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Dishes Indigenous to Pyongyang
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) --
There are many famous folk dishes indigenous to Pyongyang.
Pyongyang cold noodle, Pyongyang boiled rice in hot soup, soup of mullet of Taedong River and green gram pancake are typical of them.
Pyongyang cold noodle is tastier than buckwheat noodles in other areas.
The glossy brass vessels for noodle, kimchi, and minced meat, egg and others on it tempt the appetite.
Foreigners who tasted the Pyongyang cold noodle at the Okryu Restaurant are unsparing of their praises.
The mullet soup seasoned with black pepper is good for health.
Pyongyang boiled rice in hot soup garnished with chicken, mushroom and others is an essential folk holiday food.
Green gram pancake mixed with sliced vegetables and hog-fat has a special taste.
The indigenous dishes of Pyongyang thick in national flavor are the pride of Korea.

from the DPRK News website: http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

These are pictures of food, also.

Banish human toil forever:

from "Americade," by the National Association of Manufacturers, 1955.

Furniture Avenue

Whenever I drive past Harlem and Altgeld, I make it a point to dangerously slow down outside Furniture Avenue, where I am certainly guaranteed to be joyfully repulsed. You'll find them just down the street from Harlem Furniture, Milwaukee Furniture, Dinette World and across the street from Best Furniture Outlet, none of whom quite approach the essence of an aesthetic I like to call Oksana Baiul. If you like what you see, you'd better hurry, because it says in the window they are having a Sale Sale.







Chicago, Illinois: May 7, 2007.

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Chicago, Illinois: April 26, 2007

Trump Unmasked!

Oh.

It's OK to not know everything.

So, many questions

Why weren't we warned?
OK, we're warning you now. Something bad is going to happen.
Something more?
More or less.
Are we in any danger?
With great reward comes great risk.
What can we do?
Stay put. Flee. Panic. Stay calm.
What will happen now?
More of the same, more or less.
How can we stop this from happening again?
Accept limits to your freedom.
Will we then be safe?
You will then feel safe.
Someone should do something.
OK. Do something.

Umm...?

What a difference a day makes! C+

These are pictures of food.

why not fly?

Instead of swimming across the ocean (as google suggests), why not fly with the kitty?

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Chicago, Illinois: April 11, 2007

Don't forget to pack your suit

Google Maps has a cool route to get from Chicago to London. Just be prepared for step 20. I got all the way to step 19 before I realized I forgot my suit...

We are all children, searching for love...

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Springfield, Illinois: March 30, 2007

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Riverside, Illinois: March 23. 2007

The Secret

I've been practicing The Secret. By now you must know all about The Secret. Don't you watch Oprah? Neither do I. I could say what it's about, but that would be telling. Oh, OK. I never was much good at keeping a secret. It's about The Law of Attraction. Thoughts become things. You create your own reality. The cosmic boomerang. If you build it, they will come. There. Send the $23.95 to me. For $35, I'll say it on a DVD and your lips won't get tired reading.

So I've been practicing The Secret. It's the reason why justice always prevails. It's why good things always happen to optimists. Why unpleasant people never get what they want. Why innocent children are never hurt. You create your own destiny. For instance, today you were probably thinking "How can I get rich just by sitting around and thinking about being rich?" And now I'm here to answer that destiny. See how simple it is?

And I've been practicing The Secret. Me, I want a family, a big family. So I bought a bunch of toys. No family yet, but it will come. I'll need a wife first, so I've been setting two places at the table. I really want two wives but I've only got two matching plates. It will come. No food yet though, but I've been thinking hungry thoughts, and after a week I collapsed and a neighbor helped me into the hospital. And there I ate. See? But I didn't want to be sick, so I shunned all those unpleasant sick people there and paid close attention to the doctor and the nurses. And guess what? I got better. It really works!

I'm thinking with all these kids around how will I get some alone-time with my beloved? So I build a shed out back in the alley and put all the toys in there. Now for a romantic evening. I think "wine" and there it is, in my neighbor's Peapod bag. I think "music" and it comes out the radio. I think "fireplace" and gather some wood, leftover from the shed – see? No fireplace yet, but that's the beauty of The Secret. I believe in fireplace.

Crawling through the smoke, I keep thinking "Air." "Air." Did I somehow will that curtain on fire? As the coils pop through the flaming sofa, I think "I never did like that sofa." The Secret is helping me to get a new one. At least the kids are safe. Toward the end, I think "Stay cool," but it does not happen, at least not yet.

Oh, no!

All skate.

Ready, Aim,

Lyons, Illinois: March 17, 2007