Adamism

As you probably know, I’ve (almost) finished my kitchen… but there are still some things missing.

A few weeks ago I bought an All-Clad pan. It puts all of my other cookware to shame. It cooks so evenly, it’s a good weight, and the handle doesn’t get so hot it turns into a branding iron. I’ll probably slowly try to replace my pots and pans with higher quality cookware… and I’ll be looking at All-Clad first. (A side note for anyone interested: most All-Clad pans are stainless. I’ve always tried to go with non-stick. The “Emerilware” line of pots and pans are made by All-Clad but most are non-stick).

So, next up: a sweet set of kitchen knives. I’m familiar with most of the Bed Bath and Beyond brands: Wusthof, J.A. Henckels, Calphalon… And even in those main-stream brands you can spend anywhere from $120 – $500 on a block/set.

But I wonder… Where should I go to really check out a high quality selection? A while back I had considered getting the J.A. Henckels International Forged Synergy 16-Piece Knife Set, primarily because it was one of the highest rated on Amazon. The set is selling for $169. I’m willing to pay more than that for something of even higher quality. I just don’t know where to look. Should I piece together my own set? Is a 16-piece block overkill?

Any recommendations?

What if you were being paid $17,000.00?

NASA is offering to pay people to stay in bed for 90 days straight in order to study the effects of low gravity. So if you had 90 days free (teacher… with the summer off?), could you do it?

I think the first 4-5 days would be easy. But 90 days?? There’s a whole Q&A you can read, but here’s a quick summary:

They’ve studied 36 people since 2004. 8 people have quit during the study (for “violating protocol”, whatever that might be). You can play computer games, watch tv and play cards during the 90 days.

They don’t feed you astronaut food — but they do serve a “isocaloric” diet (equal quantity of carbs, protiens and fats).

It also sounds like there’s a risk of permenant bone density loss! Not something I would have thought about until I read more. Oh, and no conjugal visits.

In keeping with the same theme as my last post (more than a month ago! wow, I’m bad at this blogging thing)… I came across a humorous article on Wired.com the other day: How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse.

They’re running a new series of articles called “How-To Wiki’s” where you’re supposed to be able to add/edit the article with your own information. The whole wiki concept is wild… searching wikipedia for something obscure really gives you a scale for just how very many people there are out there. Not to mention how much spare time they must have.