October 2009
6 posts
Tostones: Best things ever?
Tostones, or fried green plantains (platanos verdes), are a staple in much of the Spanish speaking Caribbean and neighbors in South America. They’re addictive. This is how I make them. Ingredients: 1-n green plantains (I’d say one banana for every two people) Approx 3-4 c. vegetable (or other) oil, for deep frying (about 3/4” to 1” deep) Salt Equipment Deep...
Oct 29th
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Gimme a p!
I am not particularly wowed by the NBA statistical analysis on display here: http://sn.im/swjbn These analysis call for inferential statistics (e.g. is Shaq better/worse in a given situation) but the author gives no indication of the statistical significance of his results. That’s not to say the conclusions aren’t accurate, but I don’t buy that Tony Battie is a bad clutch free...
Oct 29th
“It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth....”
– “On Bullshit,” Harry Frankfurt. http://bit.ly/3UXYKH
Oct 26th
“Many anthropologists have discussed the astounding length of the human penis,...”
– J. H. Langdon (1997). “Umbrella hypotheses and parsimony in human evolution: a critique of the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.” Journal of Human Evolution 33, 479-494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1997.0146
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