You've turned pancakes and Simpsons references into work!  It's a miracle!

Good point about at least getting out of a bad situation.  And 30 is still so young — don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  I'll be 39 in April, and even I think I could have one more major change that allows me to have a normal-length career (if I do it really soon).  Hell, I just got in touch with an old friend on…

@avclub-a452630477eb936fd36fc9a9542d4598:disqus , I'm reading Fat Chance, which is all about how sugars (fructose, in particular) plays hell with our endocrine systems.  The author points out that sugar and fat in combination causes a hormone situation called insulin resistance (our bodies don't react to increases in…

They make lotions and soaps out of oatmeal.  I sometimes use their bar of not-soap in the winter, when my skin is so dry and itchy that just wearing clothes threatens to draw blood.

Yeah, I've never understood the hate, either.  She's pretty, but she also can be funny.  I guess I could hold Friends against her, but she was in Office Space, man.  [reverential whisper] Office Space!

I'm trying to imagine the scenario in which a long-haul trucker meets up with a Japanese sushi chef (I know I'm already taking liberties with the facts you presented, but it's my imagination).  Was the sushi chef hitch-hiking, after abruptly quitting a job where the boss didn't insist on the same levels of precision…

Hey, @avclub-6beb5f589a9fd04c21fcd50db3d9c80c:disqus , you know how those TV commercials implied that you could go ahead and have a fling in Vegas, since what happened there stayed there?  Well, the South is that kind of place for people who try very consciously to eat correctly.  Everything in the South worth eating…

I am unapologetic in my love for quality bologna, so I was elated when my supermarket had some rings of all-beef bologna on sale for about $2.50/lb.  I grabbed up a few of those, and a jar of excellent pickles, and some gouda cheese.  Those together made a really nice plate of canapes.

At the grocery store the other day, I saw something that may have been around for a long time, but was completely new to me: anchovy-stuffed olives.  My reaction was strong, and not just gastronomic — it bled into the erotic.

I'd like to eat everything you mentioned here.

The insane thing about cream of tartar is that it's a powder!

Low-carb me is drooling!

Oh.  That's a shame, because I haven't really kept up much with people from college.

You're making a mistake by equating my very careful use of the words "the cultural leaders of whom" with "everyone who grew up in the 60s."

He's even working on making actors unnecessary.  He hasn't got all the kinks worked out, as his thing at the Republican Convention last summer showed — but he's still trying to up his game!

He really was a sign of quality for a while there.  If he was in it, you knew it was at least going to be interesting and not-stupid.

When I saw the picture up top, I thought it was Dean Norris.

More Americans are living longer than ever before, so do schools hold 50th-year reunions?  'Cause that one might be worth going to.  See who's dead, who's senile, and whom you're not sure about either way.

Speaking of roasts, is there footage of the Guy Fieri one anywhere?  I'd pay actual money to see that.

You think that's disorienting, @Dikachu:disqus ?  I recently found out that my grandfather was half-monkey, and was passing as human.  The things he must have endured.  Hell, the things he must have heard, even from his own family!  No wonder he was grumpy all the time.