What a brilliant idea. Italian cooks are resurrecting the ancient method of slow cooking using wool-insulated boxes. Saves a ton of energy and produces superior results. The linked NPR article on this is great reading.
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A local park, reaching from the coast at Oceanside to our little area (Bonsall/Fallbrook), is taking shape slowly. This would be a great addition for residents all along Route 76. Louisville would get it done in a year or two, but in CA it’s likely to take a decade. I hope they finish while I’m alive.
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Musk continues to melt down. Elon Musk is selling Twitter HQ’s espresso machines, Eames chairs, and sculptures in a giant auction. Sure, he’s sending a message about entitlement, but doesn’t he have anything better to worry about? The dude needs his meds.
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This is fascinating stuff. Dark matter, the fabric of space-time. Gravity is still our most mysterious force, and the idea that dark matter only affects (creates?) gravity and therefore is undetectable by normal means, is really interesting. It explains a lot.
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In less esoteric news, some dude hit a driver (!!) onto the 7th green at Pebble, a 100 yard hole, because of 50mph winds. I’ve birdied that hole with a wedge. Golf is a funny game.
In other golf news, last night’s “The Match” was a snoozer. Cool idea, but not that entertaining.
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Finally, it was supposed to be raining like hell this morning. As usual, it isn’t. Gloomy, yes. Windy, yes. Rainy….nope.