Jack’s Old & Busted Blog

John M. reminded me today of how much I miss Lollicup. “Boba, also known as black pearls or tapioca balls, is derived from the starch of the cassava root. When cooked perfectly, the Boba becomes a sweet chewy ball with a gummy-bear like texture about 1/4 of an inch in diameter.

Boba can be added to any drink: milk tea, smoothies, juice and coffee. Boba tea, or more commonly known as Bubble Tea, is usually a sweetened tea with a layer of dark round tapioca balls at the bottom.

As you sip your drink, these “mysterious marbles” travel up the specially wide straw. The texture, taste and chewy sensation makes you want more!”

Extra boba, please!

I’m a sucker for books harped at boingboing. Some are good, some are bad. Most are worth my time. Earth Abides, however, is one of those rare books that merits a genuine recommendation. It would be too simple to call this a post-apocalyptic novel, although it’s part of the genre. Two main things set this book apart from most: 1) It’s pre-Cold War, so the usual nuclear fear is not a factor, and, 2) it contemplates man’s weaknesses and failures rather than his triumphs (from both the protagonist’s perspective, and homo sapiens’). Great story.

Welcome to earth, mini-wheat. Years from now, say, four or five, when you’re helping your dad debug wheatblog and/or defending the homestead against the zombie horde, you can google yourself and find this pingback for your first day.

Curry and cornbread round two was even better than the first. Best served with corn squeezins, but the War of Secession has made that more difficult to find these days. The curry helped knock out my barometric-pressure induced headache, too.

Other items of interest:

Begonias, an album by Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell, is probably the best album I’ve heard in a couple of years. Available at emusic.

Also, I’m saving up for a set of these. “PimpStar helps your game.”