Yup. I’ve watched this Youtube clip too many times. It was a perfect balm to the relentless rush to the end.

This is one of my favorite “Italian Chefs React To” videos. (need to choose closed captions if you don’t speak Italian)

Well, at least the end of last season felt like a series finale. I loved the heck out of that show. 

I am one of those folks that doesn’t really get bitten that much. Even living in Minnesota. Part of that may be because I tend to cover up most of the time, but another part may be owing to the fact that when I DO get bitten, the mosquito returns to its family drunk off its gourd, warning the others.

I’m a big fan of pop culture theme song covers. There are at least a dozen GoT theme covers I can think of on YouTube, almost as many as Mario covers. I think it can be a fun time-waster to cycle through them (both GoT and Mario), especially for non-musicians. You can hear unfamiliar instruments and interesting…

At the supper club I worked at in the ‘70s, we always recycled uneaten butter by melting it down for the lobster. I always thought that heating it up would remove any bugs in the butter. 

Back in the ‘70s, they had a different way of preparing their taco meat. It was a smooth, greasy paste, was seasoned differently, and was sublime. Now it’s just big chunks of ground beef with plenty of gristle. Boo. Given that my other go-to fast food tex-mex, Zantigo’s, has seriously slashed their menu offerings and…

When the end credits rolled, my wife said “that was the saddest episode of this show ever”.

I love all barbecue. But my mom made vinegar-heavy ribs in the ‘70s (in Minnesota), and it’s still delightful. Glad my wife discovered her recipe and has made it many times.

I kinda like the suggestion that the press should focus on Miller relentlessly, maybe call him “the Real President”, on the assumption that when Trump feels upstaged, he clears the stage.

I just tried to look up the incredibly entertaining website “fuckedcompany.com” on the Wayback Machine, and found out it had been excluded from its archiving. This was a site active during the dotcom crash which had funny and acerbic comments about whatever dotcom was currently going belly-up. That’s sad. I used to go…

One of my guilty pleasures is watching Russian dashcam videos on YouTube. Maybe it’s the vicarious enjoyment of watching stupid drivers getting pwned (“See? THAT’S why you don’t turn left from the right lane, idiot!”). But with the number of Ladas getting creamed, I’m surprised there are any left in Russia.

You know, I’m not much of a gearhead. I did a fair amount of work on my ‘67 Newport Custom and ‘97 Wrangler, but that was only because things were so accessible in those old cars. But I LOVE these rebuild series on Jalopnik! That you could bring what was essentially a piece of brutalist art back to near-drivable is…

What’s that digital display on the top for?

Boy, I have trouble with Indian accents. Especially over the phone. Since I’m a developer, when I’m between contracts, I get lots of calls from recruiters, most of whom seem to be from (or in) South Asia. In person, I can usually make out what they’re saying (I’m currently at a place with a ton of Indian developers),…

The first Ramen restaurant I tried has put me off the stuff. My favorite Pho shop was closed, but there was a Japanese shop down the block. Maybe it’s because I was expecting a Pho-like broth, but boy, whatever I ordered tasted terrible to me. It’s more likely that it was just a flavor profile that was unexpected and…

In Minnesota we have several sammich chains, including a chain called “Erbert and Gerbert’s”. I won’t eat at Subway because their sammiches are not good, won’t eat at Jimmy John’s because their owner like to slaughter wild animals for fun, but E & G’s makes a damn fine sammich.

I just discovered the Indomie noodles a few months ago. I love them. I add more minced onions, chopped garlic, and a couple eggs to mine, as well as some of my home-made sriracha. It’s a very satisfying little meal, and the first instant noodle I’ve loved since Nong Shim changed their hot noodle seasoning to include…

She is quite easy on the eyes.

Man, one of our go-to beers in high school was Blatz Light Cream Ale. I can still taste it. Smooth, and much easier on your digestive tract than plain old Blatz.