So, so good.

Oh, wow! Yes please.

Very nice. Sprinkle Bakes did a cool Poe-themed red velvet cake some years back -

Ok, give me some details on the Swiss cheese hate, because I go back and forth on it. My problem is that it’s always a coin toss of whether it’s going to be smooth and buttery or waxy and flavorless.

I’m not much of a blue cheese fan either, but boursin is more like a herby goat cheese? Somewhere between a goat cheese and a cream cheese. Very smooth and spreadable without that blue cheese funk.

Oh man, nothing nearly that good as those pictures, but I made up some beet/bean burgers with a pack of spiralized beets that I bought at... some point.. for... some reason, and they turned out surprisingly edible. Did not want to hold together super well, but that just means they crumble better if we want to use them…

It’s no Nomura Batman, but really, what is?

One problem is that as a new tool, when it first came out, it was being sold to do a lot of things it wasn’t really suited for, because nobody knew what things it was best suited for.

If you haven’t read Lab Girl, there’s some beautiful prose in there about trees.

I started playing Ghost of Tsushima. ‘What if samurai, but in snow globe?’ Beautiful game, but my system is screaming to keep up with the waving of every individual blade of grass, firefly, cherry blossom, etc.

Dammit.

For the record, the unseasoned folk have their dishes as well. Give them a pack of hot dogs, a jar of mayo, a jar of olives, some jello packets, and maybe some aspic and stand back.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch blend on cinnamon toast.

Papers Mario

Root beer can be a hard flavor to like if you’re new to it.

It’s like when two conventions are scheduled at the same time, so you’ve got the Masquerade LARPers and the Organization of Cardiovascular Surgeons hanging out in the lobby together.  Delightful.

Given that the last interview I saw with him, he was incredibly humble and self-depricating/mocking when it came to himself and his career, I have the feeling this was a lot more jokey in context.  “This was a self-evidently stupid thing I did anyway because I’m ridiculous.”

I’m glad your dog is on the mend.

Yeah, definitely not on Switch. Been hoping/waiting for this for ages. Now for Pyre to complete the set.

Oh man, it’s so good. It’s so cheerful and chill and doesn’t take that long and it’s so good.