Durian pie (rather than pumpkin, as a tribute to Katie’s Chinese roots). It’s hella expensive to make, so we do it only for special holidays. Doesn’t even need whipped cream on top to make it yummy, though a little vanilla ice cream complements it nicely. There are lots of recipes online, and I vary mine to suit my…

I got the vaccination a few weeks ago, and had full-blown flu a few days later. That may or may not be a coincidence, but I can also say that it was the shortest bout of flu that I can remember ever having. So, I will continue to get vaccinated every year.

• Practice convincing your guests that Costco rotisserie chickens are “young turkeys”.

Serve some moist, tasty Costco rotisserie chickens and tell everyone they’re “young turkeys”.

The idea was, obviously, “Keep the pe(n)dant around your neck to remind you of the difference between subjects and objects”. But hey, believe what you want, Grammar Ignoramus, PhD.

For a ‘PhD’, you have a tiny comprehension of puns.

Keep it around your neck.

There can be a time when the best seats are all of them. Back in my student days (1970s), I took a flight from Minneapolis to Grand Rapids when I was the 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 on the plane (I don’t remember the type, but it wasn’t particularly small). It was a night flight, and I spent it bouncing among the…

“some of you had grander plans”

‘McKays’ for Katie and 𝘮𝘦.

In contrast, pretty much any combination of the listed factors I care about gets me to exactly where I actually live: Arlington, Virginia. But of all the many places I’ve lived in my life, it’s one of my least favorite. Methinks there are significant factors that aren’t included in the scoring system.

One more note for Craigslist: beware of listing things for free. This brings in the entitled, arrogant assholes who will rough your stuff up while pawing through it, and maybe even damage your other property (my car got scratched up by a guy who was carelessly throwing stuff around). People who are willing to pay for…

If you have multiple Echoes in different rooms with varying acoustics (e.g., a bathroom and a living room), you may find that the voice recognition only works on the Echo in the room where you trained it (“I’m not sure who’s speaking, but you’re in Rodney’s account”). It also depends on the speaker—I have this…

That 7-Up Salad looks like it’s to die for (of?), and this article has convinced me to start living a completely retro life. I suppose the first casualty will have to be my sous vide circulator, with everything from Cuisinart being next in line. Katie isn’t going to be happy...

Not such ancient history. I (a white American guy) went on my honeymoon to New Zealand with my Japanese wife, and we were treated almost as badly (“Why’d you marry a gook!”, for example).

I usually have three or four beers in the evening. One of them is some sort of rich beer to savor with TV or whatever, the rest are something lightweight & refreshing to take off the day’s sweat and wash down dinner. I used to go for Bud Light, but then Costco came out with their own Kirkland Light and after a little…

There’s only one thing you need to know for perfect eggs: sous vide.

People still have babies?!