From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #50 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, February 15 2007 Volume 16 : Number 050 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Pieces of Pi [Capuchin ] Re: Pieces of Pi [Rex ] Re: Pieces of Pi [Capuchin ] Re: Pieces of Pi ["vivien lyon" ] Re: Prime number theory ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] six degrees of Smog ["natalie jacobs" ] Re: Pieces of Pi [Rex ] "we've _been_ reasonable" [Jim Davies ] Re: babes rule ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream [Tom Clark ] RE: Pieces of Pi [michaeljbachman@comcast.net] Re: "we've _been_ reasonable" [2fs ] RE: Pieces of Pi ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream ["Stewart C. Russell" ] quick observation [Christopher Gross ] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream [Tom Clark ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! ["Stacked Crooked" ] Re: Musical guidance! David Lewis [hssmrg@bath.ac.uk] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream ["Bri N" ] stars in cheap motels (c) ["Michael Wells" ] Re: Fellow Fegs ! [Rex ] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream [2fs ] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream [FSThomas ] Re: Separated at birth ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: cute babes (was Re: piping in) [The Great Quail ] Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream ["Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Pieces of Pi On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, vivien lyon wrote: > There is another one, and it's awesome. Fuggit, I'll just post a link. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDu351QNoZE Here is a much higher quality quicktime video (that can be downloaded and kept forever!). > ps- Jeme once successfully held the attention of drunk people with this > video and a subsequent lecture on transcendental numbers. I was there to > witness. I can hold ANYONE's attention with a lecture on transcendental numbers. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:39:03 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Pieces of Pi On 2/14/07, Capuchin wrote: > > > As far as the end of the Soviet Union goes, we have to deal with the > ecocide of some of the industrial regions (which were a result of a lack > of democracy rather than a lack of capitalism) and be grateful for the > works of art and science that came from that period (which were the result > of a lack of capitalism rather than a lack of democracy). That's painting with rather too broad a brush, I'd say, particularly where literature is concerned. Much of the great writing of the time was a reaction to, or commentary on, the whole ball of wax, wouldn't you say? Visual art and music, it's a little harder to say, but any art with a whiff of dissent would require the lack of democracy to motivate it, even if it didn't come to light in its homeland, or until many years later. Totally academic point, but that is the nature of this discussion, so there you go. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:56:10 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Pieces of Pi On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Rex wrote: > That's painting with rather too broad a brush, I'd say, Well, that was the whole point. Any sort of after-the-fact assessment is going to be painting with too broad a brush. > Much of the great writing of the time was a reaction to, or commentary > on, the whole ball of wax, wouldn't you say? Visual art and music, it's > a little harder to say, but any art with a whiff of dissent would > require the lack of democracy to motivate it, even if it didn't come to > light in its homeland, or until many years later. While that's certainly true of the dissident art, I think it's hardly true that MOST of the art was dissident art or reactionary in any way. It was a product of its time and place, surely, but not necessarily referential. I think that most of the art that we see here in the USA from that time and place is dissident art, but that's mostly because it suits our own reactionary cultural agenda. > Totally academic point, but that is the nature of this discussion, so > there you go. Oh, absolutely. There you go. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin _______________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:56:21 -0800 From: "vivien lyon" Subject: Re: Pieces of Pi On 2/14/07, Capuchin wrote: > > > > ps- Jeme once successfully held the attention of drunk people with this > > video and a subsequent lecture on transcendental numbers. I was there to > > witness. > > I can hold ANYONE's attention with a lecture on transcendental numbers. That was sort of the point I was making. Jeez, way to take a compliment. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:00:19 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Prime number theory Hi Fegs, Capuchin says: > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Well, I'll take proud ownership of a bullshit term any day. > > I'm at least happy to hear you feel empowered to do so. > > > The reason I used "prime number theory" was to distinguish it from other > > forms of (what I consider) number theory such as abstract algebra or > > combinatorial analysis. > > Uh... wow. I don't think anybody else would consider algebra or > combinatorial analysis to be number theory. Wikipedia for one separates number theory into several fields: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_theory i.e.: Elementary number theory Analytic number theory Algebraic number theory Geometric number theory Combinatorial number theory Computational number theory So while I see you point from a purist's standpoint, I still don't have a problem with my inclusion of abstract algebra (which by that I meant group theory) or combinatorics. And apparently there is a "prime number theory" - it is listed in the above article as as a developmental step in number theory. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:03:34 -0600 From: "natalie jacobs" Subject: six degrees of Smog > Do I know you? > > - -t "feels like 1999" c Possibly, but I'm not sure how many degrees of separation there are between us. Re. Bill Callahan and Ms. Newsom: > > He opened for her when I saw the show in Eugene. He is a handsome man with > a > handsome voice. But his songs were all a little.... and I hesitate to use > this word... samey. That's because his current setlist is almost entirely from his most recent album ("A River Aint't Too Much to Love"), which, although pretty good, is indeed excessively samey. "Knock Knock" and the amusingly-titled "Dongs of Sevotion" are both amazing albums and far less samey. n. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:13:25 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Pieces of Pi On 2/14/07, Capuchin wrote: > > . > > I think that most of the art that we see here in the USA from that time > and place is dissident art, but that's mostly because it suits our own > reactionary cultural agenda. True enough, that's the basic "history is written by the winners" axiom at work. In essence, all of the art stuff comes down to not being created in a vacuum; it's all a product of its time and history, and its quality is not really attributable to the political regimes it may support or rail against. My point is, of course, to get us to reflect on the unanswerability of such questions and the total futility of supposing what might have been. We have the history we have, and we have the art that came out of it, and on that level we have nothing to do but reflect. The actual quality of life, ecological damage, and psychological consequences, though... those we're actually supposed to figure out. Drag. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:44:51 +0000 From: Jim Davies Subject: "we've _been_ reasonable" I was spending too much time in Mod Lang. They played me the Decemberists. "Good, huh?", they said. "Er, no", I replied. Then they played me some Devendra Banhart. x Jim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:29:27 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: babes rule Jill Brand wrote: > > Is anyone else out there experiencing this lovely storm? The air was filled with beautiful sparklies in downtown Toronto when I was leaving the university today. We've got big drifts. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:55:06 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_en_tv/people_stephen_colbert Full disclosure: Jeme and Viv first turned me on to Mochi - a staple in the Clark household ever since. - -tc, Sunny and 72 degrees in Cupertino. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:57:44 +0000 From: michaeljbachman@comcast.net Subject: RE: Pieces of Pi - -------------- Original message -------------- From: Capuchin > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Bachman, Michael wrote: > >> More importantly how much better off would they be if they had > > capitalism instead. > > > > Not to mention all the Eastern European countries that would have been > > better off had they not been under the Soviet thumb after WWII. > > You know, Michael, I took that question as rhetorical also, but in a > completely different way. > > Rather than supposing that the answer was "Oh, way better!" as you appear > to have done, I supposed that the question was meant to get us to reflect > on the unanswerability of such questions and the total futility of > supposing what might have been. > > These situations are far too complex to actually PREDICT based on change > of one circumstance. > > Hell, one could make a fantastic argument that, had there been no > revolution in Russia that lead to the creation of the USSR, then that > medieval culture could have been subjugated as Europe's sweatshop OR the > lack of a conflicting ideology would have hastened the demise of market > capitalism since it's an untenable paradigm for global peace OR blah blah > blah. > > We cannot assess what "would have been". All we can do is take stock of > where we are and make choices about how we are to proceed. > > As far as the end of the Soviet Union goes, we have to deal with the > ecocide of some of the industrial regions (which were a result of a lack > of democracy rather than a lack of capitalism) and be grateful for the > works of art and science that came from that period (which were the result > of a lack of capitalism rather than a lack of democracy). > > I've made a huge number of mistakes in my life and caused some trouble for > some people. But I can't really sensibly regret any particular action > because it is part of what brought me to where I am and that's a pretty > good place. I certainly don't have to point to Bradbury or Gleick right > here, do I? Points well taken Jeme. I guess I had too many thoughts of Hungary in 1956 and Prague in 1968 in my head to imagine anything but evil associated with the USSR during that time. MJ Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:07:49 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: "we've _been_ reasonable" On 2/14/07, Jim Davies wrote: > > I was spending too much time in Mod Lang. They > played me the Decemberists. "Good, huh?", they said. > > "Er, no", I replied. > > Then they played me some Devendra Banhart. If I didn't know better, I'd figure "Mod Lang" was some fiendish secret government lab... Nah, actually I like the Decemberists - although I understand what it is about them that makes people dislike them strongly. Banhart, on the other hand (shudder). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:45:56 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: RE: Pieces of Pi On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Bachman, Michael wrote: > >More importantly how much better off would they be if they had >capitalism instead. > >Not to mention all the Eastern European countries that would have been >better off had they not been under the Soviet thumb after WWII. Then, Benjamin Lukoff wrote: >Musn't forget Asia, too. "Heat of the Moment" Asia? With Steve Howe? ...Ah, now the math and lead guitarist threads have merged. How's THAT for protecting, Lauren? (BTW -- I was at the Baymont Inn in Alsip, IL (Chicago suburb; not far from Midway Airport) over the weekend to meet my out-of-town sibs for our grandmother's funeral...and up on the wall of the motel were pictures of the "Stars" who had stayed there, including mall-tour-era Tiffany and...ta-da!, Asia -- but apparently a latter-day version (not to say they were Mormons, or anything) (not that there's anything wrong with that) only featuring Geoff Downes and a bunch of unknowns...they all eagerly signed the glossy, however...) Michael Sweeney Ah, the synchronicity of it all...wait a minute...Grammy's, St(r)ing theory, etc.!!!! I give up... _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:11:39 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream Tom Clark wrote: > > Full disclosure: Jeme and Viv first turned me on to Mochi - a staple in > the Clark household ever since. Mochi has the flavour and texture of well aged, hand crafted, sun dried, shade grown, organic Canada No.1 ass. It's what puke plates are for: <> > -tc, Sunny and 72 degrees in Cupertino. Snowy and 6 of your weird Fahrenheit degrees in Toronto. Get tae fuck, Tom Clark! Stewart ps: Technocracy Now! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:28:33 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: quick observation Just finished catching up on the last 12 hours' worth of fegmail. I was just skimming, so maybe I just missed it; but I think the whole discussion of the artists that the Soviet Union contributed to the world, whether they were all dissident artists, etc. took place without actually mentioning any, you know, specific artists. To appreciate why this struck me, imagine an analogous discussion of whether or not any good music was recorded during the 1970s, and if so whether it was all punk, or does that just reflect critics' biases, and so on -- carried on without ever actually mentioning any specific band or album. Off to bed, Chris ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:46:48 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream On Feb 14, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > Tom Clark wrote: >> >> Full disclosure: Jeme and Viv first turned me on to Mochi - a >> staple in the Clark household ever since. > > Mochi has the flavour and texture of well aged, hand crafted, sun > dried, shade grown, organic Canada No.1 ass. It's what puke plates > are for: <> I realized after sending that, that I should have clarified it was Mochi Ice Cream, not the generic mochi sticky rice cake: http://tinyurl.com/2p9z3f > > ps: Technocracy Now! Preach it, brutha! Check out my friend's robot music! http://www.myspace.com/commandzband - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:48:25 -0800 From: "Stacked Crooked" Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! maybe it's t'other way around: if you suck and are mean (check and check, for myself), her voice will make you want to claw your eyes out. hey, me too! (i think.) one of the regular customers at the restaurant once sent him a fan-letter, and received a response -- which response she showed to me, and let me read (and shit). does that count? <> i would say that about *Rock-Bottom Riser*. but i would not say that about previous works. you're not gonna tell me that "Hit The Ground Running" isn't hot shit, are you? i could argue that that song is the most exciting seven minutes in rock. i mean, i don't actually *believe* it. but i could argue it. "arguably"? and it seems to me that the costs were pretty much the same: millions slaughtered, and massive ecological devastation. i'm curious about the different costs you're thinking of? well, in the mid-'90s, about 75% of them opined that they'd been better off under communism. (and they knew, a lot better than we did, what they'd suffered through under communism.) sure, it's a good place for *you*. but what of the "some people" for whom you "caused some trouble"? considering your methods, would it be impolite to suppose that they may -- at *best* -- end up the timothy mcveighs, the ted bundys, the billy ray cyruses of the future? <(So, I just checked my dictionary and it allows both "focussed" and "focused". Is that right?)> according to my '79 *World-Book Dictionary*: yes, though "focussed" is considered "especially british". KEN "I had to lea-ea-eave the country (though there was some nice folk there)" THE KENSTER ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:25:02 +0000 From: hssmrg@bath.ac.uk Subject: Re: Musical guidance! David Lewis My pal David Lewis is gigging in London soon, and touring the US with John Wesley Harding in November and December to promote his new album "For Now"; see . "David will be playing a gig with renowned singer-songwriter Bob Collum at The Plough, Walthamstow on Thursday 22nd Feburary 2007. . On 4 March, David plays Edwards Bar, Hammersmith, then on 7 March David is back at The Plough, supporting David Nelson/Banana. All three shows feature David Satterthwaite on mandolin/guitar". Anyone in the London area is recommended to go along and see David. I will try to get to one of the gigs myself, but inertia and useless First Great Western Trains make it a wee bit of an ordeal to go to the big city nowadays. - - Mike Godwin n.p. Water from the Well - David Lewis ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:44:16 -0800 From: "Bri N" Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream > -tc, Sunny and 72 degrees in Cupertino. Snowy and 6 of your weird Fahrenheit degrees in Toronto. Get tae fuck, Tom Clark! Stewart - ---------------- Yeah! Fuck you Tom Clark! It was like 3 this morning here and yesterday was a level 3 snow/winter hazzard- no vehicals allowed on the road, except snow clearing vehicals. Brrr.... Good God, I've listened to Kim Rew's Great Central Revisted 4 times in the last 2 days. What a gem. - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:45:08 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream On 2/14/07, Tom Clark wrote: > > I realized after sending that, that I should have clarified it was > Mochi Ice Cream, not the generic mochi sticky rice cake: > http://tinyurl.com/2p9z3f A Trader Joe's perrenial. Kids love it, too! > > Check out my friend's robot music! > http://www.myspace.com/commandzband I think that would look funnier if it said "Check out my friend's robot's music!" for some reason... - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:48:00 -0600 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: stars in cheap motels (c) A new Rush album, the Police touring, Roth fronting Van Halen...just what the HELL is going on here? And can I tell you how excited I am about the new Arcade Fire album? Can I? Huh? OK, although their choice of venues for this tour is a little strange. It will be hard to do that little arrhythmic jerking dance that I do so well from a plush red chair. > Is anyone else out there experiencing this lovely storm? Nuppy probably got the worst of it being on the other side of the lake, unless there is anyone from the list still living in Buffalo. Wasn't bad, about 7 inches, pretty windy, black ice, the usual. And the weather wasn't too nasty either! Ferris: if you move the following from "don't know" to "want to see," [Manu Chao; Damien Rice; Gillian Welch; The Hold Steady; North Mississippi Allstars; Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys; T-Bone Burnett and Mavis Staples], what does that do to your feelings about going to Bonnaroo? We might make the trip down this year, and I know friend-of-fegs Daryl is usually an attendee. Mr. Sweeney: > [Asia at the] Baymont Inn in Alsip, IL Oh, good Lord - I've been to that hotel. A non-name version of Asia staying there just seems to make sense. Could we get Robin Leach to do a voice-over? Currently liking Of Montreal more than Apples in Stereo, and I don't suck and am not mean. Michael "at least, not most of the time" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:53:30 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Fellow Fegs ! On 2/14/07, Stacked Crooked wrote: > > > hey, me too! (i think.) one of the regular customers at the restaurant > once sent him a fan-letter, and received a response -- which response she > showed to me, and let me read (and shit). She let you read it *and* shit it? How'd you talk her into letting you eat it to begin with? > sure, it's a good place for *you*. but what of the "some people" for whom > you "caused some trouble"? considering your methods, would it be impolite > to suppose that they may -- at *best* -- end up the timothy mcveighs, the > ted bundys, the billy ray cyruses of the future? Hey, Billy Ray Cyrus has a pretty sweet little gig right now, and his daughter has to do all the heavy lifting while he just acts vaguely dad-like. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:01:36 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream On 2/15/07, Bri N wrote: > > > -tc, Sunny and 72 degrees in Cupertino. > > Snowy and 6 of your weird Fahrenheit degrees in Toronto. Get tae fuck, > Tom Clark! > > Stewart > ---------------- > > Yeah! Fuck you Tom Clark! I To aid our international readers, some of whom may not have English as their first language, we should embark on a program to translate "Fuck you Tom Clark!" into multiple languages. Stewart's contribution is Scots, no? - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:04:54 -0500 From: FSThomas Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream Rex wrote: > A Trader Joe's perrenial. *Still* waiting for them to open their in-town location off Monroe here in the ATL. - -f. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:17:58 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Separated at birth Hi Fegs, ken "my mind is connected to your dreams" the kenster says: > how about formally conjoined twins? or twins in general? I have a small obsession with conjoined twins and twins. For regular twins, identical is of course better. I am a bit defensive about this preoccupation because it doesn't have to do with the historical "freak-show" appeal of conjoined twins. It brings up really interesting issues of identity. Quite a number of years ago, there was this amazing show on conjoined twins on PBS. Doctors decided to separate them, and they were young enough (maybe 3 or 4 years old, I'm not sure) that after the separation they had to go through an adjustment period to understand they were two separate entities. One twin was still calling the other twin "me." They are big on conjoined-twin separations in Philadelphia (Children's Hospital, maybe, I can't remember.) I guess I can understand the desire for physicians to be involved with something that is quite unique, but it sometimes seems bizarre the amount of medical resources involved in these operations what with all the folks who can't afford medical treatment. This guy: http://www.amazon.com/Twins-What-They-Tell-About/dp/0471296449/sr=8-15/qid=1171562352/ref=sr_1_15/104-8458211-2127155?ie=UTF8&s=books talked about the theory that non-twin left-handers are actually orphaned twins (i.e. a singleton who had in the womb a twin but something went astray.) This is interesting on its own, but being a non-twin and left-handed, it might apply to me so it is indeed very very interesting. At any rate, being up the street from the Mutter Museum doesn't do anything to discourage my interests. IMO, it is one of the treasures of Philadelphia. Anyone who visits the city should consider a stop there: http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:00:25 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream Hi Fegs, Tom Clark says: > I realized after sending that, that I should have clarified it was > Mochi Ice Cream, not the generic mochi sticky rice cake: > http://tinyurl.com/2p9z3f Is that the stuff that's once it's on your fork or spoon it's really difficult to get it off? I miss the Trader Joe's pint-sized green tea gelatto (sp?). It seems to be M.I.A. The same company had a very good ginger gelatto as well, but the green tea one was so good that I rarely bothered with the ginger one. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:47:52 -0800 From: Rex Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream On 2/15/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > Hi Fegs, > > Tom Clark says: > > I realized after sending that, that I should have clarified it was > > Mochi Ice Cream, not the generic mochi sticky rice cake: > > http://tinyurl.com/2p9z3f > > Is that the stuff that's once it's on your fork or spoon it's really > difficult to get it off? No, it's kind of like ice cream as finger food... its own discrete little cell-like entity complete with membrane. Only better than that sounds. You pretty much just pick it up and munch it before it melts. Comes in a plastic tray housing six little blobs, like a muffin tray or something. I miss the Trader Joe's pint-sized green tea gelatto (sp?). It seems > to be M.I.A. The same company had a very good ginger gelatto as well, > but the green tea one was so good that I rarely bothered with the > ginger one. There's a green tea flavor in the mochi, too. My favorite is the chocolate... it has chocolate chips suspended in it. We haven't had it for a couple of months... not sure why. It's great for a quick desert for the kids when you don't feel like breaking out the bowls and utensils and stuff. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:48:51 -0500 From: The Great Quail Subject: Re: cute babes (was Re: piping in) > It's like she's always in Tori-World. > And Bjork's always in "Bjork-World" and Joanna Newsom's...well, you Add in Patti Smith and you have my four favorite female vocalists. Though: Robyn is always in Robyn-World, and Colin is always in Colin-World, and... - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:29:27 -0500 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: Viv's New Favorite Ice Cream Hi Fegs, Rex says: > No, it's kind of like ice cream as finger food... its own discrete little > cell-like entity complete with membrane. Only better than that sounds. You > pretty much just pick it up and munch it before it melts. Comes in a > plastic tray housing six little blobs, like a muffin tray or something. I think a friend got the mochi trilogy at a Japanese restaurant and we tried to cut one in half (likely a green tea one that I demanded part of) and that's didn't really work. It had kind of a protective coating. But the way you describe it, perhaps it is not meant to cut in half. > There's a green tea flavor in the mochi, too. My favorite is the > chocolate... it has chocolate chips suspended in it. Chocolate better than green tea...no way. xo Lauren - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #50 *******************************