There is a rather puritanical meme running through this that ones genitals are by definition dirty that is at once absurd and offensive. I don’t know about you, but I wash them at least daily and then cover them in clean cloth. They usually aren’t dirty.

That sounds amazing! Do you know of any good, and fairly authentic, recipes?

Thirty years ago I faced a similar issue. My wife hated having dogs in the house. So my beloved German Shepherd Dog Rollo was stuck outside. Rollo had been my constant companion, and he was the most amazing dog I’ve known.

Given recent concerns about ecoli in flour, pasteurizing the flour isn’t at all unreasonable. I’d also be worried about uneven heating of flour in a microwave.

Other than a cane, mentioned above, another excellent weapon that doesn’t seem dangerous and which can’t easily be used against you is a tightly rolled up magazine. It is as strong as a board. You can strike with it hard enough to break bones or jab with it. And, if you let go of it, it becomes a magazine. Your…

A cane is, by itself, an effective weapon. There are a number of YouTube videos on how to deploy a cane. Some go so far as to say, “A cane is the last remaining weapon a gentleman can carry without being questioned.”

A few months back I was in the left lane passing an 18 wheeler. With no turn indicators, the truck started coming into my lane. I honked my horn and hit my brakes. His rear wheel still raked the right side of my car.

Let us know how it worked out. The only time I have had boil overs doing this is when I used steel cut oats. I kept playing with it, trying smaller batches. And still got boil overs. Then I gave up. Maybe the mixture will be better behaved.

Keurig’s are the tea bags of coffee. You are offered a limited choice of stale, overpriced coffees of unknown provenance. And then you have an unconscionable amount of plastic to throw away. The inventor of the machine has regretted he did it.

A better question is why do people use tea bags. Tea bags are made with lower quality leaves, The leaves are chopped too finely so they can give up their flavors in the tight confines of the teabag. Tea leaves want to swim freely!

On the other hand, no one will screw with James Bond. But they will screw with you.

If you know what an etui is, without hitting google, chances are this article had nothing new in it for you.

A goto here is Mexican chorizo. If it’s in a casing, squeeze it out, When it gives off some oil, add chopped onions. When the onions are soft, break in the eggs and when they whiten a little, stir them. If you want more heat, add hot peppers. Adjust amounts of chorizo and egg to taste. Serve with tortillas,…

If you live and die by your tools, no. If it’s for a job every now and then, okay. My impression of Harbor Freight tools is that they are built to a low price point rather than to a high quality standard. I have some of their stuff. It’s OK, not great.

One of the things I tell students in my baking classes is to remove baked goods from impermeable surfaces as quickly as possible. With bread, right away. With cakes, in about 10 minutes.

That’s great unless.... wait for it... a rogue user, rogue program, or someone who is really dense changed the extension.

A recurring question is, do you want to build something or use something? Building something is a great learning experience. But sometimes you just need to do something quickly.

Or Grado.

Or Grado.

On behalf of my old Sensei, I’ll encourage caution. When you put on earphones, you are disconnecting from the world around you. At home, or in your office, that’s probably fine. On an airplane flight or a longish train ride, again, probably fine. Walking down the street? When jogging? When on a subway, bus or other…

Porta-pro’s look flimsy. But the lifetime warranty makes up for it. I have a number of headphones that cost more, but that one and my Grado’s are the ones I keep going back to enjoy.