I was going for a Chipotle clone — say what you will about the store, but I really like how their barbacoa tastes. And yeah, the texture was totally off. I did make a nice pico de gallo to go with it, but the meat was dry and kind of mealy. I need to use a better (well, worse) cut of meat next time.

Have I told you lately how much I adore you?

Get well soon to all involved!

I'm even in a Professional Job™ and I wear interesting t-shirts underneath my dress shirt. Right now it's the Ramones' seal.

True story: I bought the GCN Twilight Princess for that reason, and because the map was the same as Ocarina's.

The barbacoa I made in the slow cooker last week came out… alright, I guess. Spilling most of the marinade onto the floor probably didn't help any, nor did replacing the cloves with allspice. It was tasty, but not the flavor I was looking for, and I probably let it stew in the slow cooker for too long (and without…

Two things, can be, it, etc.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is also doing a book signing tour (at least NYC and NJ), if your sister is local to this area.

Yo La Tengo — Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Elvis Costello — Veronica
"Weird Al" Yankovic — What Is Life
The Who — Boris The Spider
Liz Phair — Go West
Tom Waits — Hang On St. Christopher
Fleetwood Mac — TUSK!
KOMPRESSOR — The Girl From Ipanema
Squeeze — Black Coffee In Bed
Violent Femmes — Promise

Welcome back to the relationship! I wish you both many years of happiness and sobriety.

…a wedding to plan , a wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it. He's swamped.

Is this where I can talk about what a superior person I am for not using Twitter and how I would like to see the whole thing shut down?

Good news, then…?

But we thought that about the first guy who did what Trump did, and now he's President.

Are you implying that RACISM might be involved?

There's something poignant waiting to be said about this possibly ending up as our last memories of the national parks — compressed audio of the sounds of nature.

I'm not supposed to say "yes", because it cheapens the profession and makes us all look like prostitutes, but it was my girlfriend on the table, so yes.

That's really awesome!

I just want to tell you both: good luck, we're all counting on you.

What will the tattoo be of, if that's not too personal?