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Did anyone catch Mythbusters last night (or maybe it was Monday or Tuesday, I DVR'd it. It was the "Killer Tissue Box" episode)? They were testing to see if a kleenex box could kill you if you were in a high-speed wreck and it was in your back window. They made a test rig that they towed up to 45mph and the item in question would slide off a shelf and into a block of ballistics gel. Most tests were unimpressive, but they did a test with a hatchet (because who doesn't have one of THOSE in their back window and it went BAM right through the gel and sticking into the wooden support box. It was awesome. You'd be dead. The best was the 8 pound bowling ball that took out the gel, the support rack, and the front of the test rig. It'd turn your head into a mist of blood and bone. So the moral of the story is "don't keep a hatchet or a bowling ball in your back seat". ("The more you know! *ding*)

Today's cheese is a tasty Pere Joseph Trappist cheese from Belgium. It was a tiny bit of sharpness with a fairly creamy texture and a nutty herbaciousness. It's pretty good. The other cheese is an old friend that I met for the first time last week: A French-made Chaumes cheese. It's like a perfect mix of brie and mozzarella, of that makes sense. It's quite soft, but not as soft as brie, with a mild flavor and a delightful creaminess on the tongue. The rind is orange and, well, I don't like eating the rinds of cheeses much. But it's tasty. I think I might make a grilled cheese with it.