Fish Sticks and Green Jello

My friend sent me a clip on how to give a proper man hug which he felt was pretty dead on. I watched it but considering I don't need to give man hugs I didn't get as much out of it as some of the other clips on the site. In particular the 'How to eat Sushi' clip attracted my attention. Back when I was in college my Taiwanese friend (with Japanese relatives) taught me how to eat sushi properly. In particular how to eat 'Nigiri'. Since then I haven't seen more than maybe one person eat nigiri in the same way making me wonder if I was indeed eating it correctly or not. Since I pick up the Nigiri with my fingers and eat it versus picking it up with my chopsticks this could be perceived as incorrect. Not so though!

Per the following clip this is indeed the way to eat it. Also I liked the tip on dipping the fish side of it into the soysauce as opposed to the rice side, which makes total sense but once again most people pick it up with their chopsticks and dip the bottom into the soysauce. Another nice tip is what side of the chopsticks to use to pick up fish from the communal plate (other end from which you eat) and where to place your chopsticks when you're not using them (do not lean them on your plate).

Watch and learn!

VideoJug: How To Eat Sushi

Labels: clips, entertainment, food, tips

Here's something EVERYONE should know. Especially us west coasters that don't live in the snow.

1. You can survive for three hours without shelter.
2. You can survive for three days without water.
3. You can survive for three weeks without food.

I've heard all kinds of crazy numbers like, you can survive 3 weeks without water and 3 months without food etc. It's just not the case. The one that suprised me the most (and I've lived in the snow before albeit when I was younger) was number 1. I didn't know that 3 hours was the limit without shelter in bad weather. Heck I just watched that dog movie Eight Below about the dog sled team that got left in Antartica for 175+ days and lived. I know humans aren't huskies or anything but 3 hours is a very very short amount of time.

If James Kim would have stayed with the car and they'd all died because no one found them what would people think then? Or since he left the car and died of exposure and hypothermia then people think it was wrong because it was too cold out? After nine days I don't know if even I would have stayed with the car and I HATE being cold. After that long you have to think that no one is going to find you and it's a very real possibility. It happens. People die in remote locations in the winter and don't get found until spring. Would you sit there and wait and wait and wait until you and your family died?

3 hours is such a short amount of time. I can't imagine what that must have been like. I was just in their neighborhood Tuesday night in San Francisco before they had found him. I don't know these people but I couldn't stop thinking about them over the last week. Coming from someone who lost a parent at a young age I know how devestating this can be not only for the kids but for his wife too. I'm sorry for their loss.

Wilderness Survivial: The Rule of Threes

CNET TV Tribute to James Kim (he demo's the Zune and gives it a positive review!)

Outdoor Survival/Shelter (an in depth explanation of "the rule of threes")

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Since I brought up the movie Eight Below I thought I'd post a few interesting things about it. .

- This movie was based on a true story of a Japanese expedition that took place in 1958. The original movied based on that story was called Nankyoku Monogatari.
- Only two dogs survived in the true story. Brothers named Taro and Jiro. They were born in Antartica, children of the original dogs that had been left behind. It was a year before the expedition returned and happened to find them there.
- Jiro died in 1960 and Taro in 1970. Both were preserved. Jiro was displayed at The National Science Museum in Tokyo next to Hachiko the faithful dog. Taro was displayed at Hokkaido University.

I found some photos of them preserved. It appears there was an Antarctic exhibit that reunited Taro and Jiro.

Jiro on the far left and Hachiko the faithful dog in the middle.


Taro and Jiro.

Labels: curiosities, current events, death, movies, tips