So, although I have Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+ subscriptions, I still can’t watch this. We are in a terrible, terrible place for streaming video right now. Some kind of shake-out is going to have to happen.

I haven’t bowled with turkeys, but I did once play bocce at midnight with oranges and grapefruit in the lobby of Marriott World Center in Orlando. I was at a conference, and they had these huuuge bowls of fruit in front of the ballroom. After the official last-night event, about 50 of us somehow got started playing…

“The victor would emerge stronger than either, and free from doubt.” - words of wisdom from Gandalf

Yep, I was going to say alignment. I think most cars probably are super-conservatively aligned from the factory. For example, specs often call for slightly positive camber, just to discourage you from cornering too fast. A tiny bit of negative camber and a bit less toe-in than the specs call for can greatly improve…

Since honey’s essentially a desert for bacteria

I did that a couple of years ago when I made way too much stuffing. The shepherd’s pie was good, although I ended up having to make extra gravy to go on it.

The Neverending Story. I never saw it until I was an adult with my own kids, and that is very possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. And I’ve seen all the Sharknado movies.

Yes, I butter the plain ones. (It’s been a long time since I’ve had one, though.) It was my cousin who got me started buttering them when we were kids in the 70s. Can’t imagine buttering a frosted one.

I’ve tried lapsang souchong with chicken, and although I thought I used a lot, the flavor was still pretty subtle. If I do it again, I’ll use a boatload of it, and see if I can get more smokiness.

Seems to work well on my Pixel 3. I’ll keep trying the free version for a couple of days, and buy the paid version if it holds up.

Yeah, that might be a key reason I find the idea bad. We have hundreds of books, across at least a dozen categories. This would be a ridiculous way to “organize” them. “Hey, where is that biography of George Washington?” “Oh, I think it’s somewhere in the blue section? No, wait, maybe it was red?” Instead of where it…

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That Jiffy corn casserole is my SIL’s non-negotiable, so my daughter’s making it this year. This is kind of a special Thanksgiving for us. Our middle daughter lives overseas and was away for 3 years. This year all our kids plus partners will be with us, probably for the last time for several years again. We’re doing…

Congratulations! I got one on Jalopnik a while back, and I know exactly how you feel. :)

On the other hand, I find almost every other kettle chip I’ve tried to be better than Cape Cod. Don’t get me wrong, Cape Cod aren’t bad, but I much prefer the flavor of Krunchers, or even Walmart’s Great Value brand kettle chips, which are honestly pretty tasty.

Oh, good! We’re gonna have 10 at Thanksgiving, and I just guessed and got a 16lb turkey. Sounds like it should be about right. This year my daughter has volunteered to cook the bird, and I have full confidence in her ability. Plus, less work for me. The last time I made a big Thanksgiving meal two years ago, I think I…

Swiss meringue, of course, is basically cooked before you whip it, so the starting temperature of the eggs doesn’t matter much. I feel like it’s the best meringue for topping pies. It’s a little denser and doesn’t collapse in the fridge or weep much.

Just wait until that first time you’re asked, “Do you get the senior discount?” I was about 40 the first time it happened to me. :-/

AARP seems left-leaning centrist in their lobbying to me. I’ve seen some of my right-wing family members and acquaintances calling for AARP to be shunned as a liberal organization.

Ouch! I hit one with my ‘89 CSX, but at least it was a little easier to find another ‘89+ non-bulge hood for it. It’s kind of a shame Shelby didn’t use the bulge hood on the ‘89 (maybe they didn’t exist yet for the 89+ headlights?), because the ones people have swapped the later bulge hood onto look really nice.