Month: December 2003

Aleph Doomsday Cult

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Originally known as Aum Shinrikyo, they are those wacky guys who brought us the 1995 incident in Tokyo where they released the deadly nerve gas “sarin” inside the subway system.

Especially ironic is how they denounce the attacks on the World Trade Center-

“Aleph opposes any violence including the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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Web link of note: Aleph Doomsday Cult
(At http://english.aleph.to/)

Lost Love

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Read people’s true tales of woe…

It’s remarkably similar to grouphug.us, but nicer, since the latter was more evil as it was more of a confessional, and they were doing some pretty bad stuff.

In this one you actually feel a sort of empathy for the people, instead of it being just a spectacle!
Web link of note: Lost Love
(At http://lostlove.robot138.com/main.html)

Why ShaColby Never Gets His Mail

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SHAC: i sent the girl an invoice for the pants and told her i can either send UPS or USPS
SHAC: and that USPS will be faster but their tracking sucks…
SHAC: and they lose packages too much
SHAC: she replied saying “please send w/ USPS… i work for the post office”
BRIAN: oops!
SHAC: i think shes threatening my life!

Imperial Tea Court

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Imperial Tea Court is incredibly cool. They have just about every tea you can imagine, and pride themselves in their tea-fu. They are so crazy about tea that they supply a bunch of the higher-end Bay Area restaurants with hand-crafted Chinese tea.

They have black teas, green teas, and white teas. I didn’t make that up. Each tea comes with particular directions on the temperature of the water with which it is to be prepared. They have a Tea Club which you can buy for someone as a Christmas present.

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, I strongly urge you to go there after a lunch in Chinatown. They offer a whole range of Tea Presentation Programmes to fit any schedule or budget. It’s a good treat for your sweetie.

Tasting tea is a lot cheaper than tasting wine, and you can still drive afterwards. Or walk to shopping…

They have a gaiwan service, which is the budget service, and the loose tea is served in the Chinese covered cups of the same name (they will show you how to use them- the lid acts as your filter).

They also have a higher-end “gong fu” service where the tea comes in unglazed Yixing (“Yee-shing”) cups which have had tea steeped in them since before you were born… These cups are priceless because like wine casks, they retain the flavor of all the previous tea brewings.

It’s a good date, because if you ask, the staff will tell you all about the particular tea you are tasting and make you look good.

YOU: This tea has a complex taste to it. Where is it from?
TEA PSYCHO: Ah, a good question. You are no doubt referring to the rich herbal scent of this “monkey picked” green tea, which uses only the tips of select tea leaves, grown on one particular hill in China…
YOU: It’s much different than the other green tea we had earlier.
YOUR DATE: ooh! You are so cultured! Let’s skip the movie and have noisy sex at my place!

Imperial Tea Court is incredibly cool and makes a great date. Tasting tea is a lot cheaper than tasting wine, and you can still drive afterwards.