The same here. I not only love The Interval, but they make my favorite drink, the Brooklyn; rye, Dolin dry vermouth, Bigallet China China Amer (which is so much fun to say), and a bit of Luxardo maraschino. Very old world, very cold, very delicious.

Instead of a Nanny, hire a Manny. Oh. Wait...

A closet Presbyterian. We believe in pastel colors in the sanctuary and not much else. Thanks for the tip about Ambassador, I’ll look that up the next time I’m in NYC!

Sadly, yes. As part of her task to sell t-shirts that a well-know NYC street artist had silk-screened, she Bedazzled™ the shirts and thus destroyed their value as an “art piece”. (I’ve no idea if these shirts were actually valuable or not, but if they were she dropped their value to zero with the first shiny bead.)

A friendly, knowledgeable wine & spirits store is more precious than rubies. Yea, they will guide thee through the shadow of the valley of plonk and swill, and you shall emerge victorious, a shining bottle of 12-year-old scotch in thy hands and a sweeping vista of the hillside before thee.

Totally with you on wheat beers (Hefferveisen is my fave), and on other fronts...

I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt. (Emphasis added.)

In the biopic, the role of Ms. Tripp will be played by John Goodman.

Um... I have dessert forks. I use them, along with spoons, for dessert. To get everything off the plate, the creamy runny liquidy stuff as well as the cakey crusty crumby parts. They sit above the dinner plate until dessert time and act as a promise when you sit down to eat that, yes, there will be something good…

Garten’s recipe for brownies starts with one pound of butter and two pounds of chocolate, dark and unsweetened mixed. To be made in a standard 12 x 18 x 1 pan. It’s not for every day.

A $400 waffle iron, no less. Which they will bread in a relatively short time, as they are applying a helluva lot of pressure on the handle and hinge, pressure that the machine is not built for.

At our house, she’s known as Queen Helen of Fuckingfantastica and all who are mere mortals must bow to her.

Yeah, I know... but whose food do you want to eat?

How to Solve This Problem Permanently ~~

Alright, I understand your point much better now - but I’m still not convinced I can agree with your specifics. You mention two corporations anecdotally, but according to the most recent US Business Census (which is taken every ten years, the most recent being 2008) the IRS received tax returns for 5, 847,000…

What’s your argument? Other than, “100% of all members of Group X behave identically”?

“We sell to these governments because they give us money and our greed is more important than any other consideration. We will adopt any philosophy, no matter how convoluted, irresponsible, and illogical to attain our goal.”

Made this tonight (made the habañero syrup yesterday) strictly observing the recipe and the result was delicious. Sweet, but not simple, and the kind of spicy that leaves you wanting more. Thank you, Mr. Perezcassar!

Thank you, Dr. Zoidberg. By the way, I took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar.

1960’s The Time Machine. Though I deeply love several of the movies on this list (Time After Time is great, great fun and Primer shows that a fascinating film can be made with intelligence, wit and not a lot of money) it’s The Time Machine that started me on a lifelong love of science fiction and my passion for the…