Sak

Observations (4)
Questions (7)
Rants (8)
Recipes (3)

Sak's Spicy Stir-fry

02.05.10 13:28
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More chow for the curious adventurers among us. Another of the typical dishes that I subsist on.

Little Creatures

01.26.10 21:20
Section: Maps
Filed Under: Copyright - CC, Essays

Imagine that all throughout your life there are tiny, invisible creatures that hover about you. Well, they’re not entirely invisible; you can see them if you want to.

The News, Spam, and Beer

01.18.10 13:45
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Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, Observations

I’ve often boggled over how my friends were able to sit through an hour news cast and exercise what I saw as unnatural rigor at the disconcerting details of current events. Me, I’d get all pissed off and storm off after a taste. I figured if a taste was good enough, and I disliked that flavor, I’ll just leave the remainder of the plate and get on with my life, searching for more savory experiences. God-damned hedonist that I am.

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SF Hypocrite

01.11.10 20:37
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Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, Observations, Rants

I am a hypocrite.

Yep, it’s true. I had to get it out, and admit it to the world. It’s a starting point, something to consider and work with, so that in the future perhaps I’ll be less a hypocrite about certain things. Today, my hypocrisy revolves around the Science Fiction genre. That’s not to say that I’m not a hypocrite about other things, just that the focus of this little babble is the topic of Science Fiction works.

My Top 10

01.04.10 14:52
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Toward the end of a period, a year or a decade, a number of articles typically appear that list the Top Ten Whatever. As a culture we review our recent history by such means; little reminders of what we saw happening during our lives over that certain period of time. Many of these things we witnessed together—the tragedy of 9.11.01, the first black president, the beginning of a war, or the iPhone. Some of them we experienced directly, as perhaps we knew someone in one of the towers who died back in September of 2001, or are someone serving in Afghanistan, or happen to be the owner of an iPhone. Since none of those applied to me, other than being witness to them during the past decade, I couldn’t help but wonder, as I do, what were the most significant events in my life, as an individual, during the last ten years. I pondered over what events shaped my life, for better or for worse. So I made a list.

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Teriyaki Salmon Fillet

12.02.09 12:33
Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - CC, Recipes Recipe Category

Here’s a dish I make about once a week. When it landed on my plate this last time, it looked so good, I decided that I had to share.

Distracting Abstractions

11.23.09 16:40
Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - CC, Observations

I recently experienced a thoroughly enjoyable thought process as I learned of the development of abstract thought in ancient Greece. While researching for a large project, I’d been making notes about early Greek thinkers from the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The source I’ve been working with is The Greek Philosophers: From Tales to Aristotle by W.K.C. Guthrie.

Bookliving

11.17.09 16:43
Section: Maps
Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, Reviews

I have to be honest: up until a couple weeks ago, I’d never heard of Jeff Vandermeer. Now, however, I’m glad to have. It’s surprising, too, given that Jeff is a science-fiction author, and I have something of an interest in that genre. While I’m not sure how much I’d get into a cop story in a land of mushroom people, after having experienced his other latest work, Booklife, I’m keen to give Finch a try now too.

Secrets

11.09.09 16:56
Section: Sak
Filed Under: Copyright - CC, Questions

I love questions. I love thinking about questions; how I’d answer them, what the answers might implicate about me, about the world that I live in. I ran into a fun question recently that I really enjoyed deliberating.

Here’s the question (the origin is at the end of my meandering).

The secrets of this world are many. Who do you share them with?

a. Those who have embraced the truth.
b. Anyone who can pay the price.
c. My blood alone.