Went to a cooking class yesterday to sharpen my knife skills. I was surprised to learn there wasn't much for me to learn anymore. My mom would take great pride in knowing that over the years I took advantage of her professional training by managing to pick up the proper way to do just about everything with a knife from her. I think one of my insecurities about my knife skills is an odd backward paranoia... I never cut myself (well, except for the future amputation I just inspired by saying that), but most experienced chefs are known to do so on occasion, so I sometimes feel this means I'm being too deliberate. It's not like I want to slice my fingers, so I think I just need to work on getting this crazy thought out of my head.

Sharp Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	The Empty Kingdom. Mad Rush.
Stories:	Sherlock World: BBC shows lined up for £2bn UK theme park. Thanks Boing Boing. How CBS And The NFL Teamed Up To Screw Wheel Of Fortune And Jeopardy!.
Science:	NASA to be overfunded in 2015, its future as bright as the Sun. Thanks HARDOCP. Dog brains process human speech in the same way we do.
Images:	Indiana Jones (Atari 2600) vs Nathan Drake (PS4). The official WoW twitter just posted this.
Media:	Facebook’s 2014 Year in Review. Saturday Night Live - Hobbit Office. And Now You Know Why They Closed The Slide.
The Funnies:	Naughty or Nice « EXTRALIFE.