Fast chili for 4:

1 lb ground meat (preferably beef).
1/2 medium white onion (diced)
1 28oz can of red kidney beans (SHUT UP IT’S PERFECTLY REASONABLE FOR COWBOYS TO HAVE EATEN BEANS ON THE TRAIL)
1 15oz can of diced tomatoes (unflavored)
3 minced garlic cloves
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp each cocoa powder (yes, cocoa powder),…

I just got an immersion circulator so this is timely.

You post this AFTER the summer where I grill hot dogs in the rain.

I carry a Swiss Army knife. I always have a bottle opener.

I’m nor fond of this cultural expectation that one is expected to murder one’s inner child in one’s late teens.

I have found a reliable way to break these. Fill with liquid (like stock), freeze the liquid, then accidentally knock it off the freezer shelf and watch as it hits the ground. :/

If you’re already subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online, they have a decent selection in their NES and SNES apps.

My go-to add-in for gravy is mushroom ketchup, but that’s a little hard to get in the US under normal circumstances. I may have to just learn to make it from scratch.

None of these movies are Ghostbusters (1984)

Fun with LED tea candles, very thin wire, and cardboard tubes that have been sitting around long enough that the microorganisms have died of starvation.

I have only seen hot sauce used as an excuse to not learn how to flavor food during the cooking process. I learned to cook because one day my mom tossed some plain chicken breasts into the toaster oven because she intended to drench hers in the trashiest hot sauce ever invented and she didn’t care what Dad and I…

Somehow I think my 2080 is in no need of upgrading anytime soon. And I pity y’all’s electric bills.

I am literally looking right at my original CD-ROM.

The ultimate song to replace an earworm is Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. It’s too complicated to get stuck, but that complication means you have no room for other songs.

It’s Apple. Nothing about them is a good deal.

I cope by having a ridonkulous amount of recipes. Cooking is meditative for me, and very good for my mental and emotional health. I show competence at something, I do something achievable, and I’m rewarded with supper.

If suddenly being exposed to new viewpoints causes your kid’s worldview to pull a bootlegger’s reverse, you were controlling the viewpoints they were exposed to in the first place. This is a very common thing to happen in conservative households once the kids go to college.