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It’s been six weeks since I last posted here. That can’t be good. And I have a ton of stuff to get out of my mind through my fingers. The one-day trivia brain of Los Angelenos; the US presidential election process; the insane bureaucracy and mind-control of this peculiar and remarkable country. Plus, lots […]

There are some advantages to not being able to sleep - you get to catch the sunrise in my new flat on Santa Monica beach.

The organic food-market is an extraordinary thing. Supermarkets always claim to be providing what their customers want, and so since a large number of people are growing increasingly concerned about the chemicals shoved willy-nilly into our food, supermarkets provide organic food.
But you know their hearts aren’t in it. All the mass-produced, completely supply-reliable, unrottable, […]

I have just discovered how Americans have their bacon the way they do.
I hate the way Americans have their bacon - crisp and brittle. Thin strips that crumble and snap and taste like a bacon crisp (sorry, potato chip). But up until this morning I had no idea how they managed to make […]