http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress Any coward can play pinochle with bartender behind light bulb, but it takes a real industrial complex to rattlesnake around. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:12:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sort of. A week ago, I went to a pork-butchering demo at Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg. Tonight, Jason Kottke linked out to my extensive photoset from that demo. Needless to say, the number of people who've viewed those pix has now gone through the roof. Jason notes: "If you want to know ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2008/04/15/dietsch-on-kottkeorg/ Before leaving for Providence Tuesday, we had to take Dubby to the vet because he hadn't eaten or used the litter box since at least Monday evening. He had a slight fever and mild constipation, so we left him with Cat Practice overnight so they could monitor him. By Wednesday, he ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2008/04/03/rip-dubby/ Charles Robert Darwin, born February 12, 1809. The same day, incidentally, as another famously bearded fellow. Next year will be the 200th anniversaries of their births. http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/happy-darwin-day/ How can someone possibly be an "exonerated rapist"? Exonerated Rapist Reflects on His Ordeal No one's ever going to believe this guy was innocent, no matter what the DNA says. Even the press still calls him a rapist. Edited to add: I sent the Times this letter: Dear editor, I don't know whether this is ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2008/01/03/explain-this-to-me/ http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2008/01/01/two-double-oh-eight/ The Times has a piece today about a Canadian grad student (damn you, McLaren!) who came to New York to covertly measure particulate matter at the Big Smoke, a cigar-smokers' event hosted by Cigar Aficionado magazine. Now, I don't have a problem with that. He should do whatever the hell he ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2007/11/22/smoke-out/ A fun oopsie from the paper of record: Leslie E. Orgel, a biochemist whose studies of early life on primitive Earth helped lead to the formation of a now widely accepted theory about the development of DNA, died Oct. 27 in San Diego. He was 80. Dr. Orgel had also advanced a ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2007/11/05/the-origin-of-life/ This is circle jerk, since Jen's the only one who reads this blog regularly and she sent me this link, but holy fucking damn: http://blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2007/08/introducingthe-.html Funny. Aside from Jen, I know of only two people who sometimes read this blog, and both of them are named Chris. The Chris who is vegan--just ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2007/08/14/pork-belly-caesar-yes/ Now in NY Dietsch on August 7th, 2002 in NYC stories I am now safely and happily in New York City, land of brave and/or stupid. I’m staying at my friend Josh’s place in Park Slope, a charming multi-ethnic [ha!, he snarks, five years later] neighborhood in Brooklyn. I arrived via Amtrak, ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2007/08/07/where-does-the-time-go/ I've been reading the Carl Zimmer book Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, and I came across an amusing passage. He's talking here about the defenses that organisms to fight parasites: Any adaptations that can keep a host disease-free will be favored by natural selection. Leaf-rolling caterpillars, for instance, fire their ... http://www.michaeldietsch.com/wordpress/2007/08/01/ka-thoom/