If someone comes at me with a knife, I have a decent chance of fighting them off/surviving/etc. I’m not some badass or martial artist or whatever but if I’m fighting for my life, I think my odds of surviving are good. At least 50/50, probably better. My hands and arms will be cut to shit, I may get some terrible…

These states should all be bundled together and get two senators and (tops) five congressman.

The 1-2 punch of this film and Hope Floats back in 1998 was almost enough to erase all my goodwill towards Sandra Bullock. Almost.

I started making Detroit style pan pizza at home. I invested in a pair of what at the time seemed to be ridiculously over priced pans and holy shit. First go around was pepperoni with hot honey and caramelized jalapenos, and oil cured olives with kale. There’s no going back now.

I’m doubly insulted that

The knee jerk rejection of 1619 is such a wild over-reach. This is history. These are facts. This is what happened, and the ramifications.

This is wild, there’s at least one dude out there who is 1/64 Native and he isn’t bothered by this at all.

I’m doubly insulted that

The “Bill Murray as cryptid” angle [chef’s kiss]

The “Bill Murray as cryptid” angle [chef’s kiss]

This feels like some form of penance to make the public forget about whatever the last thing Chet did was.

I bet they had a garbage budget... so he probably actually enjoyed it on some level.

Brother came out West to visit me and we went together to Guitar Center to get an inherited classical guitar restrung, fine tuned, and serviced. Last time I’d set foot in a Guitar Center it had been yeas ago and place was eerily empty, but on this visit the place was fucking packed. Genuinely warmed my heart to know…

Lets say you’re out hiking in the woods. A hunter with a shot gun sitting in the bush shoots several times in the direction of your group, and on the last shot wounds six of your friends. They then step onto the trail in front of you and lower their weapon.

The “native-born Italians in Italy speaking to each other in English with Italian accents” thing will never not crack me up. 

Question. This is all theoretical since my cycling days are long behind me.

Maine claiming the “Italian sandwich” as its local forte — for what appears to be an incredibly generic deli sandwich — over the lobster roll is wild. I happen to think lobster rolls are overrated and certainly over priced but give me a break, no one is hearing “Italian sandwich” and thinking “ah yes, like they can…

“meretricious”

Ugh I used to live in DC and NoVa. The entire DMV has a secret war going on where all the cops target folks with license plates from neighboring states because they know how unlikely it is for someone from Virginia to schlep up to Maryland for a court date and vice versa.

Back in the day, I was obsessed with grilling and BBQ and what amazing stuff I could whip up on the Weber. But age and experience has taught me that means I spend way too much of the party cooking and fussing over flames when I should be chilling and socializing.