And Bender Bukowski wins the "Most Depressing Post in the TI Threads" award this week!
*polite applause*

Smoked ham hocks, various dry beans, water to cover, garlic, salt and pepper. Let it go as long as you want on low heat and you've got some kick-ass soup. Serve with crusty bread.

Smoked ham hocks, various dry beans, water to cover, garlic, salt and pepper. Let it go as long as you want on low heat and you've got some kick-ass soup. Serve with crusty bread.

I'm more of a beer and scotch snob but the best wine I ever had was what I believe to have been a house-made dry white at a restaurant outside of Strasbourg. The specialty was tarte flambee (or Flammkuchen), which is sort of an Alsatian equivalent to pizza and they'd just keep bringing the damn stuff out to the table…

I'm more of a beer and scotch snob but the best wine I ever had was what I believe to have been a house-made dry white at a restaurant outside of Strasbourg. The specialty was tarte flambee (or Flammkuchen), which is sort of an Alsatian equivalent to pizza and they'd just keep bringing the damn stuff out to the table…

Where could he beeeee? Believe it or not, he's not home.

Where could he beeeee? Believe it or not, he's not home.

Mrs Coach is an angel and deserves to be treated as such.

Mrs Coach is an angel and deserves to be treated as such.

Same here. On a way-past-due diet, so it's just fucking salad and chicken breast. My food life is so boring right now.

Same here. On a way-past-due diet, so it's just fucking salad and chicken breast. My food life is so boring right now.

@avclub-d019eb089e65903455cc52308f00b997:disqus No Boursin…that's tragic :(

@avclub-d019eb089e65903455cc52308f00b997:disqus No Boursin…that's tragic :(

The big lesson in D&C is that weed and beer are the great levelers of high school social dynamics. A lesson I took to heart.

The big lesson in D&C is that weed and beer are the great levelers of high school social dynamics. A lesson I took to heart.

I've always felt that Remains was the best Merchant Ivory film and is criminally underrated. Definitely on my list of top films, and not just of the 90s either.

I've always felt that Remains was the best Merchant Ivory film and is criminally underrated. Definitely on my list of top films, and not just of the 90s either.

@avclub-cd3d804747cf4c11f495534083caf222:disqus There's a difference between really good and what Hopkins and Foster did in SotL. A lot of difference. At the end of the day Silence is a meticulously crafted, incredibly well-acted film that has more than its share of rewatch value. And Jurassic Park, for all of its…

@avclub-cd3d804747cf4c11f495534083caf222:disqus There's a difference between really good and what Hopkins and Foster did in SotL. A lot of difference. At the end of the day Silence is a meticulously crafted, incredibly well-acted film that has more than its share of rewatch value. And Jurassic Park, for all of its…

But of course, how could Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins hope to hold a candle to the timeless cinematic excellence of Jennifer Lopez