One Year Anniversary!

One year ago, yesterday, May 17, 2011, I created this blog, the Kosher Samurai. One year ago, today, I published my first blog article, set out below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I prefer to spell it bl*g or bl*gging. I have some strange aversion to the way the word is usually spelled. Not sure why. I just do. [...]

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May the Fourth… Be With You!

Today is Star Wars Day, for obvious reasons. [1] Here are a couple of Star Wars related photos that have tickled me over the past year or so. For me, Imperial Stormtroopers are a constant source of fun! I love nerd humour! Yoda is also good for a few laughs. We’ve all seen Star Wars [...]

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Star Wars Invades Famous Works of Art....and The Office

Reblogged from Geektroverted: Star Wars characters invade these famous works of art and a bonus picture of The Office reimagining the painting “A Sunday Afternoon”. On the eve of Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You), fun by Geektroverted!

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Life After Z Day (Post Apocalypse Zombie Tweets)

A few weeks ago, I broke down and got a Twitter account. One of the things I’m following on Twitter is a series of tweets called Life After Z Day. The premise is elegantly simple. The Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse has smacked us in the face like a bloody severed hand. Despite things hitting the fan [...]

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Returning April 16th!

The Kosher Samurai continues to be away for Passover. Look for this award-anticipating blog to return this coming Monday April 16th!

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Master Sedgwick (and why I love him)

I like reading the comics. And by comics, I mean the comic strips one finds in newspapers. [1] Dilbert, Garfield, Doonesbury, Rudy Park, Pooch Cafe, Non Sequitur, Heart of the City [2]… these are the little snippets of fun with which I start my day. But there is one character in one particular comic strip [...]

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Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 3): Rendezvous at Sadie’s Diner & Juice Bar

If I ever need to set up a quick, informal yet special rendezvous with someone near and dear to me, I choose Sadie’s Diner & Juice Bar in downtown Toronto. Sadie’s is on the northwest corner of Portland and Adelaide streets. One block east of Bathurst and two blocks south of Queen Street West. My [...]

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Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

For those of you unfamiliar with this delightful improvement on the old Rock Paper Scissors selection method, let me quote from Wikipedia: Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock is a five-gesture expansion of the classic selection method game rock-paper-scissors. It operates on the same basic principle, but includes two additional weapons: the lizard (formed by the hand as a sock-puppet-like [...]

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Could a ‘Death Star’ Really Destroy a Planet?

I have to confess to a question that has been much on my mind of late… one that has been weighing heavily upon my soul. Could a ‘Death Star’ really destroy a planet? Is it even physically and scientifically possible? Could a small moon-sized battle station generate enough energy to destroy an Earth-sized planet? I mean, [...]

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Thai-Style Curry Chicken and Potatoes

This great dish is one of my favourites. It can be easily tweaked, depending on one’s tastes and preferences (see notes below). It is largely based on Martin Yan’s ‘Chicken and Potato Yellow Curry’ recipe in his Quick & Easy cookbook. N.B.: The recipe as set down below is the original treyf (not kosher) version. [...]

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