My first tooth

 

Very happy

Not a happy baby

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My BB, Kaden

Hi all, here's a picture of our BB and officially named Kaden over some beers and sake last night at LG's 30th bday dinner

-- Post From My iPhone

French Fighting Style

I decided to read a Tin Tin comic since I never read it when I was young.

This image reminded me of the world cup...

Squilla, Mantis Shrimp, Lai Liu Haar

I'd been interested in eating these for over one year (saw them on T.V.), and finally got a chance in Ipoh.

In Cantonese "Lai Liu Haar" means "Pissing Prawn". They're longer than normal prawns, and they squirt some sort of liquid when you lift them out of the water. They also don't have the expected pincer claws... instead they have articulating arm jaws like the insect "Mantis", hence the name.

Here they are on death row...


Here they are on my plate...

They're very big, and reasonably tasty. More like a lobster than a prawn.

I found their third name "Squilla" on the web, and their wikipedia entry here.

They sound pretty intense:

...strike by rapidly unfolding and swinging their raptorial claws at the prey, and are capable of inflicting serious damage on victims significantly greater in size than themselves. In smashers, these two weapons are employed with blinding quickness, with an acceleration of 10,400 g and speeds of 23 m/s from a standing start. Because they strike so rapidly, they generate cavitation bubbles between the appendage and the striking surface. The collapse of these cavitation bubbles produce measurable forces on their prey in addition to the instantaneous forces of 1,500 N that are caused by the impact of the appendage against the striking surface, which means that the prey is hit twice by a single strike; first by the claw and then by the even bigger force from the collapsing cavitation bubbles that immediately follows. ...

Here's a Lai Liu Haar bashing the shit out of a crab. You can see it crack the crab's claw near the end.


These things are the Spartans of the sea.

The true inspiration for the method acting in 300

Warrior of Sparta

Ronaldo, warrior of Sparta, pleading to the Gods. Ronaldo, warrior of Sparta, listening for a response.

Chairman Leonidas

Spartan pop art advances with this new work: 4 Portraits of Chairman Leonidas.

Leonidas Celebrates ManU's Historic Victory!!

After Leonidas stirring war cry for victory against all odds against those damn Romans, his Spartan army did him proud. Here's a picture of the celebrations!

Spartan King Leonidas

"Spartans! Ready your rice cakes and eat hearty, for tonight we dine at the DAI PAI DONG!"