1. Taking something good and twisting it is the definition of evil. That’s why the 1-1 fire level works. It’s not that it’s the hardest level from an execution standpoint, it’s that it’s tainting the purity of what for most was a formative childhood experience—the SMB equivalent of “It” of Gacy making clown into a…

They call them palmiers or petits palmier on GBBO, so I figure that’s relatively authoritative. I think it’s just colloquial like “soda” vs. “pop” or the weird ones like “drinking fountain” vs. “bubbler.”

Nah. We were in a training session, she mentioned she was a foodie/food blogger, so during a break I had to ask. I was genuinely curious how/what someone who has a food blog thinks about this stuff. I didn’t agree but working where I work doesn’t feel much like a prison so I decided to let it go instead of settling…

Nope. I don’t agree with her on the connection thing myself. I just connected the two arguments and mentioned her bit to add dimension to the conversation.

A foodie at work talked about the connection as well, but also used orientation:

When I was a kid in the ‘90s, there was a commercial where a skydiver wrapped a slice of American cheese and a slice of bologna around a dill pickle spear as a snack. To this day, I’ll do that when I have all three in the house.

Jupiter and Saturn are bouncers for the Inner Planets Club.

I wrote something dumb and immediately deleted it.

I remember some HUGE events in the Nu Metal world. Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other came out that year, as well as Korn’s “Issues,” both of which were really exciting. I think that’s when FarmClub.com launched a TV show as well. I remember the first episode of that was super stacked—Limp Bizkit premiered their video…

My  2.5 y/o daughter recently learned that she can just start talking and making noise while her 7 y/o brother tries to talk and he will immediately get mad and yell at her. She loves that. I’m impressed with her and a kinda dread the next however long until at least one of them moves out.

I’m tempted to predict a split into two categories: “Charted” and “Uncharted,” but as stated in the article, the chart cannot be unseen. Maybe it’s too complex to memorize and it won’t be a factor. Maybe this will be SH2's version of how you can tell which hammer bro has the hammer in SMB3 based on which way they face…

Do FPSs affect how you see the world? Of course! I was a skateboarder as a kid. It’s been 15+ years since I actively went out looking for skate spots, but I still think about the roll-up and landing every time I see a ledge, stairs, a handrail, or a gap. It also means I know better than to let my 7-year-old ride his…

To the 18-25 year-old: Don’t delay cultivating warm, openly-caring relationships with your friends now. Just because sarcasm and in-jokes are fun now doesn’t mean they’ll bear good fruit in 5-10 years.

I guess some want the candidates to think that no one is willing to believe there can be unity if they disagree on a few things?

Best I can come up with is that he’s trying to subtly insult Russia, almost as if to say:

Unsolicited office worker advice for the week:

Sucks for me at work since a system we access online is flash-based, but it’s worth the hassle if it helps with security.

The beat and especially the instrumental hook are really similar - especially in the verses. The chorus is different. Overall though I think it’s hard to argue the songs aren’t substantially similar.

‘Spicy, salty, sour, sweet; give us something good to eat!”

What a weird time to be alive.