Hi Lil' Jo!

Maybe it wasn't someone coming across the empty bowl, but rather the first asshole kid took all the candy and the bowl with it?

Someone went through my neighborhood last summer breaking into all the cars.  It's a very sleepy, usually crime-free little neighborhood, so the pickin's were good — according to the cops people were reporting stolen wallets, laptops, ipads, and so on.  When the cops swung by my house to ask if my car'd been broken…

As always, a truly great shuffle is one with some Fantomas in it.

Any day with unexpected "Waterloo" in it is a good day!

We've got some Jamie Saft like-mindedness going on here today.  Do our iPods know we saw him in person on Sunday?

Jamie Saft Trio - "Trouble"
Soulsavers - "Paper Money"
Lovage - "Pit Stop"
Jose Gonzalez - "Stay In The Shade"
Tomahawk - "Harelip"

Congratulations!!

I always squeal internally when I'm drinking bear.  Although maybe that squealing is the bear?

I used to have family in the suburbs of New Orleans, and when we visited we always had to stay at this horrible extended-stay hotel that was a few blocks from my grandmother's house.  During the days we'd spend all our time at her house, and she always insisted on cooking for us despite being a terrible cook.  Which…

My cats greet me at the door when I get home, because I always give them treats (yes, I've bought their love).  I make them wait, though, as I ask them, "Have you all been good kids today?"  I'm sure they'd look at me like I was a moron if they weren't all so shamelessly in "TREATS TREATS TREATS TREATS TREATS!" mode.

I've finally lost enough weight that I don't have to wear plus-sized pants anymore.  Sure, I'm still a barge, but I'm a barge who doesn't have elastic in the waist of her pants.  This delights me to no end — I don't have pants that look like they should be worn by an extremely oversized toddler.

You're making me sad that my office doesn't have a revolving door.

You can feel my seething jealousy of your CSA cheese through the interwebs, right?  Because it's there.  And it's seething.

Caramelized onions in mac and cheese?  My mind is blown with the sheer deliciousness of it.

I grew husk cherries this year and discovered something very dismaying about midway through the summer — they are the perfect plant for rodent garden pests, because you harvest them after the fruits have fallen off the plant.  Which means that you're basically littering the ground of your garden with delicious,…

Holy fuck — jalapeno, husk cherry, and caramelized shallot pizza??  And you didn't save any for me???

/also slinks to the dark corner, realizes too late someone's already there, awkwardly invades @avclub-d542a3419c3ad57206a96bcc86155ebc:disqus's personal space.

Wow, congratulations!  That sounds like a most fantastic life change!  I can't wait to try your beer; can we have an AVC meet-up at the brewery?

The gods of weather aren't happy until everyone's reached optimum levels of tackiness.