I've been listening to:

I'm planning on drinking a lot when the in-laws come over on Saturday. They are very anti-booze, so I think i'm going with Jack Daniels neat.

Give me the beer that speaks most to the horror that mankind inflicts upon itself.

There once was a man from Kakariko
He was bold, but his arms were quite weak though
He yelled and he screamed
At his construction team

I'm hosting the in-laws on Saturday night, so I'm busting out the food processor then. They get their latkes from a store, so I'm really eager to prove I'm a better person than them.

Hannukah Thread :

You need to celebrate by cooking turtle soup with mushrooms. Make sure those fuckers know who's boss.

I got to go to a holiday party and unpacked a lot from the move. I now have enough unpacked to cook food. You have no idea how happy that makes me. My first cooked meal in the new house: Baked sole with a lemon-butter sauce and a side of brown rice and brussels sprouts. I am so happy now about owning a home.

In that case, you get to keep your immune system. . . for now.

You got a one day cold? You need to donate your immune system for science.

I'm sorry. I guess I should have been more clear. I had to explain to my college aged cousins that R.E.M. was a band. I got depressed too.

Visited extended family on Long Island, which is always a good time. Spent most of the time telling my college aged cousins that they need to listed to R.E.M. and other alternative/indie made before the year 2010.

I'm always happy when someone's medical issues get better. If they bring back weekly comment fixtures I have dearly missed, even better.

Wait, wasn't there a 70's era Bucs team that set the precedent for winless teams?

Invoking that game this year is just cruel

Where's my big red NO? This article feels incomplete without it.

You must have missed yesterday's Block and Tackle, where Teti judges a group of men by nothing but their smiles. Teti is all in favor of sexualizing male athletes and Phil Simms' ad reading abilities.

I watched this last night when it was free on Pitchfork. I only really know "Common People," and this felt like one big parade for Jarvis Cocker. It barely features the rest of the band, and only one person interviewed mentions another member of the band (a guy who was clearly hot for Candida back in the day). It felt…

I felt so foolish when I guessed Auckland. That ought to teach me about capital cities. At least I got the right country.

"Slapped Actress" is such a perfect song, and a better closer. If there's one thing the Hold Steady do perfectly, it's album openers and closers.