http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Lexicon 2001-03-01T08:24:27Z http://www.everything2.org:80/user/Lexicon/writeups/mochi+recipesLexiconhttp://www.everything2.org:80/user/Lexicon2001-03-01T08:24:27Z2001-03-01T08:24:27Z <p>Another recommendation is tossing your <a href="/title/mochi">mochi</a> in your <a href="/title/New+Year%2527s+nabe">New Year's nabe</a>. <a href="/title/Nabe">Nabe</a> is basically a soup with a base of cabbage, onions, and thin strips of beef. You build from there, tossing in another half dozen items. Plain old <a href="/title/mochi">mochi</a> will absorb the yumminess of your <a href="/title/nabe">nabe</a> and, being all nice and soupy juicy, easier to eat as well.</p> http://www.everything2.org:80/user/Lexicon/writeups/Driving+in+AustinLexiconhttp://www.everything2.org:80/user/Lexicon2001-02-22T01:28:14Z2001-02-22T01:28:14Z <p><b>Texas Snow</b></p> <p>I've lived in <a href="/title/Austin">Austin</a> for 20 years, and have encountered <a href="/title/snow">snow</a> there exactly three times (<a href="/title/if+you+want+to+call+that+snow">if you want to call that snow</a>). It freezes over about once every two years.</p> <p>Due to infrequency, <a href="/title/Austin+drivers">Austin drivers</a> can't deal with it: there's always a ridiculous number of accidents with even the slightest bit of ice on the road. Even worse, the city doesn't know what to do about it either. They always <a href="/title/pour+sand+on+the+road">pour sand on the road</a>, but sand doesn't do anything to make it less slippery, <a href="/title/salt+on+the+road">salt on the road</a> is what helps that, as I understand.</p> <p>This sand actually makes it slippery even after the <a href="/title/ice+and+snow">ice and snow</a> are gone, which is <a href="/title/ironic">ironic</a> because everyone wants to drive fast again now that the ice has disappeared.</p> <p><b>I-35</b></p> <p>A lovely creation by <a href="/title/University+of+Texas">University of Texas</a> graduate <a href="/title/Ed+Bluestein">Ed Bluestein</a>, the split deck portion of I35 running next to the University of Texas was rated one of the <a href="/title/10+most+dangerous+sections+of+road+in+America">10 most dangerous sections of road in America</a>. I'm not so sure that it's&hellip;