Archive for July 2025
A Cool and Immediate Lesson in Supply and Demand by Durian Fruit
Yesterday, I’m suddenly alerted to the fact that all Thais throughout the country are clamoring for durian fruit (AKA “King of Fruits”). Now, I’m very well aware that nearly all Asians love durian. It’s a very peculiar and special fruit. For one, it stinks like shit. I can recall visiting Singapore in the late 80s,…
Read MoreMayonnaise Musings: A Heartfelt Dive into the Creamy Condiment That Divides and Delights
I’m back already. If you’ve been following my ramblings, you know I’m all about that balanced life—staying fit, eating real food, and occasionally indulging in the stuff that makes your taste buds dance. Today, I want to chat about something that’s been on my mind lately: mayonnaise. Yeah, that creamy white stuff in the jar.…
Read MoreHow Thailand Has Kept Democrats at Bay for Over 90 Years
Fuck yeah, Thailand. The Land of the Free. Let that sink in for a second. While the U.S. struts around waving its star-spangled ego, claiming to be the freest place on Earth, Thailand’s been quietly flipping the bird at that narrative since 1932. Prathet Thai—literally “land of the free”—earned its name by dodging colonial bullshit…
Read MoreThe Paradox of Competitive Eating: Why Massive Meals Don’t Always Mean Massive Waistlines
In the world of viral food challenges, few sights are as mesmerizing—and perplexing—as competitive eaters like Randy Santel and his fiancée Katina DeJarnett (aka Katina Eats Kilos) demolishing gargantuan portions. Picture this: Randy scarfing down a 10-pound burger stack or Katina powering through kilos of ramen in under 30 minutes. These feats rack up thousands…...
Grok 4, AI Hype, and the Raw Truth
Reference: https://x.com/rnikoley/status/1943778566027849991 It’s a discussion with a long-time, very smart friend dating back to the mid-90s and then later, IRL encounters and even some business dealings. I plugged it all into Grok 4 (latest and greatest) as a sort of test. Until now, I dictate and have AI polish it up. This is a departure,…
Read MoreWhat Do You Really Need to Know?
The eternal question: What do you really need to know? Back in the day—I’m talking caveman times, or hell, even a couple hundred years ago—you didn’t have the luxury of pondering this shit endlessly. Life was simple, brutal, and straightforward. You had a handful of options: hunt, gather, farm, fight, or fuck off and die.…
Read MoreWhat Do You Really Care About?
Someone posed this question to me on the X platform. I tend to post quite a bit, but as a proportion of the stuff that scrolls on by, perhaps less than 1% is some reaction or comment from me. Same Facebook. But I’ve also been quite reflective about all of it lately. … You ever…
Read MoreThe Sugar Diet Wars
I only caught wind of this nonsense a day or two ago, and my immediate reaction was a hard eye-roll. I don’t know Cole Robinson, the so-called Snake Diet guy, all that well. I skimmed some of his stuff way back when, and now I see he’s tangled up in this latest fad. Frankly, it’s…...