And you are here why?

Lord knows I've wasted too much time on the fuckwads inhabiting the anti-vaccination ecosystem, but every now and then something opens a +3 Bag Of Egregious Stupidity , and sets me off. In this case, its the Wasington Post (motto: " Yeah, we used to be a newspaper "), with a profile of some numbnut named Wolfson who appears to be a doctor of some kind, though I have no idea how his anti-vaccination beliefs jibe with the Hippocratic Oath Oh, don't get me wrong, its not that they justify his goofy ideology - its just that they're pretty much playing into his shtick by reporting this as "news". ITS NOT NEWS YOU IDIOT!  You don't do feature articles on the nutjob standing at the street-corner!  You know why  Because, ITS NOT NEWS! If you want to write about ballistic ignorance, write about it properly , with none of this " opinions on the shape of the earth differ " crap! To see how it should be done, go check out Albert ...

"You do realize this is my actually religion, right?"

Check out this map of the genetic diversity of the Y chromosome (basically, how it migrated through the world) (via Wikipedia ) Interesting info from the above : Adam came from Cameroon based on the A0 and A00 haplogroup The predominant Greek haplogroup (E) is most commonly found in Africa (remember, Greeks are "white", whatever that means) Continuing on "whiteness", the predominant European haplogroup (R) is also all over west/central Africa And Egypt is a mix of European and African haplogroups, which pretty much makes sense 'cos thats pretty much where everybody had to go through to get out of Africa and go anywhere (and vice-versa!)  

/via DrFaustusAU on DeviantArt

Uderzo, coming out of retirement to pay tribute with these two images As he put it in an interview with Le Figaro  "Charlie [Hebdo] and Asterix have nothing to do with each other obviously.... I simply want to express my affection for those designers who have paid with their lives."  "Young designers are on hand now and I wish them courage," he added. "They keep in mind this terrible thing came to their colleagues that no one could expect." Europe 1 Live by Europe1fr /via HuffPo  

/via Pablo Stanley

with apologies to Claire's mug

OK, the actual " making of " I won't get into, except to say " Follow the instructions " This is more about What One Does With The Base Polenta In general, any polenta dish roughly breaks down to the following Make Polenta Top with Something Profit.  Taking these one at a time, to Make Polenta , well, follow the instructions as I mentioned before, after which its all about the presentaion.  Basically, you can Put the polenta in a bowl, or Arrange - artistically - on a plate. In a heap, a mountain, a circle, a square, whatever.  Or, Place on a piece of tin-foil, preferably in a circle/square/whatever, and blast under the broiler for around 10-15 minutes till the top is slightly crispy. You'll need to oil the tin-foil (and drizzle some on top of the polenta too for extra yummy credit!) otherwise it'll never come off Above all, have no shame - remember, its your cooking, and you can do any damn thing you want to! Top with Something , ...