"[Language allows you] to implant a thought from your mind directly into someone else’s mind, and they can attempt to do the same to you, without either of you having to perform surgery.” Biologist Mark Pagel
Here's the Ted Talk.
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Can’t Mess This Up Mango Lassi
Happy Friday. It's hot, so make some mango lassi. You'll find plenty of recipes on the internet, but don't worry about it. You'd have to try very hard to mess up this simple and delicious Indian treat. All you need is:
A cup of mango pulp
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An Alpaca Says Hello
This charming alpaca and her recently born alpaca baby took some time out of their busy day to pose for this photo. Any guesses on where they live?
A: Arequipa, in Southern Peru
The Etymological Origin of Our Favorite Ogre, Shrek
Hey GLNers,
No doubt you are all eagerly awaiting news of from exactly where our favorite Pixar monster’s name stems.
The answer? The German (and Yiddish-derived) word “Schrecklich”, which means awful, terrible or dreadful! 🙁
Nonsense, Shrek is the best!
Let’s Talk About Cheese
For many of us, cheese is an integral part of our lives. Without it, pasta pomodoro is a bit less joyous and Cheezy Stix are just Stix.
With that being said, here is the first and only time I ever regretted too much cheese in my life. It was during a trip to Rome, after I joked my vegan companion that “it looks like I’ll be eating enough cheese for the both of us tonight.”
It was a Gorgonzola-Noci (walnut) pizza. It sounded so good at the time.
Here is the pizza that has prevented me from ever eating blue cheese ever again.
I had never known cheese to deceive me. Yet this one did. Though this picture doesn’t do it justice, I estimate a half-pound of blue cheese was artfully hidden throughout this pie. And that is how one fateful Roman evening, I ate way too much gorgonzola in one sitting and left the table absolutely terrified of ever encountering it again.
So traveling GLNers, what edible things have you encountered abroad that really left an impression?
Taio Cruz: Key Player in XXI Century U.S.-German Cultural Relations
Whoa, hey there GLNers!
If you’re feeling a little groggy today, I have just the thing to wake you up and also confuse you a little: a cute & quirky German translation of “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz. It’s always been a particular summertime-in-the-car favorite of ours, and now it’s infinitely more adorable.
(Is there a foreign language film/song/book/etc you’re crazy about? Send it to us and it could be featured on G-Blogodaria!)