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  1. One thing is for sure it does rather torpedo the straight genetic argument. : )

    Not at all. No one would expect identical twins to have the exact same personality - or even similar personalities, for that matter - so why would we expect them to have the exact same sexual preference?

    If anything, identical twins torpedo the argument that one's upbringing (over-bearing mother, etc.) has any bearing on one's sexuality. Afterall, they are raised in the same environment and presumably subjected to similar experiences in the household.

  2. I am not only surprised but totally disbelieving!

    :)

    This from April 1st

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/dining/01goat.html

    It seems there are a lot of different numbers floating around out there. I've seen a few sites that put goat meat consumption in the 60-70% range, others say 80%, and yet others say far, far less than that.

    From the third paragraph of the link you provided...

    "Admittedly, I’m late to the party: goat is the most widely consumed meat in the world, a staple of, among others, Mexican, Indian, Greek and southern Italian cuisines."

    However I do approve of the idea - "clean" meat.

    That's the selling feature for me. I'm going to give the meat a taste and go from there.

  3. It's not an easy meat to cook, either. It needs slow cooking, and lots of liquid too.

    That's pretty much on par with what I've read on the net. I suppose I should dust off the slow cooker for this meat.

    As for a recipe, Bugged, they're all long and full of spices and stages (typical curries). This Moroccan one from Australia's multicultural broadcaster SBS, which gets most of its ethnic food from real ethnic mumma's kitchens for its TV shows, sounds pretty good to me, but I haven't cooked it. Remember, lots of liquid and slow cooking...

    http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/398/Moroccan_goat

    Curries and the like will work well with the cut of meat that's offered at the large grocery store because it's frozen, cubed goat meat. There's also a Halal grocer near where I live but I think I'll try my hand at the cubed meat before I attempt cooking proper cuts of it.

  4. I was surprised to learn that goat meat makes up over 80% of the meat that is consumed around the world. However, after looking at the demographics, it makes perfect sense that this is the case. After seeing the trend of sales numbers in the US, buying goat futures is probably not a bad idea. ;)

    I've done some online research and found out that goat meat is lower in fat than chicken and higher in protein than beef. What surprises me is that, unlike beef, pork and chicken, goats are not pumped full of growth hormones and antibiotics.

    I'm already substituting bison for beef whenever possible, and now I'm thinking of incorporating goat meat into my diet as well. Does anyone here want to share their thoughts about goat meat or maybe share a favourite recipe?

  5. A number of years back, my parents, some friends and I, drove around checking out neighbourhoods in the area where I was to attend college. We passed by a house that had a sign alongside the driveway that read "The Wong Place". One of the adults in the car - Mr. White - joked about how he should buy the house next door and call in 'The White Place'.

  6. I know a woman whose last name was Cumming. Then she got married and took on the last name Chisholm. Neither name is strange, really, but given the fact that Chisholm sounds so much like jism, her name change can be seen as oddly fitting, I suppose. No one else in our group ever mentioned the fact that she was going from Cumming to Chisholm, so maybe I'm the only one who had my mind in the gutter.

  7. Doesn't really compare.

    I'm not drawing a comparison, per se. I'm saying that I don't agree with the Georgian president's remark, "...but we expect that in sport accidents people don't die."

    I do expect that people will die from sporting accidents. It happens often enough to sport enthusiasts and even to top athletes or experts in their sports. And yes, there are freak sporting accidents that take lives too - Natasha Richardson's bump on the head comes to mind.

    So, yep, I do expect that people will die in sporting accidents.

    "RIP Nodar Kumaritashvili," wrote American skeleton athlete Kyle Tress, who did not qualify for the Olympic team. "Let's never forget how dangerous these sports can be."

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100212/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_lug_luger_dies

  8. The Georgian president weighed in and made a good comment, something like, "I'm not qualified to say what happened, call it driver error maybe, but we expect that in sport accidents people don't die."

    His comment surprised me, actually. It isn't unheard of for someone to die as a result of a sporting accident.

    I live within an hour's drive of the Rocky Mountains and I've personally known two people who were seriously injured while skiing. It's a very dangerous sport in which crashes have sometimes resulted in death. Other sports that I consider dangerous would be car racing, cycling, boxing, cage fighting (ultimate fighting), motocross and the like. I wouldn't be surprised to learn of resulting deaths given the risk involved in these particular sports.

    Anything that combines high speeds and minimal protection - such as luge - is a recipe for disaster. I was disturbed by the video of the accident, and saddened by the news of Kumaritashvili's death but I am not surprised by it. The link to the wikipedia article in the original post shows that this is the fourth death of an athlete during Winter Olympics. To be honest, I'm quite surprised the death rate is that low.

  9. ... I had assumed...

    You know what they say about assuming - it makes an ass out of you and... well, just you it would seem.

    ...that you would have had access to a better education than the run of these louts. I am disappointed to find that this is apparently not so.

    Meh, luckily I've always had my stunning good looks and charm to fall back on.

    I suppose next you will be opening beer bottles with your navel in cheap dives. Lo how the mighty have fallen.

    Now, now, don't let your 'mother issues' cloud your judgement, Michael.

  10. ... just yesterday in fact one of my neighbors commented on how youthful I looked.

    Michael

    As opposed to "just yesterday in fact one of my neighbors commented on how youthful I look."

    I understand yesterday just fine. I also understand the meaning of looked. Of course, there's the possiblility that you looked youthful yesterday but today you look old and crotchety. So maybe the past tense of 'look' was used appropriately. I'll give you this one.

  11. What is odd is that while on this I cannot drink grapefruit juice. My new diet now contains a list of no-nos which are foods generally thought to be good for you.

    I suspect your doctor told you to stay away from grapefruit juice because it will interact with your medication, whereas the other list of no-nos is probably related to how it will affect your case of gout. Grapefruit juice is to be avoided because it increases the amount of medication that your body will absorb, thereby causing you to unwittingly overdose. 'Tis true for many medications.

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