Hákarl is a fierce Icelandic dish made from decaying shark meat. It allegedly made celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay vomit. Watching travelin’ dude Wandering Justin take it on!
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Missing Thongs, Merging Malls – Some Scottsdale History
I was just having a chat with some co-workers about Scottsdale Fashion Square, and it brought back some interesting memories. Neither of my co-workers has lived here as long as I have, so I gave them a few of my best revelations about the mall. And now I’m passing them to you:
How many of these [...]
I Give You the “Life is Crap” Brand
Do those silly “Life is Good shirts make you vibrate with rage? Vibrate no longer – the “Life is Crap” brand has your back.
Raw Buried Seal is Key to Inuit Delicacy
Here’s a lovely sounding recipe from the Innuit living in Greenland.
1. Take one dead seal.
2. Remove the organs.
3. Stuff the cavity with unplucked, unskinned auks of similar birds.
4. Bury.
5. Wait several months.
6. Exhume.
7. Enjoy!
So far, this has been the high point of the book Extremes: Surviving the World’s Harshest Environments by Nick Middleton. I’m really [...]
Two Snow Sleds Built for Downhill Thrills – and Unintentional Laughs
There are some things in life that make you scratch your head. Consider the Zipfy. The first time I saw it, it looked to me like some crazy “marital aid” merchant had some overstock and decided to get into the sled business. That my wife and I spotted it in buttoned-up Utah made it even [...]
Wandering Justin’s Best of 2009
So, it has been a stellar year here at WanderingJustin.com. First, it has seen the creation of this here blog, rising from the ashes of my old No Crocs Allowed blog. So before I even go any further, I want to single out three other bloggers who really made this possible with technical advice: Stacy [...]
Wandering Justin Elsewhere Online
Hey, I wound up in the New Times! They wanted to know what sort of edibles I’m slurping into my gullet. Check out Justin Schmid, What are you eating?. It features a photo of me menacing the camera with a half-eaten possum pie at the Sandfly Cafe somewhere between Franz Josef and Nelson in New [...]
$7 Billion Giant The North Face Sues College Kid
There’s nothing like seeing a teenager with an idea and some can-do attitude trying to put himself through college by earning his money.
Obviously, though, The North Face disagrees with me. That’s why the company has unleashed the legal hounds on Jimmy Winkelmann, 18. He founded The South Butt as a parody of The North Face, [...]
My 5 Scariest Robots Ever – A Halloween Special
In honor of Halloween, I’m skipping the travel stuff today. Instead, I’m naming my 5 Scariest Movie Robots of all Time. They are:
Maximilian – The big red robot from “The Black Hole” was freakin’ awesome, just floating there with that glowing red eye. Being from the creepy spaceship Cygnus also helped, because that thing just [...]
Hansen Beverages Takes Aim at Vermont Craft Brewer
There’s yet another reason not to like Monster energy drinks. You know the ones – they come in huge cans slathered in busy graphics, promising more energy to pimply basement dwellers so they can frag each other while playing Halo better.
Hansen, uber-manufacturer of this concoction of mysterious and noxious ingredients, is taking aim at Rock [...]
