Sweet; that’ll do it!

Yeah, the padding helped stop me from getting hip pointers when I dove; I am not the most graceful of people, so any added protection is nice. I once dove and didn’t extend my lower arm, leading to a horrible rib bruise from my elbow.

I always wore some old-school padded shorts that had been gifted to me from my goalkeeping mentor. I used them in adult co-ed rec league and in the base/NATO league men’s team. Everyone else wore snazzy spandex.

Yep; still a shithead.

Yes, I guess you’re right, and ummmm, Chicken Tetrazzini, or to use the mess hall term: Exploded Chicken.

Could you put it in a baking dish after it’s all mixed together and top it with parm/romano and bread crumbs and then bake it for a while? Would this ruin it? I make a great mac and cheese, so this seems like a viable way to do it. I don’t want to mess up the essential Utica-ness of it though by doing too much.

Fucking tools.

Great article. UC is definitely the most well-written of the series, with it’s bittersweet, almost elegaic tone. It’s not my favorite (that would be UC2) but it’s pretty amazing!

Yelp recently was instrumental in getting a burger place in my town named to a list of best burger joints in the state. It’s not even the best burger joint in my town; in fact, it’s probably third-best (my opinion of course, which, I know, is all that Yelp is). I view Yelp ratings, good or bad, with extreme…

I was 42 before I got a driver’s license but was a passenger on a glorious car trip through the south of France (Toulon to Monaco) when I was in my 30s and even drove my wife to the airport in Naples once without a U.S. driver’s license or International Driving Permit. The ride I had lined up for her bailed on very…

Two cats; one super old, the other barely out of adolescence. Puking, puking, and more puking! It’s a love/hate thing though; my wife and I are approaching thirty years of marriage and not a single day of that time have we not had cats. It would be weird without them around. But, damn, the puking!

Great review! Picking up my pre-order on Tuesday. So excited! I seem to be in the minority in that I loved Uncharted 3 and thought Uncharted 2 was not as good but still really good. Can’t wait to play this next week and for the next few, until No Man’s Sky comes out and then it’s that all the time forever.

Went through Gilroy once on a road trip. Got a cute-as-hell anamorphic garlic clove fridge magnet. Would eat these fries!

I get the lengua tacos at my local every once in a while. Not bad, kinda spongy, not as good as pastor or chorizo, so....

I haven’t refrigerated butter in years. I use a lot of it though (toast fiend!), so yeah. I keep mine in this

So, in one of my old jobs, I had publish a schedule for the day, upcoming events, news items, etc., including a quote of the day. I frequently made these up and attributed them to famous people. Always something vaguely inspirational, often paraphrased from an actual quote from some famous person, that I attributed to…

So, in addition to being absolutely terrible movies, these movies are unrealistic about rents in NYC. Good to know!

Ketchup on a hot dog....so gross. Mustard, onions, chili, and slaw!

Love hash but only at the diner. Terrible results making it at home. Convinced you need a flat top and crazy heat to get it crispy. Also, The Food Lab is amazing; got it for Christmas and read it cover to cover.

I am a huge Peter Hoeg fan. Smilla is great but his other stuff is definitely good. Funny and smart. My wife is a huge Henning Mankell fan but...eh. When I read crime fiction, I’m a Charles Willeford, Thomas Perry, Don Winslow guy. Also, Joe Lansdale’s Hap and Leonard novels are sort of crime fiction/half-assed…