X is Known

One of my favorite quotes from the Autobiography of Malcolm X so far is, "I have never previously told anyone my sordid past in detail. I haven't done it now as though I might be proud of how bad, how evil, I was. But people are always speculating- why am I as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from birth, must be reviewed. All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that has ever happened to us is an ingredient."
Since I couldn't possibly know of every detail of Malcolm X's life, there is no way he could be fully known to me by this standard. I know the things he has deemed important enough to be included, and therefore I know which types of experiences he thinks most shape a person's personality, however.

X Marks the Spot

This blog entry has a double meaning; it may be referring to the X that typically shows the location of treasure on a map, or it may be referring to Malcolm X's favorite hobby. You see, Malcolm X very much enjoyed marking spots. Wherever he went, he liked to leave a playing card with an X on it. While these two meanings may seem separate, they are much more related than they may seem on the surface. They are interrelated in that those X's on the treasure maps were in fact drawn by Malcolm X! Malcolm X realized the impending pirate takeover of the world, and in a heroic effort to prevent another ninja-pirate war he created thousands of treasure maps to distract the pirates. If not for "X marking the spot," the world would be a very different place today; we would all be pirates.

2/11 ​Album/Track Review

The album I've been listening to most recently has been First Temple by Closure in Moscow. My favorite track so far is probably Sweet#hart. I think the vocals are really nice, and the song transitions very well from really different sounding parts. It's a pretty good album overall... That's all I have to say.

I Know This Means Something

I'm not sure what "this" is, so I can't be sure it actually does mean something. In addition to that, I'm not sure what it would be to "mean something" in this context. Because of the vagueness of this title, I'm going to assume the only possible conclusion: "the word 'this' has a definition." "This" is a demonstrative pronoun that deontes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned. As an adjective, "this" has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun. There are clear definitions for "this," and as such certainly means something. I know it does...




Source for definitions: brainyquote.com

Ultimate Recipe

The TurBaconEpic (a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a pig)
Ingredients:
20 lb pig
8 lb turkey
6 lb duck
4 lb chicken
Cornish hen
quail
10 lbs of bacon
1.5 lbs of veal / pork sausage meat
12 croissants
2 L Dr. Pepper
6 lbs of butter

Get the 5 birds (turkey, duck, chicken, Cornish hen, quail) and take the bones out of them. Mix bacon and croissants to make stuffing. Create meat glue from bacon and veal / pork sausage meat. Add in the following order:
Turkey then meat glue, then seared duck, then meat glue, and bacon strips and bacon strips and bacon strips and bacon strips and bacon strips. layer chicken on top, then stuffing and Cornish hen then meat glue and quail.
Roll it all together then sew it shut. Wrap it in bacon strips. Bacon strips. Season the pig with dry rub, then put the 5 birds inside of it and fill the cavities with bacon stuffing. Sew it shut. Tenderize (important) then smoke the pig. Cover it in a glaze made from Dr. Pepper and butter, then wrap it in bacon strips and garnish it with baconators. Then serve.

Credit for this recipe goes to Epicmealtime.