Om nom nom

shalmestere's inspiration for last night's low-carb dinner: spherical zucchini (from the farmer's market) stuffed with larb gai.
YUM! Using real limes for the lime juice makes a difference. I don't know whether using (somewhat underripe) Thai chilis picked thirty seconds before from our back yard makes a difference too.
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My mother forwarded me this charming link, which sneaks in the subversive message that governments are actually run mostly by ordinary, hard-working, mostly-competent people whose names don't appear in the news.

Health insurance, yet again

OK, let's go through this step by step.
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