next 2025/09 – In Sanremo, Italy, a chef repeatedly threw pizza dough in the air and caught it. That gray dough was made of carbon vegetable flour. It was topped with porcini mushrooms and prosciutto. Baked, served, then devoured.
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A Pouncing Saber-toothed Tiger
next 2025/08 ― In Drumheller, Alberta, two puny saber-toothed tiger skeletons attack a huge mastodon skeleton. Raymond does not measure up to those exaggerated tusks.
Mike Hall
next 2005/07 ― In Vermilion, Alberta, Raymond had the pleasure to meet Mike Hall from the TV show Rust Valley Restorers. We were looking at old cars. This red 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air was my favorite.
A Kronosaurus
next 2025/06 ― This terrifying apex predator is a kronosaurus. Think of it as a giant crocodile head on the body of a whale. It has been in Villa de Leyva, Colombia for over 100 million years! Rather than to move this fossil, a museum was built on top of it.
The Harp
next 2025/05 ― I wish I had taken music in high school. I would have learned about the instruments in an orchestra. Well, I got a rare opportunity to sit behind a harp. It has 47 strings. The red strings produce the note C and the blue strings produce the note F. The strings play […]
Trèfle atout !
next 2025/04 ― Ne laissez-vous pas tromper par les sourires de Raymond, Philip, Ronald et Liette. Quand nous jouons au euchre, c’est bien sérieux !
La bière Cornwall
next 2025/04 ― C’est le premier avril et il y a encore de la neige ! C’est un poisson d’avril ou quoi ? Peu importe, je m’en vais dehors et puis cette neige gardera ma bière bien fraîche. En passant, c’est une bière artisanale fabriquée à Cornwall, ma ville natale !
Tequeños venezolanos
next 2025/03 ― Acá estoy probando por la primera vez un tequeño venezolano. Está hecho a base de harina y tiene queso palmero adentro. Obviamente, no soy el cocinero.
Opposing Oligarchy
next 2025/03 ― Raymond felt compelled to protest with friends against Elon Musk at a Tesla dealership. Global tensions have been particularly high recently because Musk was dismantling the US government, his buddy Donald Trump was attacking democracy, imposing outrageous tariffs on Canada and threatening to make Canada a 51st state, and other thugs invaded […]
Bubble Tea
next 2025/02 ― I could not decide whether I should have a hot or a cold Pearl Milk Bubble Tea at the Chun Shui Tang restaurant in Taichung, Taiwan. So, I ordered one of each. Why not? After all, this is the very restaurant that invented these innovative tapioca-based drinks. Both drinks were delicious!