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Pointcrow’s Goldfish, Tortellini, Defeats Hardest Boss in Elden Ring

youtube.com/watch That title either made perfect sense to you or no sense whatsoever. So, for the second category of readers, let me explain; no, let me sum up…. Elden Ring is a role-playing action videogame renowned for the difficulty of its combat. In particular, there’s an optional boss toward the end, Malenia, Blade of Miquella,Continue reading “Pointcrow’s Goldfish, Tortellini, Defeats Hardest Boss in Elden Ring”

Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong

Just picked up 8 of these. They look black most of the time, but in this light you can see they’re actually dark navy. I thought they would be too large to hold comfortably without a handle but am really enjoying drinking out of them: they cool hot tea down nicely and keep it warmContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong”

Loading…Ghost of Tsushima

So, I turned myself into a PC gamer this summer. The logic went something like this: That’s the cleaned-up version of the story. Of course there were complications, the two biggest of which were (a) optimizing GOT on my still-pretty-marginal GPU so it didn’t crash once per session (which I was able to do withContinue reading “Loading…Ghost of Tsushima”

Saturday Ceramics: SF Asian Museum of Art Visit

I always visit “my” ceramics at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, but what’s so interesting to me is that on every visit, new pieces strike my fancy. Here are my favorites from my most recent visit a couple of weeks ago, along with a cool map I never noticed that locates the GreatContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: SF Asian Museum of Art Visit”

Alternative Careers and A Day in the Life of Chef David Yoshimura at Nisei

“So, you ready to run away and join the circus?” David Yoshimura asked me as we stood side-by-side in chef’s whites in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred restaurant, Nisei, watching our hard work that day come to fruition as the first plates went out to dinner guests. I just chuckled because the answer to thatContinue reading “Alternative Careers and A Day in the Life of Chef David Yoshimura at Nisei”