I’m concerned that if we get one or two more, we’ll hit critical bowl mass and our cabinet will go nuclear. 

I’ve already endured one purge during our recent transatlantic move, but I’d really like to get rid of some of the redundant mixing bowls that are occupying all of my cabinet space, but which my wife insists we must keep. 

He still shot 40%, took zero free throws and had 5 fouls. Perhaps it’s too early to speculate on his ascent from butt-status. 

Spot on. 

As a tenure-track professor, I’m going to half agree with you on this.

My wife loves it in all its manifestations, but I’ve always found it to be pretty pedestrian. It’s a fancy cheese for people who don’t like things to have too much flavor. I’ve had a few smoked varieties, including some disturbingly runny varieties, but the only one I’ve really enjoyed was made with goat’s cheese,…

Not likely - the Mavs game opens things up for him that he’d never find in Phoenix, especially since they’d have essentially no frontcourt if they hadn’t drafted Ayton. He’d be good, but probably less efficient. 

I still hold that Ayton was the right pick for the Suns, I’m not so sure about the others who passed on…

Calling pizzas pies or using the term “slice” in an excessively colloquial manner also bothers me for some reason.

+ against “tuck into,” which sounds disgusting, or at least sexual. Also “nosh.”

I think the style guidebook requires you to put quotes around both “president’s” and “mind.”

Taste is subjective - correct? I’ve thrown out salt because I didn’t like the way it tasted in dishes compared to another brand. I wasn’t LOOKING for a difference, and I don’t use fancy salt. My sense of taste is extraordinarily acute, so maybe I’m just picking up what you can’t. But it doesn’t mean I don’t sense the…

Salt is NOT just salt. Different salts have different levels of salinity. Different salts have different impurities, which you can clearly taste if you try them in isolation - and which do stand out in certain dishes. Different salts have different sized flakes or granules, which behave differently in different…

I live in Ireland, and sealing off vents means sealing in moisture and creating havens for mold. 

Alas, local governance is notorious for self-dealing, dysfunction and apathy. Google McKinsey Report for recent details...

If you left water on a plate overnight, you would wake up to a slush of salt crystals on it in the morning. I SHOWERED in that for year.

His eyebrows DO look nice! 

I’m not going to overthink this, but that description really feels right.

I found a fun new somewhat local gin that I just splurged on - Dingle Original Pot Still. It’s hands down the best gin I’ve ever used in a martini and it’s available at Tesco here in Ireland for 35 euros.

The juniper flavor is rather subdued. You get more of a citrusy flavor from the Irish style botanicals, which…

I lived in a place that had exceptionally saline water, thanks to seawater contamination of the aquifer. I always used bottled water at home, but sometimes I’d be visiting with a friend or neighbor and be culturally obligated to accept a cup of coffee or tea brewed with tap water.

Given how many records and game MVPs he holds, it always surprises me when people assume that he is trash because he lost his starting job to Carson Wentz.