And she is jaw-droppingly gorgeous now, which I’m sure has helped.

Well, I enjoyed the heck out of Edge of Tomorrow. It was a slightly novel concept (Groundhog Day + making incremental progress each instance, like video game save-points), and Tom Cruise (whatever you think of him as a person) is a pretty good comedic actor. Think I’ll watch it again tonight.

My brother adopted a stray cat while he was stationed in Sicily. That cat LOVED cleaning out cans of tomato sauce, even though tomatoes are potentially toxic to cats (and tomato sauce can contain large amounts of salt). We would try to keep it from doing so, but it was as if we opened a can of tuna. We explained it…

In the early ‘aughts I was watching one of my favorite Cirque du Soleil shows, “Quidam”, and kept re-watching “The Statue” act. Two gymnasts, male and female, take turns balancing on each other in an incredible demonstration of utter core strength plus beauty. I looked up the performers, and realized the guy in the…

I’ve missed KFC. It used to be that I’d order it every six months or so, get grossed out by how greasy and salty it was (first few bites are usually awesome, though), and wait another six months to try again.

This was also an epiphany Anthony Bourdain had. He worked with an Italian chef who introduced him to the wonderful world of “small, oily fish” (from Kitchen Confidential).

I am still chuffed with our regional chain, Zantigo’s. Their beef & bean tostadas were perfect. Cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream. They discontinued them a few years ago and I’m baffled why. They have all the ingredients already! I can’t imagine a flat fried corn tortilla was eating up all their…

Definitely Chef John’s “Food Wishes”. He’s a delightful and funny host, is eager to try out new ideas, and generously coaxes his fans to switch up ingredients for whatever he’s making. We’ve made several of his recipes, and they’re always easy to follow, and we’ve never had a dud.

Pineapple and other sweet fruits are ordinarily served with pork, so it makes sense to have it on pizza. Not my thing, but I get it.

And... that theory didn’t age well.

How do fisheries that prepare lobster tails for freezing and sale do it?

In a preview, they show Vision walking outside of the Hex shield. He crumples to his knees, but doesn’t instantly collapse in a heap. I think his reanimation in Westview will stick in the real world. 

It seems like the franchisees make or break your Red Lobster experience. Here in the Twin Cities, all the Red Lobsters STINK of fish (and that’s a bad thing for a seafood restaurant), and the portion sizes are miniscule and don’t even taste like what they’re supposed to be.

He’s right. It’s a terrible slogan. Heck, even the people who use the phrase have to clarify “well, we don’t really mean DEFUND. We mean reform, allocating resources to other orgs that can do parts of their job”. Then why “defund the police”? When even the people using the slogan have to immediately qualify it…

No Blues Brothers?

The one thing that bowled me over about Harris’ speech was just how overwhelmingly JOYFUL she is. A lot of folks only knew her for her brutal committee questioning, but she is a joyful person. Is there anyone in the Trump orbit that has anything resembling joy?

That’s not ASMR - that’s a torture device for people with Misophonia. 

I saw the first episode and it’s sheer brilliance.

You’re a braver man than I am, Gunga Din.

In a proper stir-fry,  you’re constantly flipping the contents, not letting them sit at the bottom of the wok. In that sense, you’re flavoring everything with the steam of the other ingredients, instead of just frying them together. Big difference.