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April 22, 2024

Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Cooking #3

Technique matters. Note the parboiling then rinsing of the potatoes.

Not all potatoes are the same. Note the specific variety used.

Garlic. But of course.

My mind drifts back to the time I spent in Madrid, sitting outdoors at a cafe enjoying the evening, a glass of Spanish wine and potatoes.

Lesson #3. You can always get better at whatever dish you think you know how to cook. Even if it’s simple fried potatoes.

This video has over one million views. The house smells wonderful now.

The next time I make these potatoes I’ll cut back on the amount of olive oil.

April 10, 2024

Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Cooking #2

When you buy a huge jar of tomato paste from a Pakistani grocery store only do so when you use a lot of tomato paste in your cooking. I used maybe 2/3 of the jar and when I opened it yesterday I found a wonderful BLOB OF MOLD growing on the inside.

I am back to buying canned tomato paste and freezing the excess for future use.

November 17, 2023

Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Cooking #1

When you buy ground red chilies from a Pakistani grocery store Mild is HOT.

Scary Charts – 06.28.26

Americans of all ages now spend far more time on screens, crowding out time that might otherwise be spent with a book. This trend too shows a similar socioeconomic divergence: Specifically, adults with high school education or less are four times more likely to be smartphone-dependent (24%) than college graduates (6%). A Generational Collapse in […]

Resistance is NOT Futile (in DM risk)

In this prospective cohort study, resistance training among US adult health care professionals was associated with substantially lower T2D risk, particularly when performed consistently over midlife and combined with adequate aerobic activity and limited sedentary television viewing. These findings support the inclusion of resistance training as a key component of lifestyle recommendations for diabetes prevention. […]

When You Realize You Are Not Like The Others

In reality, though, most workers don’t get to retire on their own terms. Retirement often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, triggered by health setbacks or corporate downsizing. And once you’re retired, returning to the workforce is seldom easy. Planning to work in retirement? Don’t count on it – https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/20/most-americans-plan-to-work-in-retirement-few-actually-do/90603686007/ This is another post in the never ending series of […]

Cognitive Surrender

AI’s Catastrophic Risk Isn’t Rogue Machines, It’s Cognitive SurrenderEvan Liu / Jun 17, 2026 This story was originally published by Tech Policy Press In the beginning, the Bible says God created man in His own image. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,” Genesis tells us, “and breathed into his […]

Not Everyone Gets Lucky

My interviews with Howard Marks, Chairman of Oaktree Capital, and famed for his “Chairman’s Memos,” were instructive.1 The first time he mentioned his good fortune, I pushed back, asking, “What about intelligence, hard work, and perseverance?” His answer: “Everybody in my MBA class at the University of Chicago was very smart and very hard working. […]