my latest project. It’s a template for a DIY paper terrestrial globe.

It all started last month, a first proof of concept, then another one with lots of corrections, then a webpage to host the project, some testing done by nice friends, lots of coffee, and voilà !

Don’t hesitate tot share, like, tweet, pin, tumble… but then, download the PDF and print/cut/fold and post your pictures!

I love this! It reminds me of Bucky’s dymaxion map! :)

2 weeks ago -

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If this were a movie

I’d be yelling at myself to stop even considering the alternative to what could be a great awakening.

3 weeks ago

Taking a serious plunge into American life…maybe.

Probably only have 2 months left living in France for an indefinite amount of time.

I feel like buying as many “Que sais-je?” books as possible.

3 weeks ago -

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herochan:

Don’t forget that today is Free Comic Book Day!

Use this store locator to find your nearest comic book store to pick up any of these (as well as often many more) and be sure to buy something to help support your local comic book shop. Many stores do special discounts on everything in the store today!

3 weeks ago -

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Decision ‘12

Stay in France, follow my brain? Move home, follow my heart?

1 month ago -

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There’s no safety this side of the grave.

- Jubal Harshaw, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

My younger brobot’s dear friend died in a tragic accident about a month ago and it’s really eating him up. What to say to make him feel better ? There’s nothing comforting in this.

1 month ago -

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Coup d’Etat show on 06-02-2012

coupdetatrcv:

We have a chat with Kack, our special guest. Brendan shows up late like a diva.

Download the mp3 of the show here: CoupDetatRadioShowFor06-02-2012

My French radio debut. In English.

3 months ago -

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