Ribeye

Most of my meat purchases for a while have been ground beef or sausage, used in meat sauce, frozen tuna, seared and eaten rare, bacon, or canned fish. A couple of exceptions, both from Fiedler Farm: some breakfast sausge patties, which were quite tasty, and a pound of ribeye steak, which seemed an inch thick or more. I like tuna and ground beef raw, but raw beef muscle I'm less certain of, after some Chauteaubriand in San Francisco.

Pan on highest gas heat, steak dumped in. Salt, black pepper, and garlic powder applied to one side, then the other. I had bits and pieces in various stages, all pretty good. In the final stage the inside is still pretty red but I think shows some signs of having been cooked, rather than having raw muscle texture. Pretty good; I exerted willpower to only eat half of it. I don't know if I'll re-heat the rest or have it straight; I just had a bite cold from the fridge and it's good that way. Easy to tear off, too; see, evidence of cooking.

There are supposed to be rules about how to cook grass-fed beef but I haven't looked them up. I think it cooks faster, since there's less insulating fat. That seems consistent with tonight's experience.

Hmm, I have a big bag of cashews, and a mortar and pestle. I could try for something really gourmet...

Making Women Flunk Math

Belief that women are genetically inferior at math makes women do worse on math tests
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/10/how_to_make_women_flunk_math.php

(Testing the obvious? Maybe, but still useful.)

Pharyngula vs. Chuck Norris

Chuck response to Chuckfacts by coming out as a creationist, which pisses PZ off:

Chuck Norris sneers at neurologists—it takes a team of geologists to appreciate the pace of his thoughts.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/10/chuck_norris_facts.php

The comments mention that Vin Diesel and Jack Bauer have their own "facts", and Vin is allegedly a D&D player.

Vin Diesel could put on the Head of Vecna -- and live!