These bananas are still in the closet.
My co-worker put them in his office, but they're inching their way out, one banana at a time. This is a brilliant step towards what you should actually be keeping in the pantry!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sonic Boom
The Israeli Air Force jets just caused a sonic boom over Gaza City (2:30pm).
A Sonic boom: "commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion."
These are rather common; and a good way to scare people.
Rapid condensation of water vapor due to a sonic shock produced at sub-sonic speed creates a vapor cone (known as a Prandtl–Glauert singularity), which can be seen with the naked eye.
A Sonic boom: "commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion."
These are rather common; and a good way to scare people.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Cool Pomelos
Cool Pomelo's from B's magic citrus garden.
"I have RayBans"
"Whatever, I have myopia, ok?"
Sancocho en Bolsa!
Wherever I am I'm usually craving plantains, yuca, manjarblanco (dulce de leche), arepa (thin corn bread), Lulo fruit-- among many others.
Home Sweet Colombia is far away right now, but my Dad sent me away with a few packages of instant Colombian wonderfulness.
Sancocho is a traditional soup, and I had saved the packages for months- for the PERFECT occasion, since this precious mix is worth its weight in gold. I knew the time had come, when within one week I met 2 Colombians that were new to Gaza. Both from Bogota- and both as enthusiastic as me for a little Colombian meal.
Recently Knorr came out with the culturally relevant "Sancocho" mix- Glocalization my friends.
Voila my special treat.
Gracias Paps!
WHOA, Wait a minute!
"WHOA!" That was my reaction when I saw this truck with ant-like strength chugging along with sacks of who-knows-what.
An incredible challenge to physics and gravity indeed.
Perhaps stay away from the tilting truck?
I have to wonder, how did they get them all on there?
Grow a Luffa
Did everyone else know that a luffa is a plant seed pod-- a cucurbit- from the gourd, pumpkin and cucumber family?
When the fruit matures, it becomes a tough mass of cellulose fiber- great for a scrubbing sponge- whether in the shower- or for the dishes. Here, the skin is being peeled away, revealing a beautiful and complex interior.
Shake it! And seeds will come out. Spread them in the garden again so that they may produce bath delights for decades to come.
Maybe I was the only one that missed that.
The other day I was strolling with my friend A through one of her friend's Gardens a bit south of Gaza city. We encountered fresh luffas- still growing in preparation for life as a bath sponge. This is what a luffa looks like when it is still attached to the vine.
When the fruit matures, it becomes a tough mass of cellulose fiber- great for a scrubbing sponge- whether in the shower- or for the dishes. Here, the skin is being peeled away, revealing a beautiful and complex interior.Shake it! And seeds will come out. Spread them in the garden again so that they may produce bath delights for decades to come.Et voila! Click here for a website that gives great detail, just in case you want to grow your own.
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