cohu's blog

Preparing for Halloween

cohu — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:41:54 +0000

Octopus is often completely ruined.

cohu — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:51:01 +0000

Presumably there are ten million cows raised in the U.S. for food, and they all have udders, but you still can’t get one.

- an interview with Jonathan Gold.

Filed under: Speis & Trank

We’ve got mail for you

cohu — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:17:07 +0000

Filed under: L'art pour l'art

Nosebergine

cohu — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:54:25 +0000

Filed under: L'art pour l'art

It’s what’s for dinner

cohu — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:52:08 +0000

We’re heavily invested in trying out every typically American cut of beef since we came here. Listing them makes my mouth water:
- Flank Steak
- Hanger Steak
- Tri Tip
- Brisket
Oh, my. Yes! If you’re confused, follow my lead and order the Beef Made Easy chart from the Beef Store!

Filed under: Speis & Trank, U.-S.-A.! U.-S.-A.!

The best-laid schemes of mice and men

cohu — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:28:51 +0000

First, make a plan…

Filed under: Gedrucktes, L'art pour l'art

By god, I hope someone got fired for producing this

cohu — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:21:33 +0000

But since it’s a EU project, they probably got promoted instead.

Filed under: Bullshit!, Fröhliche Wissenschaft

Let them eat cake

cohu — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:16:53 +0000

Birthday surprise from President Obama. Cf.

Filed under: Politisches, Speis & Trank

Whoooha-raches!

cohu — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:22:49 +0000

Cohu’s fascination with minimalist footwear dates back to … *clickety-clackety-google* … 2006! I finally got a pair of Toe Shoes (as they’re known in the Cohu household) last fall. Over the last year, they have served me for everyday wear, as well as long walks in the Berkeley hills. I usually have the (progressively more chunky) little person strapped to me, so it’s definitely in the realm of ‘moderate exercise’, but no running. Still, I can always tell when I’ve been wearing ‘normal’ shoes for one of my longer walks – I get bad heel pain and back pain the next day. Counterintuitively, it’s worse the more padded my shoes are!
So, since they seem to be even less shoe-y and more minimalist than Toe Shoes, I’m up-, or rather, downgrading to Invisible Shoes. These are reminiscent of huaraches worn by the Tarahumara indians, or the bicycle tire sandals used in many parts of the developing world. After receiving my kit from Invisible Shoes, I followed the website instructions and, after maybe 1/2 hour of fiddling with them, have my very own pair of ‘barefoot’ sandals! Bonus: as opposed to the FiveFingers, you can wear them with dresses or skirts without looking like a certified insane person. (You will still look like a tree hugging dirt worshipper, but that’s OK with me). I spare you a picture of my huarache’ed feet. Let’s just say there’s many jobs I would be good at, but foot model is not one of them, especially after my run-in with the aptly named ‘Hand, Foot and Mouth disease’ a few weeks ago. Here’s a Invisible Shoes review that includes a picture so you can imagine what they look like.
Will report back on how they compare to Vibrams.

Filed under: Dirty Hippies!, Freier Markt, Sport & Spiel

I’m Already Against The Next War

cohu — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:18:46 +0000

Berkeley Bumper Stickers. Which reminds me – now that we’re keeping the car for the time being, I can finally invest in some bumper stickers of my own. Suggestions welcome.

Filed under: Nobody Beats Berkeley