As uplifted as I am by Keanu’s normality, I am deeply disturbed about the condition of the van’s headliner.

I learned this the hard way when served Vietnamese coffee at a restaurant once... My coffee arrived as a little carafe of hot coffee, a glass with ice in it, some corn syrup-like sweetner, and a little jug of milk/cream. Turns out if you put the coffee in the glass with the ice and then add the sweetener, the…

I’d suggest no one who thinks thermometers are below them should be dispensing advice on purchasing thermometers.

I’d suggest no one who thinks thermometers are below them should be dispensing advice on purchasing thermometers.

I’d suggest hemorrhoid creme. Because someone I know who can’t read or speak Japanese had to deal with that once in Tokyo, back when not everyone spoke English. You can sometimes rely on pictures, but topically applying an ointment with a picture of someone with flames shooting out of their rectum comes with a bit of…

Humph. I like the crunch of celery. And adding celery seeds. I also like sous viding the chicken instead of poaching it, which allows me to do 150F chicken. Not so raw looking to be distasteful and a decent mouthfeel, while staying really moist. You can also pack the sous vide bag with other nice flavors like lemon…

I quarter my onions through the poles, then there is no need for longitudinal cuts—make vertical cuts, flip to other flat surface down, make vertical cuts. I guarantee I can do an onion with a more uniform dice at the same speed as someone cutting sideways...

Mochi kills 2 annually in a sample population of 125M. Hot dogs kill 77 kids annually in a US survey that was only 41 states, say 250M sample size. You do the math. 

No doubt, Richard Feynman was a dick.

Not a huge fan of ratcheting screwdrivers, but Wera makes great fixed drivers too. Which are also subject to some pretty good sales this week...

Not a huge fan of ratcheting screwdrivers, but Wera makes great fixed drivers too. Which are also subject to some…

There are plenty of hand held hair dryers that operate at over 1800 watts, so I’m not going to say that is an excessive amount of power when you are sawing through nails and conduit and PT 4x4s.

That driving chart is messed up. First, whoever put the horizontal axis on that driving chart should be shot. “12a” and “12p” make no sense—”AM” is ante meridian (“before” the midpoint) and “PM” is post meridian (“after” the midpoint). When you are at the midpoint, it is neither “AM” nor “PM” because you are neither…

This advice seems really odd to me. You want crust on the outside, which means that layer of tissue has to be heated to the point of Maillard. Flesh, like steak, has insulating properties, so from the outside, which you want seared, to the middle of the steak you will have a temperature gradient. The “gray” part isn’t…

Due to work conflicts, I occasionally have the house to myself for long weekend as my wife and spawn travel to visit her parents. I get to make lamb, which my wife hates, or ribs, which my wife thinks are too fatty.  Which is all fine and good, but I’m still hunched over the sink eating a sandwich or cereal for dinner…

That looks more interesting.  I kind of like what they did in the center to hold liquids better...  I may have to see if there is something like that, but one piece silicone.  I like single piece construction for things like spatulas and this stuff because there’s no joint for crud to get into, plus they don’t come…

I’m not talking about the handle. I’m talking about the handle end of the bristles—how do you ensure the bristles are clean and there isn’t bacteria-laden stuff jammed up in the end where the bristles come together and meet the handle? Esp. if you are using it on the outside of poultry?  Stuff wicks up there, you…

Sooo... What is the consensus recommendation on pastry brushes? I’m not a huge fan of the ones that look like paint brushes—the handle end of the bristle part looks made to collect nasty bacteria. How the hell do you clean those things anyway? I bought one silicone one, but the silicone was so slick the butter just…

We have enjoyed Machi Koro, Ticket to Ride, Can’t Stop, Exploding Kittens, Mexican Train, and the old standby, Monopoly...

This strikes me as a cause and effect problem. Working long hours is often a sign of your skills being in demand—right skills, right brain, right manners, right intuition, whatever. But it’s the being in demand that results in success, not the long hours. Co-opting the symptom—long hours—doesn’t guarantee you success…

For the short extension cords, these are a little over $10 ($17), but you get 10...  So the unit price is $1.70 ea. instead of $7.  They are handy to have...

For the short extension cords, these are a little over $10 ($17), but you get 10...  So the unit price is $1.70 ea.…

No matter how convenient it looks, don’t pack loose clothes in big garbage bags.  DAMHIKT.