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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • From is underrated? I didn’t know that, been watching it religiously.

    An older favorite of mine was The 4400 (the reboot is absolute dogshit though). Unfortunately they cancelled it after 4 seasons, but the original authors published 2 books afterwards to finish the storyline.

    Other series I enjoy that aren’t on most people’s radar (primarily for being British, mostly crime):

    1. Vigil (crime series dealing with an investigation on board of a nuclear submarine, 2 seasons, closed storyline).
    2. Unforgotten (crime, every season starts with an old body being discovered and then showing all people affected by the loss of said person over time until they eventually get closure. Highly empathic actors and excellent character development, season 6 currently being filmed).
    3. Death in Paradise (iconic light entertainment crime series playing on a remote Caribbean island where changing inspectors from England with various degrees of clumsiness are being sent to solve murders. Every episode is usually a closed case. Season 14 to start end of year).




  • That sounds a bit like “The Prince in Waiting” by John Christopher (more famous for “The Tripods”), it’s a trilogy also set in the distant future after a nuclear war, where all machines have been outlawed and humans exist alongside dwarfs and mutants. Over the course of the trilogy, the protagonists (living in fairly alright areas) venture deeper into more and more radiated areas and encounter grotesque stuff.




  • I’m assuming you’re vegan?

    If what you’re looking for is a quick vegan dish, here’s something I learnt in Japan - baked avocado.

    Open a ripe avocado lengthwise and remove the seed. Take a sharp knife and cut a grid-like pattern into the avocado, going as deep as possible (careful not to puncture the skin!).

    Now, pour some soy sauce of your liking (ideally not a thickened one, and with a moderate saltiness level) into the cavity. You don’t want to fill it completely, that would be overpowering. Maybe about 1/3 of the depth, just enough to allow it to seep into every crevice when baking.

    For the baking process itself, crumble up some tinfoil to make a stand for the avocado halves, you want them to remain as level as possible. Bake them on 350F / 175C for about 20-25 min, you want them to be soft but not burned.

    Once done, decorate with sesame seeds and either spoon them out directly (that’s the Japanese way) or spread on a toasted sourdough bread, sprinkle some smoked paprika and chopped chives & coriander over it, and enjoy.

    Vegetarian option: Crack an egg into the cavity (on top of the soy sauce) 5 min into the bake. You want about 15 min left for solid eggwhites with a still semi-runny yolk. Mix it up and spread on bread.

    Omnivore option: Fry some bacon beyond crispy, crumble it up completely, and drizzle the bacon bits on top.







  • Black queen takes the knight on C3, putting white in check while threatening the rook. With the bishop on A4 and the knight on D4, the white king can only move to F1/2. Blocking with the bishop is ineffective since then the queen will just take the rook to maintain check.

    When the king is moved (regardless if F1 or 2), the black knight moves to H7, opening the column for check through the rook, while threatening the queen. Queen can’t block on F4 (unprotected), so the white king has to make a run for it or use the knight to block, white queen is gone, white rook and bishop still threatened through the black queen.