I don't think I'm not going to run out and read the novels. Mostly because I don't have that kind of time. Though if this series becomes a success (and I think it will), maybe that'll force George R.R. Martin to actually finish the books in a timely manner.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Game of Thrones
I watched the pilot episode of this after getting back from Canada. Its... pretty decent I guess. Nothing too special so far. An expert on this sort of thing has informed me that the story will pick up as the season moves forward, and I'm hoping it becomes a bit less high fantasy by the numbers. So far, I'm going to keep watching for Peter Dinklage.
I don't think I'm not going to run out and read the novels. Mostly because I don't have that kind of time. Though if this series becomes a success (and I think it will), maybe that'll force George R.R. Martin to actually finish the books in a timely manner.
I don't think I'm not going to run out and read the novels. Mostly because I don't have that kind of time. Though if this series becomes a success (and I think it will), maybe that'll force George R.R. Martin to actually finish the books in a timely manner.
On the subject of poutine
Turns out I forgot to take any pictures while in Montreal. Anyway, the weather was pretty bad (Snow! In April!) and there wasn't a lot of sightseeing. There was, however, a lot of eating. I'll write up something about the ludicrous dinner at Au Pied de Cochon later, but first I wanted to talk a bit about something a bit less classy, but equally ludicrous. Poutine.
Our first night in Montreal, we decided to get some poutine at La Banquise a 24 hour poutine restaurant. Well known for its variety of poutines, La Banquise was featured on the Quebec episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and was the first stop of our unintentionally intentional tour of eateries featured in that episode.
As you can see, poutine isn't exactly for the faint of heart. We actually ordered four varieties of poutine (one for each person present) which turned out to be a bit too much cheese curds, fries, and gravy. I'm hard pressed to remember the exact varieties we ordered (to be fair, their names were in French), but there was a lot of meat products involved. The original (just cheese curds, fries, and gravy) and the version with chunks of onions and sausage were my favorite, but all the varieties were good in their own evil sort of way.
I'm really surprised poutine hasn't immigrated south. Seems like there would be quite a lot of people interested in something that is essentially cheese fries + gravy. Hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later.
Our first night in Montreal, we decided to get some poutine at La Banquise a 24 hour poutine restaurant. Well known for its variety of poutines, La Banquise was featured on the Quebec episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and was the first stop of our unintentionally intentional tour of eateries featured in that episode.
As you can see, poutine isn't exactly for the faint of heart. We actually ordered four varieties of poutine (one for each person present) which turned out to be a bit too much cheese curds, fries, and gravy. I'm hard pressed to remember the exact varieties we ordered (to be fair, their names were in French), but there was a lot of meat products involved. The original (just cheese curds, fries, and gravy) and the version with chunks of onions and sausage were my favorite, but all the varieties were good in their own evil sort of way.
I'm really surprised poutine hasn't immigrated south. Seems like there would be quite a lot of people interested in something that is essentially cheese fries + gravy. Hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
How Research Works: XIX
THE US/CANADIAN BORDER: 4:30pm
BORDER PATROL
Bonjour!
GRAD STUDENT
er... Hi
BORDER PATROL
What does everyone in the car do for work?
GRAD STUDENT
We're all grad students...
GRAD STUDENT
We're all grad students...
BORDER PATROL
...So you don't work?
GRAD STUDENT
No. We work a lot.
BORDER PATROL
And what do you work a lot on exactly?
GRAD STUDENT
...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Dinner Diner Dinner
There is a diner near my house that serves complementary beets. They also make a decent Rueben sandwich. Thus they are vastly superior to the terribly kitchy diners that exist in literally every town on the island. Turns out Long Island has some decent stuff, its just hidden and probably in a strip mall.
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