Instacart’s algorithm managed to sneak in a healthy alternative as an option!? ><
What if I don’t want healthy?
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Monthly Archives: April 2020
Netflix Explains COVID-19
Netflix has a new documentary on what is COVID-19 disease. It’s a nice synopsis of everything the scientists currently know about the disease COVID-19 as well as the SARS-COV-2 virus that causes this disease. And… there’s still a lot the scientists do not know. If you still don’t think this pandemic is not “really that bad” and you want to “open up for business,” this should be a mandatory watch for all of you. I hope you change your mind after this.
However if you insist on still wanting to get out and open for business, please do everyone a favor and decline ANY AND ALL medical attention. If you openly defy sound scientific advice, then naturally you should also not seek these scientific based medical attention that could save your life. After all, the limited resources should be going to those essential workers (healthcare, grocery, restaurant workers) who were taking all the necessary precautions and were infected by the dummies who believed their freedoms were being “trampled on.”
There is no freedom from death. There is no freedom when dead.
Asian Enough Podcast
To have LA Times support a podcast called Asian Enough where celebrity Asian Americans are interviewed about their unique experience and background while growing up Asian American is very remarkable. It’s very refreshing to hear how these Asian celebrities describe their childhood difficulties of not being American enough in US while simultaneously not being Asian enough from their country of cultural origin. Doesn’t that sound familiar?
Thread Coffee Roasters
April’s Angels Cup comes from Thread Coffee Roasters. I’m really excited to try these beans because they come from Mexico! Being able to try beans from new coffee belt region else is always exciting!
Opening the bag, a nutty sweet aroma mingles with this really strong earthy smell. It’s somewhat different from how the Ethiopian beans smell. When I go make my latte, I taste sweet, syrupy and citrus notes that lingers on my tongue. After each sip, I get this nice chocolate after taste in the back of the tongue. These beans are really delicious.
This is hilarious~
This is a hilarious caption from Chrissy Teigen.
Sudoku?
I stumbled across some YouTube sudoku videos recently and have been hooked on watching this guy solve problems on his YouTube channel. Don’t ask why the YouTube algorithm suggested sudoku. However, these two particular ones caught my interest just because it looked hard to solve. But he made it look so easy!!
Video 1
Video 2
Netflix’s J-Style Trip
Jay Chou… musician, songwriter singer, actor, entertainer… and now a travel show host on Netflix. Jay Chou certainly is using his leverage and star power to invite a lot of the Taiwanese guest entertainers to his show (so far up to episode 4). What’s fun about the show is the guest will show Jay around a city (usually their home city) and the local attractions. In addition to the guest, he also has a group of friends that tag along with him and act as the targets of his antics. And of course the crowds that follow them trying to take a picture or autograph. He has also has
What I didn’t know is Jay’s fascination with magic tricks and competitive nature. In just about every show so far, there’s a competition with a punishment associated with losing. Of course, Jay “has to not lose” every time and will stack the cards in his benefit. Even his friends know that and are willing to play along. In those interviews afterwards, you can tell they don’t take it him too seriously and it’s all in good fun.
In the Taipei episode (episode 4), Jay saying he’ll treat everyone at the restaurant is a good PR move.
Netflix’s Tiger King
If there’s a trainwreck documentary to watch, Netflix’s Tiger King would be very high on that list to watch. There’s just so many things that’s crazy and wrong about the show that it’s hard to stop watching. I really don’t know how to describe it. It’s also a top ranked Netflix show. Even President Trump was asked about it (clip from Twitter) . Talk about crazy…
Dave Chang on Instant Pot
Celebrity chef Dave Chang has a podcast that I regularly listen to. This particular podcast had a short segment starting at 39:34 about the ubiquitous InstantPot. To be honest, I had been looking to see if a pressure cooker or a slow cooker would be beneficial to me during these unusual COVID-19 times and once normalcy returns. I had looked at an InstantPot but I had been hesitant about these multi-functional devices because… well multi-functional means the devices does nothing well (which I might add was also a sentiment of Dave Chang and his guest).
Since then I’ve done a deep dive into the various pressure cookers, slow cookers and multi-functional cookers in the market. There’s a lot and such a wide price range too. For now, I’m going to hold off on any purchase until later. I’m trying out a 2nd hand slow cooker to see if its useful.
COVID-19 Visualization
This is pretty cool! Visualization of COVID-19 based on stats.
A Guy and His Thoughts... 