I got two Coupang packages today: a kilo of pepperoni and two cans of Wonderfarm coconut cream. Judging by the Vietnamese on the cans, Wonde...

JW just called to say he now understands my warning about how hot it is outside (about 37ºC, 98.6ºF, human body temperature), so he proposed...

JW texted to say he'll be picking me up at 1:30 Saturday afternoon (technically today). It's a 2-hour ride out to whatever site it i...

For three weeks, I've been walking up to the 10th floor of my building from the B1 level on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Starting next week, ...

I'm winding down Week 6 of the Newcastle Diet, and it's all downhill from here, even if it doesn't feel like it (today's lun...

Tom Knighton's Substack essay "Why I Can't Take Climate Change Seriously" is a perfect reflection of my own recent though...

Anthony Hopkins richly deserved the Best Actor Oscar he won, at age 83, for his role in "The Father," which is based on the French...

I got a text, a few days ago, from Immigration. Two texts, actually, a few hours apart. The first text said that, because of the virus, my F...

I discovered a weird charge for $7.08 on my Chase Amazon card, dated yesterday. I have no idea where that charge came from, and I think it m...

I'd never even heard of the Hantan River, but my buddy JW has proposed that we walk along part of it this coming weekend. I went to Goog...

Not as good as I'd hoped, but edible: I definitely give the pasta credit for being able to retain sauce. The oatiness, though, will take...

There are artificial sweeteners favored by the keto crowd because they have a low glycemic index (erythritol, for example, has a GI of 0), n...

So far, no other country has accomplished the feat of landing people on the moon. Other nations are catching up fast in the space race, but ...

I'm going to try to make keto soba tonight, to be eaten tomorrow. Apparently, I can make an entire batch of keto noodles for only 500-so...

My buddy Tom finally convinced me to sign on for Coupang, a Korean service that feels a bit like a cross between GMarket and Amazon. Find an...

Enjoy the politically incorrect title of this post; not many people have the balls to say what they mean anymore, for fear of being labeled ...

 Great videos: I think this guy makes a lot of sense. He's one of the founders of FilmThreat.com.

I've got these keto noodles sitting in my freezer. They're ostensibly spaghetti noodles, but as I said in my noodle post , they migh...

Trump gets no credit for his Operation Warp Speed, which expedited the process of making COVID vaccines (some curmudgeons note these are les...

So! I made three kinds of noodles, or as the hip chefs and home cooks say, noods . I went from least labor-intensive to most, which meant th...

Idiots: "3 Texas House Democrats Test Positive for COVID-19 After Fleeing to DC"

I'll be making and testing three recipes for pasta today. Two are explicitly keto; one is more paleo. If you want to see the videos for ...

I'm down to 107 kg (235.9 lbs.). I haven't been that weight since senior year in college. To put that in perspective: when I got bac...

Saturday's walk to Jeongja Station took 3 hours, 33 minutes, or 3.55 hours, from 6:05 p.m. to 9:38 p.m.. That's a walking speed of 5...

As my country continues its slide down the shitter, I've been thinking a lot lately about a 1987 TV miniseries called "Amerika,&quo...

I went a bit nuts while at the B&C Market today. I had only wanted to buy bread pans, but then I began thinking about other kitchen stuf...

I thought this was hilarious: This one is obviously Photoshopped: Watch out, race-baiters: I wonder about this, too: As I've said, Micha...

Dr. Vallicella discusses Andrew Sullivan's thoughts on Critical Race Theory. Sullivan's argument has shades of things I've writ...

Today, I once again walk down to Bundang's Jeongja Station, another 18 kilometers. But this morning, I'm off to B&C Market to bu...

Here's a doctor who says you can get rid of diabetes without abandoning carbs or counting calories simply by going full-on vegan: By t...

Here is a long quote from a baker discussing how to make keto bread. The quote sits beneath a video she made showing the difference between...