The crazy thing was, this past winter, with several polar vortices visiting sub-zero-Fahrenheit daily highs, schools were actually closed for extreme cold. The idea was that kids could fucking die waiting for the school bus to pick them up. It was that fucking cold!

Did you ever see Dutch money (gilders, I think) before they adopted the Euro? It looked like it came from outer space, way into the future. I think it had a bunch of lightweight metal leaf in it, as counterfeit prevention. Plus it had all kinds of dazzling design elements — here's an example:

"In general the Germans are also really not into that sector [computers and technology] at all and
kind of think a lot of it’s pointless, unproductive bullshit."

What skill set is uniquely American? Law? Calibration of non-metric measurement equipment? Peanut Butter manufacturer?

A 3-section slow-cooker sounds like some space-age awesomeness! Are the sections side-by-side, or stacked on top of each other?

I just heard about okonomiyaki about a week ago, and I'm so glad to have a recipe to try. Thanks!

Are you from St. Louis? Because fried ravioli is apparently a St. Louis specialty.

I'm totally going to try that cooking-different-veggies-in-batches trick next time I do a stir-fry! That's genius! I love doing a big stir-fry with cabbage, onions, carrots, garlic, and whatever else I might have in the crisper drawer. It's great for reheating for lunch later in the week. But throwing all those…

I love this. It has that fun, free-wheelin', Jim-Anchower-ness that every good drunken-druggy-party story should have, but more than in a real Jim Anchower story, you really brought me into your head-space here. Maybe it's because every story about a threesome, orgy, swinging, etc. makes me think of that Seinfeld…

Shit, I'd say you should get really high more often! Sounds like your life gets way more interesting!

Don't forget drones! I think we're supposed to really, extra-especially hate those.

Obvious? Yes. But some obvious things have been needing explanation, lately. Why, just yesterday, someone around here mentioned not understanding what the term "inner city" meant. Did it mean the parts of the city that are closer in, toward the center, as opposed to the outer areas in the suburbs.

The news today says that you were right, I'm sorry to say. Ugh. It was like getting the horrible news all over again.

@bradley walks through curtains, expecting a surprise party, instead sees cameras, lights, two stools, and Chris Hanson, who invites him to have a seat and answer some questions.

Yeah, "go get help" is great advice…when it comes from a place of love and concern for another human being; not so much when it's from a place of contempt and sounds more like you're telling someone to leave because they've overstayed their welcome.

They can't afford broadband these days, so they're just getting the news now, over dial-up.

I don't know. I saw an interview he did with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney — no spring chickens, themselves — a few years back, and he couldn't get their names right. It was clear that he had no idea who they were. Maybe he never did, and so it doesn't really count as a failure of memory. (But how could a man as…

"Can you believe it? A phone that fits in my pocket!"

"Would you just look at those gutters. See how good they can look if you hire someone to take care of them. That's why the rich are very different from the rest of us." — some guy who cares about landscaping and curb appeal way too much

Clearly King was in Milwaukee having dinner with Brett Favre, and will be reporting on Favre's surprise comeback this fall.