My boyfriend cooked me a big dinner for my birthday recently, and he used the rendered fat from some pancetta to cook the green beans in, and they were the best green beans ever. But yeah, big hunks of fat on steak are gross. Gag.

If I’m going to eat fat off a piece of meat, it absolutely, categorically must be as soft and melty as pork belly. When I’ve tried to eat the nibs of fat off steaks and whatnot, I’ve been so grossed out I gagged. Any fat with a consistency tougher than the fat on pork belly, which immediately disintegrates in your…

And Letang and Murray, and fuck, Shultz and Hornquist and Hagelin.

Hiiiiiiii! I know, I love their mission.

THANK YOU. It’s definitely Staplehouse. It’s like a mile from my house.

I like McAdams generally but I don’t really have strong thoughts on her. As an Atlantan, I do have strong thoughts on our restaurants, and unless there’s a brand new spot called Steeplehouse, the place is called Staplehouse. Not Steeplehouse. Staplehouse is in my neighborhood and has a heartbreaking, touching,…

Linda Belcher will continue to ensure that Little King Trashmouth can stay married to his boyfriend, Gary.

I sing this song all the time. It’s really good and it gets stuck in your head! TOPSY.

I love Bob’s Burgers so much. I just love that wacky little cartoon family, and the writing and the voices make me laugh out loud at least once an episode.

I’m jealous!

Going to a game at PPG Paints is on my to-do list, too. I live in Atlanta, so close enough to Nashville that I could drive to a game, but so far the dates haven’t worked out since they don’t play them a lot. I did see some Preds games in college, but only because tickets were dirt cheap back then and they had really…

I absolutely knew it was coming, but I still cried.

I’ve only been a Pens fan for three years (never watched hockey growing up, started dating a guy from Pittsburgh five years ago, he finally convinced me to watch, turns out it’s a fun sport), and I fully cried, multiple times. I also cried my eyes out watching the expansion draft.

You don’t have to pretend. I’m also selfish and lazy and have no inclination to change, I would be a terrible parent, and also I dislike children. It’s cool.

I think I was born without a biological clock, and my boyfriend can’t have kids. While there are many things I love about him, when we first started dating, one of the big things in the plus column for me was the fact that he can’t have kids, because then it never becomes an issue. Also, when people ask why I don’t…

Well now I’m curious about Run, Joey, Run, and may at least google it. I very much like, O, Valencia, and The Decemberists in general.

So “Run, Joey, Run” is basically the same as The Decemberists’ “O, Valencia”?

Hahaha, they have spare rooms!

Oh, I know. It’s way colder up there (and beautiful). I just like anecdotes about my very cold-averse family.

My parents live in southern California and they have a large fire pit in their yard, as well as four tall space heaters (like what you see on patios at restaurants). It cracks me up that in such a warm area, they need five outdoor heating devices in order to enjoy their patio. Their house also has four fireplaces,…