Dammit, I was one of those suckers who totally bought into his whole redemption arc.

Fieri seems like a legitimately very good person. I do have to say... back in college, I went with a group of friends to his New York restaurant. A friend who was working in a fancy restaurant at the time had offered us free dinner and drinks, but this was right after the Pete Wells review came out, so we were curious…

Honestly, she would still have so much good will from me, I’d kind of sort of just be impressed?

I have a habit that I wont apologize for of stealing family recipes from ex girlfriends. One of my ex’s was Russian and her grandma was a total badass. As in lived through the Siege of Stalingrad badass. Before we broke up, I managed to get her grandma’s recipes for pelmeni, brisket, borscht, and latkes. It was a…

The first date I ever went on, at the end, my mom was dropping her off at her place (this was in like 5th grade) and she wanted to show me something in her room. Turns out she meant her pet rat, my mom assumed something dirty. We never had a second date.

I agree that it doesn’t really have a place in K-12, disagree about the editor, though. With a heavy editor, you end up with cutting the chapter written like a play, or Cabin Boy Jim’s musings as he drowns. This made me think of this https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/raymond-carvers-okcupid-profile-edited-by-gordon-l…

I can’t believe I’d be rooting for a piece of shit like Maywhether, but against Paul...

Fuck everything and fuck this. This is so pointless, I hope her sons are getting support.

My grandma’s secret clam recipe. The first argument I got into with my last girlfriend was because I wouldn’t give her the recipe. The rule is you don’t get it until you’re part of the family. My dad didn’t get it until he married my mom. I wasn’t going to be the clam recipe narc.

Agreed. I read it when I was 23 and taking commuter rail 30 minutes each way every day and needed to occupy myself. I think I could’ve enjoyed it in high school as well, but only because I was pretty much constantly stoned, and I think Moby Dick would lend itself well to that state of mind.

We didn’t have it on the curriculum at my high school, I read it on my own after a friend told me the beginning isn’t “Call me Ishmael” but actually a whole taxonomy where Melville is just ranting “guys, hear me out. Whales are fish, come on. Just look at them. Those are some fish.” But you’re right, super long books…

I didn’t read it until post-grad, but I really liked it! Mostly probably because I’m terrified of the ocean, and it really nailed that. In my experience, the real disservice was to books like 100 Years of Solitude, we were way too young to get what the hell it was about, to us it was just some kid eating dirt for no…

I grew up in Maine, and I love Maine. Never once have I eaten a pulled pork sandwich in Maine.

Can’t wait until she uses this one.

My English teacher did a good job with Shakespeare, in that she told us right at the beginning that everything The Nurse says in Romeo and Juliet is a sex joke. For a 16 year old, that’s a big help.

I appreciate the idea, but I don’t think Moby Dick is a great target. One of the main characters is indigenous. There’s also a very sympathetically portrayed homosexual relationship.

Both of these people used it as an insult directed at black women. They knew what it meant.

No exaggeration, Topolo was easily one of the top ten meals I’ve ever had, and Rick is an incredibly nice guy. No idea how he’s brothers with a dick like Skip.

Dolly is inadvertently responsible for me learning my grandpa’s code word for “large breasts.” I eventually realized that every time he described someone as having “good diction” there was cleavage involved. Dolly was the kicker. She’s also just great.

Gotta be Dennis. He shows his sophisticated taste with the Andes, but the Junior Mints show he’s really a man of the people.