Jesse Spector:
I will never be able to eat rice with chopsticks, and I don’t understand how anyone does.

@jessespector Sauce. Thick, glutinous sauce.

American Bridge:
Shorter Cuccinelli advisor: We need to turn Cuccinelli into something he’s never been http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cuccinelli-vs-mcauliffe-virginia-governors-race-holds-the-eyes-of-the-nation/2013/03/28/85ab4f18-96ec-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html …

@American_Bridge No wonder they were so taken with Romney, he made that kind of thing easy.

Daniel Jalkut:
Easy to joke that Fung Wah should have been shut down long ago, but many of those travelers have lost a lifeline. http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/03/28/feds-find-fung-wah-imminent-hazard/JUTv9FRIvIvszflnheZPwJ/story.html …

@danielpunkass Megabus or Bolt have always seemed route and price competitive.

Daniel Jalkut:
@jeffporten Neither of those goes to Chinatown, though.

@danielpunkass not familiar with NYC/Boston, but PHL and DC stops are probably 10 minutes away by local transit.

@danielpunkass Although I do suspect you’re right regarding language barriers. There are other Chinatown buses, don’t know if they’re safer.

Daniel Jalkut:
@jeffporten Yeah, the culture thing is another. Here’s the distance for closest arrival (MEGA) to Chinatown in NYC: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Chinatown,+New+York,+NY&daddr=7th+Ave+%26+W+28th+St,+New+York,+NY+10001&hl=en&sll=40.747235,-73.993359&sspn=0.011103,0.015342&geocode=FedFbQIdGeWW-ykNwS9s9VnCiTERMR_NcBOezw%3BFePAbQIdcfOW-yn3Jb_yr1nCiTGXv6nOUMzYAw&oq=Chinatwon&mra=ls&t=m&z=14 …

Todd Rowell:
@danielpunkass @jeffporten Lucky Star does, or did.

Robert Guerra:
What’s the Safest Seat in an Airplane? http://flip.it/jWiaj

@netfreedom I’m guessing the pilot seat.

Robert Guerra:
BioAid app turns the iPhone into a hearing aid http://flip.it/Rw8bq

@netfreedom I’ve been using SoundAMP for intermittent hearing loss, but sounds like this has some useful new features. Much appreciated.

John Siracusa:
The end of a Boston institution. A terrible, terrible institution. http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/03/28/feds-find-fung-wah-imminent-hazard/JUTv9FRIvIvszflnheZPwJ/story.html …

@siracusa I’ve ridden that bus, and found it remarkably similar to actually traveling in China.

Al Filreis:
Scientists seem to have found the remains of a Neanderthal/homo sapiens hybrid: http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/neanderthal-skeleton-provides-evidence-of-interbreeding-with-humans-130327.htm …

@Afilreis Probably more accurate to say “rape following tribal warfare” than “love child”, though.

I miss my dog.

I can’t believe I never saw this before, but while watching an old Daily Show it became obvious: Mitch McConnell is the Charles Cole Coyne for the entire country.

Attention Pugwash friends: plans a-brewing for a DC-area happy hour, 2/28, somewhere near Dupont Circle. Message me or comment to sign up for more info.

So this is a first… had two back-to-back reservations at the same hotel and left my luggage checked for the weekend, came back to find that my clothes are gone. Hoping to hear that they find it somewhere in the catacombs, as my wheelie bag is generally visible from outer space. And thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I never check my laptop.

Okay, so that wall I vaulted was about four feet lower on the other side than I expected. Ouch.

Lonely Planet:
Are you too old to stay in a hostel? http://ow.ly/hxpOA #lp

Alan Gluck:
“@lonelyplanet: Are you too old to stay in a hostel? http://ow.ly/hxpOA #lp” Hey @jeffporten just wondering

@Airport_Guy I frequently skew the average age upward, but I’m rarely the oldest guy there.

Attention Student Pugwash alums, ISYP folk, friends of Pugwash, and anyone who ever watched Captain Pugwash: as the new chair of the alumni committee, it’s my job to start throwing parties and getting the old gang back together again. Comment or message me to immediately achieve VIP status and be among the first people I talk to.