I once said to somebody, “Is Hillary Clinton corrupt? Yes, probably, but she’s corrupt in the same boring, predictable, reliable way that virtually all politicians are corrupt.” Trump is and has always been so obviously a con man, that it’s just baffling to watch people I formerly had some measure of respect for fawn…

Yeah, I have some Sennheiser wireless (non-BT) headphones for watching TV, and I replaced the synthetic pads with some 3rd-party velvet ones that are both more durable and more comfortable.

I got one last night. I’ve never used the app, but I suppose I may have created an account on their site at some point. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A couple of years ago I made beef Wellington for Christmas dinner. I couldn’t get any foie gras, so I made a compound butter with potted meat, and used that instead. I figured that as essentially meat-flavored fat, it could at least serve the same purpose in the Wellington. As far as I could tell, it worked out fine.

So what I ended up doing yesterday was taking some sour cream (needed for a different recipe), and adding lemon juice, salt, pepper, rosemary, and honey to it. Turns out sour cream and honey taste great together, and I feel like it was a decent sub for the lemon curd. I marinated the chicken in it for around 3 hours,…

I bought an ‘85 Escort, my first new car purchase. My engine also blew at 68K! In later years I looked it up, and apparently there was a design flaw with that engine that caused condensation in the valve cover to drip into the oil. It ended up looking like a chocolate shake. The one good thing about that car was that…

Great observations. This is one of those cases where your comment should have been the article.

It’s been a strange year. Those dry spots in central IL and southern IA are really a problem for crops this year. I’m in that band through the southern part of IL, and while there’s drought north and south of us, we’re several inches above normal for the year so far and subject to flooding! I’m sure we can expect this…

Now that I’ve read this, I’m reminded that just a few weeks ago I bought a gift for my daughter and SIL that was listed here as a deal on The Inventory, and it came in a Sams Club box!

Well, you have to allow for me being in the middle of nowhere in the Midwest. I’m lucky to have anything other than Taco Bell.

The Galaxy Nexus had a very slightly curved display, curved lengthwise. I think it’s still to this day the phone that felt best in the hand of all the phones I’ve owned.

The day in 2006 that I drove on that track the temperature was 110 degrees F. It was so hot that they waived the long pants rule and let us wear shorts. I had my most, uh, puckering, track experience that day, with my brakes really fading coming up to turn 8 after that long straight. I just barely managed to slow down…

My go-to test order at a new Mexican place is cheese enchiladas.

The company I work for has a small aluminum casting division, and we’re 3D printing something to make a mold right this minute. It’s a great quick, low-cost way to get a model to make a mold, and to experiment with various shapes for some things.

My road course experience is limited to a half dozen or so tracks, but out of the ones I’ve driven on, Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka was the most fun. It had some long straights, some challenging (to a beginner) corners, and even slight elevation changes (which is always a surprise in the Great Plains :) ).…

Hmm. I might try something like this for the weekend. I was planning to grill some chicken anyway and make some kind of Spanish-inspired roasted potatoes to use up some spare potatoes. I don’t particularly want to make lemon curd, but maybe lemon Greek yogurt instead? It probably wouldn’t have the same sweetness, but…

streaming subscribers is no longer a major focus for the company

When I was a kid we had this fiberglass thing we used as a kiddie pool. I don’t even know what it was supposed to really be. It was just this...tub-like...thing made from fiberglass and gel coated, about 6 feet square and 18 inches deep. Something like this, but bigger.

It looks more like half a shipping container than half a dumpster. And lined with fiberglass?

the show that makes Gotham look like a low-key, down-to-earth drama