Powdered ginger with sugar? I bought that once at a toko (Asian food shop) when I was trying to find ginger tea. It tastes awful. I'll have to try drying some fresh ginger myself some day so I can make ginger tea.

As for medicinal purposes, ginger works great against nausea.

You know, I've never really thought about this before, but why did mr. Picard on ST:TNG always ask for "tea, earl grey, hot "? I mean, if you wanted ice tea, you'd ask for "ice tea" instead, and "hot" should be the default for "earl grey" tea anyway. It would ...

All right then. To cheer up everyone's New Year's Eve/Day, I'll add some extra anime to my giveaway: - Spice & Wolf Season 1 - Mushishi (SAVE edition) plus two or three of the following: - Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Kino's Journey - Kurau: Phantom Memory (SAVE edition) - Gakuen Alice - Ghost...

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Yes, Happy New 2012

*vision of little Trifkin taking apart (and putting together again) a computer* Adorable! ^_^

You should find a picture of that witch to put on your laptop's lid though. That'd be wicked cool

Hello Niniten

Also, Sony Electronics (though not the other Sonys) already dropped their support for SOPA.

Oliebollen*. Om nom nom :) * For the uninformed, oliebollen (lit. 'oil balls') are a traditional Dutch treat eaten on New Year's Eve/Day. Supposedly they're somewhat like doughnuts, except the batter is softer, and contains raisins (and apple and succade if you want really good oliebollen). Picture:...

I miss Kino

Kino! Where are you? Please come back!

Hmm, I think it would be cooler to have the wicked stepmother (or whoever it was) offering the apple, grinning wickedly (the stepmother that is, not the apple).

Phantasy Star Online 2 is going to be awesome. I'll have to look into running it on Linux.

Oy, where do I begin, describing Moribito . Anime News Network encyclopedia entry Official website Wikipedia article That should give you an introduction. The series' main character is Balsa, a spear-wielding bodyguard. She travels around trying to atone for her past by saving lives. When she saves ...

Hmm, that sounded better than the Nujabes stuff you posted before. Still not completely my cup of tea, but I wouldn't change the channel for it, if you get my drift.