On 11/2/2017 8:51 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 1:15:32 PM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>> On 11/2/2017 5:01 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 9:14:50 AM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>>>> On 11/2/2017 1:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 8:07:26 AM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/2/2017 11:46 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2:43:49 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>>> "dsi1" wrote in message
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 4:47:11 AM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> NO!!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (no really - not a Joni fan)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And then it'll start painting clown pics:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://theghostdiaries.com/wp-conten...3/08/gacy3.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But since we're on purple lately, how about Magenta?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEmzI52stk
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gacy's painting would be delightfully naive if it wasn't so damn scary.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm more of a Jaco fan myself.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "... called a human being" eh??
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the time being... OTOH, we probably have nothing to worry about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXirc9aG1EI
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "comedy is hard"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "people always try to project their own darkness onto others"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "we are complicated"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And all this from a robotic looking guy with a German accent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Followed by the bot's Dalek joke?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am creeped out now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> Things will get a whole lot creepier, after which, it's all going to explode in a giant shitstorm.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hawking was out again saying it may or it may not.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ephen-11453107
>>>>
>>>> In October last year (2016), Prof Hawking said he believed AI would
>>>> either destroy or transform society.
>>>>
>>>> Speaking at the launch of Cambridge University's artificial intelligence
>>>> centre last year Prof Hawking said: "I believe there is no deep
>>>> difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what
>>>> can be achieved by a computer.
>>>>
>>>> "It therefore follows that computers can, in theory, emulate human
>>>> intelligence €“ and exceed it.
>>>>
>>>> "Artificial intelligence is now progressing rapidly. Recent landmarks
>>>> such as self-driving cars, or a computer winning at the game of Go, are
>>>> signs of what is to come.
>>>>
>>>> "Enormous levels of investment are pouring into this technology. The
>>>> achievements we have seen so far will surely pale against what the
>>>> coming decades will bring.€�
>>>>
>>>> He went on: "The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge.
>>>> We cannot predict what we might achieve, when our own minds are
>>>> amplified by AI.
>>>>
>>>> "Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be
>>>> able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last
>>>> one - industrialisation.
>>>>
>>>> "And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. Every
>>>> aspect of our lives will be transformed, In short, success in creating
>>>> AI, could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation."
>>>>
>>>> He added: "But it could also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid
>>>> the risks. Alongside the benefits, AI will also bring dangers, like
>>>> powerful autonomous weapons, or new ways for the few to oppress the many."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I love a good waffle before breakfast!
>>>
>>> Mankind is racing towards what could be the means of it's extinction and there's nothing that can be done. Perhaps this is the natural order of things. Technology advances until it reaches a point where it destroys the civilization that created it. It would really be something if we vanished in a single night and day - like the Krell did. The truth is that in the end, nobody can stop the advancement of technology.
>>
>> And the truth is, as Plato reminds us, that this has all happened before
>> in Atlantis and Lemuria for example.
>>
>> Oh, don't forget Gobeklitepi...
>>
>> http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-...klitepe-003441
>>
>> €œThe scene on the obelisk unearthed in Göbeklitepe could be construed as
>> the first pictograph because it depicts an event thematically€� explained
>> Director of the Şanlıurfa Museum, Müslüm Ercan, to the Hurriyet Daily
>> News . Ercan is leading the excavation at Göbeklitepe. €œIt depicts a
>> human head in the wing of a vulture and a headless human body under the
>> stela.
>>
>> http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....-gobekli-tepe/
>>
>> First, unlike its arid landscape today, 11,000 years ago, the Sanliurfa
>> region was a €œparadise€� that teemed with game, fruit, nut trees and wild
>> grains, all readily available to collect without the need for farming.
>> Second, archaeologists, who have been digging at the site for nearly 20
>> years, have yet to find any evidence of the hearths, cooking, houses and
>> garbage dumps found in the typical Neolithic settlement. Third, rather,
>> they found 100,000 bits of the bones of wild game animals like boar,
>> gazelle, sheep and deer, as well as a variety of bird species; as one
>> expert said: €œIt was pretty clear we were dealing with a hunter-gatherer
>> site.€�
>>
>> Building on this evidence, the new theory turns the Neolithic revolution
>> on its head: rather than monument building as a consequence of
>> agriculture and settlement, it became the impetus for it. Proponents
>> theorize that the enormous number of people required to build the
>> complex, and who chose to remain near after it was completed, required
>> more food than could reliably be collected with hunting and gathering.
>> As one expert opined, €œI think they began cultivating wild grasses on
>> the hills€� in order to feed the masses. Recent findings from other
>> disciplines seem to back this theory up.
>> ...
>>
>> In the final analysis, proponents of the new theory conclude the
>> interesting notion that, based on the evidence at hand at the Gobekli
>> Tepe dig, €œreligion motivated people to take up farming.€�
>>
>>> Please enjoy your waffle. I cooked up some Cacique Mexican chorizo yesterday because it was $1.25 a package. That seemed pretty reasonable to me. I had better read up on how to cook this stuff because mostly, I was left with some weird ass paste. I mixed it up so I could load it up into a tortilla. It's a tasty product - but weird.
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...ynd9WOfs7kMFWi
>>>
>>
>> There are 2 kinds of chorizo, soft and hard.
>>
>> Both have their merits.
>>
>> Soft works real well with scrambled eggs and papas.
>>
>> What you have there was begging for eggs and small cubed taters.
>>
>> The texture is indeed weird and I was baffled the first time I cooked
>> some up.
>>
>> But it was so hot even the dog gave me a gimlet eyed look.
>>
>> http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pota...chile-burritos
>>
>> http://honestcooking.com/authentic-h...xican-chorizo/
>>
>> This is how a gringo makes one, not bad:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nomntjak8_Q
>
> This was the soft Mexican style which is pretty unique stuff. My problem is the stuff didn't look anything like the video. I thought the whole thing was going to liquify into a red, greasy, slime. For the most part, it did. Anyway, I added some eggs and ate it. It was good but I'm going to need a better product if I get it again. I'll look for a different brand.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...jsUEbq2LcHRjJU

That ain't bad looking, a bit dark maybe, but chorizo's really vary.

It has an almost chipotle hue to it - which is a nice addition too, btw.

Chomp-ready.


> On a happier note, we had some scallop poke yesterday. We ate it in the car and it was a very good thing. The scallops were large and uncooked. I like it better than cooked scallops.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...gL7Yo8wE6XCTgA

That looks like a curried chicken to me...my eyes off?

> I got a pork butt now up at bat. I don't even know what I'm going to do with it. I can make shoyu pork, or kalua pork, or sweet sour pork, or whatever. I'm leaning towards whatever. In this case, that would be pastele stew.
>

I think some real creativity is going on there.

So I guess the pic above was pastele?

Check out this pastele fries dish with cheese on it:

https://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...brBBtNQA/o.jpg

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Honolulu, HI 96816

Once again we see foods from 2 different cultures starting to meld a bit...

You could swerve that here and make a lot of friends!