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Author Archives: tiffany
The physical expression of gender
I recently finished reading a book called The Red Queen – Sex and the evolution of human nature, by Matt Ridley.
The first half is a survey of the various theories of why exactly plants and animals would reproduce sexually rather than asexually. That portion of the book builds up the (then-current) scientific knowledge required to later argue that much of human behaviour is a product of evolution driven by sexual reproduction.
I recommend it. It’s somewhat demanding, so take your time reading it. The author builds up complex arguments and sometimes intentionally leads you to incorrect conclusions to prove a contradictory point. He is often succinctly witty.
Botanical Gardens
A visit to the botanical gardens might not be the first idea you’d have for spending a late winter afternoon …
Cold
Toronto-style Chicken
Step one: Buy a half of a rotisserie chicken from the local döner hut, also known as a “half chicken”. For only 40 cents extra it comes with an actually tasty salad, so get that too.
Halbes Hänchen und Salat
Step two: Reach for your jar of imported St Lawrence Market Churrasco Chicken Sauce. This might be hard to source. Your best options is to hire a sauce mule.
Beribboned jar of churrasco chicken sauce
Step three: Cover half of the half chicken with sauce (because a whole half chicken is too much for one person)
That looks like a lot of sauce, but there's tons left in the jar
Step four: Enjoy your chicken by candlelight.
Romantic chicken dinner, direct from the styrofoam clam
Tori Katsu Dance
If a napkin man did the YMCA, this would be him doing a "C"
fronx and I got silly while waiting for lunch. I made a little loopcam animated gif called “Tori Katsu Dance”. His loopcam gif is called “Laying eyes on someone”.
First we take
Before you paint in 5 inch letters, check your spelling
Learning is exciting
Sometimes, when I am reading or learning something exciting, I want the ability to consume the entire idea immediately.
— Tiffany Conroy (@theophani) January 19, 2012
Last week, I finally got back to work on a project that has been postponed for several months. I was doing some research for it, and could barely contain my eagerness to Just Get Started Already, Dammit. I like a lot of the work I do, but this one makes me really excited, and caused me to start thinking about things that I feel passionately about.
I was invited to talk at a tech conference in April. I plan on talking about, if not this project, the ideas I have that pertain to it. I love having an opinion, and sharing my opinion*, so this speaking engagement should be fun.
* understatement
Morels from BC
I’m making this for supper tonight, complete with wild morels from Vancouver Island! buybcwild.com/recipes/eric’s-favourite-morel-mushroom-recipe
— Tiffany Conroy (@theophani) January 21, 2012
Morels on pasta, for three. Photo by @fronx
Pasta with the morels my sister sent me as a gift. I thought of her the whole time I was making it.
— vivre pour manger (@onmangeensemble) January 21, 2012
