2012-02-04

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2012-02-04 03:40 pm
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2012 Book Review #12: Watching the English

Title: Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior
Author: Kate Fox
Genre: Anthropology
Thingummies: 5

Synopsis: An in-depth, gently humorous examination of English behavior by an English anthropologist.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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2012-02-04 04:04 pm
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2012 Book Review #13: The Hidden Family

Title: The Hidden Family
Author: Charles Stross
Genre: World-walking fantasy (second in series)
Thingummies: 2

Synopsis: Because modern Earth and a parallel medieval version weren't enough, this time Miriam jumps to a steampunk world. Despite assassins and conspiracy and a forbidden love affair, she spends the entire book examining the theory of how to set up a corporation.

Thoughts:So, what did you think? )
jethrien: (Default)
2012-02-04 06:18 pm

Behold the power of cheese

So I've talked a little bit about this cheese class we took, but I'm going to obsess in greater detail.

Say cheese )

In random trivia, did you know that the reason why goat cheese is chalky white, while sheep and cow cheeses are yellow is because goats convert beta carotene into vitamin A, so they don't pass the beta carotene on in their milk?