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Hot Sauces, Other
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Now, I like spicy. Very spicy. And having (I believed!) a few extra dollars in the bank I bought a few hot sauces (on sale) on the last grocery trip.
To preface this, I was at a local restaurant a few weeks ago and they had a Quatro of spicy hot sauces, mild to hot, none of which would garner your attention. But then, suddenly, mysteriously, they produced a bottle of "What the Frick!!!" or some such nonsense, and, yeah, I breathed while biting and was fully pepper sprayed and gasping for breath.
So, maybe not at that level but time to turn it up a notch.
Hot Sauce #1: Aji - Smokin Habanero: This would be fine as an overpriced/underportioned salsa. Chunky, very spicy, but not too incredibly hot. Around $10 a bottle.
Hot Sauce #2: Nando's Peri-Peri Hot Sauce: Tasty as well, with a strong citrus flavour. I liked, but...
Hot Sauce #3: Melinda's "Ghost Pepper" hot sauce: Spicy. Not crazy. Just spicy.
Now, to make sure I remember and try a few new ones next trip to the grocery store....
Terminal Lucidity & Pets
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Rupert Sheldrake observing that pets frequently exhibit the behaviours recognized in humans before they die.
I can't speak specifically to the situation, but I'm definitely not convinced that humans have the monopoly on spirituality or consciousness. And I know for a fact that pets - like humans - will often need "permission" to die - waiting until the owner or significant other is absent.
Link: https://www.sheldrake.org/essays/pets-often-know-they-are-about-to-die-wish-us-farewell
Previously: Deathbed Visitations,
Inherit Memory
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This does not seem to me in the slightest bit unreasonable, consider the instinctual behaviours of the "lower" animals - that a duck fears the shadow of the hawk even while still in the egg, that unconsciously many people still fear spiders, scorpions, snakes, and not all learning must be avoidance, there should be paths towards pleasure and memories (generational) of good things as well.
Which, worth noting - somewhat vindicates Lamarck and his theories on talent, evolution & memory.
Previously: Lamarckian Evolution, Epigenetic Triggers, Radiolab on inheritance
Professional Sports - The Home Team
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Having paid attention to the Oilers loss in the Stanley Cup Final last night, rooting less for them than for Canada, I realize that the bulk of the players they're playing against are Canadian as well. Canada won either way. Some players from Finland, Latvia, the USSR and even the good ole USA, but by and large we were just publicly playing with ourselves.
Now this is something, that corporations buy up the best and brightest (?? maybe just "best") players from around the globe, assemble them in Florida, Las Vegas, New York, Wherever, and call them "The Home Team", when in fact nothing could be further from the truth. There were no players from Florida on the team last night that defeated the Oilers.
This annoys me. Shouldn't the "Home Team" be comprised of locals?
It seems to me that this is how we should be building pride in our communities and neighborhoods. Not by importing the best players world-wide to play on our teams, but by fostering our own talent and having them compete against other communities.
This should be true for all sports, if you're born in or near Edmonton, then you play for Edmonton, not Calgary, Montreal, or anywhere else you choose to move in pursuit of the filthy lucre. Teams should reflect the communities they come from. This would increase fan base and give real cause for pride. This would reflect the core values of the sport, of the competition, and bring us back to our roots.
Anyways, just a thought, and yet another reason I pay little attention to professional sports.
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