WHAT?!?! I stupidly offloaded mine a few years back and will be re-purchasing ASAP.

Today’s homemade scoop: White chocolate macadamia nut cookie dough. I infused the nuts into the dairy, but the flavor is too subtle. Next time, I’ll try this with “white chocolate” ice cream, which is probably the flavor I want anyway.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

I feel the whole movie is pretty well-rated at this point, but if I had to try: “And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart.” “That is my least vulnerable spot!”

…this can’t be what they actually said, can it?

I get that businesses have to make money, but YouTube? Stop running ads in the middle of an exercise routine, ‘kay?

Hi yes please what?

Gorgeous sentiment (typos aside).

Today’s ice cream: pumpkin ice cream with buttered pecan and a pumpkin spice swirl. This one mixes a few techniques from Dana Cree and Salt and Straw, including a sidebar using raw eggs instead of a cooked custard. I pasteurized the eggs first in a sous vide. Kinda love how this turned out.

America is great because of our pluralism

Dads rock.

In my enthusiasm from finding an online grocer for some specialty items I have trouble buying off the shelf, I wound up with… WAY too much gochujang. So I made it into ice cream. Chocolate ice cream with gochujang caramel candies, to be precise.

Any time I read one of these massive tomes I get about 350 pages in and think "that's kind of enough?"

Reading One Piece.

I am genuinely torn between my love for Watterson (see everything below) and Eastman/Laird. The creators of the Ninja Turtles went the opposite way, but because they owned the Turtles outright, they kinda got a piece of everything. Given how rough comics are to creators? That’s kinda admirable.

Man, the newspaper comic was SUCH a cool place to go for art. Yes, you sometimes got xeroxed, talking heads nonsense like The Wizard of Id (and, if we’re being honest, Dilbert). But you also got Calvin and Hobbes, Cul de Sac, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, The Boondocks… RIP to a cool medium.

In Minneapolis

Now I want the Pluto treatment for The Monster at the End of This Book.

Wife’s in trial this week, and I’m working part-time to watch the kids. I plan to do an irresponsible amount of cooking after the kids are asleep. Starting with one of my favorite desserts: sesame balls! Can’t believe I didn’t burn the house down. I HATE deep frying 😅

This will be of some interest to @jinoru.bsky.social

Dessert: Salted ice cream with honeycomb candy pieces. Recipe by Salt and Straw. I’m kinda on the fence about this ice cream base in general, but this particular recipe? Amazing.

Kongbul: An Attempt Was Made™️

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feeling out the “idk if you guys are into this but we’re going to a protest this weekend” stage of making adult friends

2 dead, 8 people shot after shooting at Salt Lake City church funeral www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... via @fox13news.bsky.social #Utah

This video inspired me creatively. I’m gonna try to make some “ambitious failures” of my own.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Charles Addams had more control over value in an inkwash than maybe any other cartoonist before or since, and also was a lady magnet: among his many romantic partners were Greta Garbo, Joan Fontaine, and Jackie Kennedy, with whom he split when she complained that they only talked about comics

I’m in real danger of making ice cream my whole personality. Today: a recipe from Salt & Straw (and one of my Christmas presents): olive oil ice cream. I made something similar several years ago. I remember the richness of the ice cream, but not the flavor. Maybe I used a better oil this time?

I would pay money for a musical adaptation of Lord of the Rings. Pippin singing to Denethor is in the top three best moments of the Return of the King film. The musical numbers the dwarves sing in the first Hobbit film are maybe the only good moments in those films.

I’ve been thinking about this question a lot since yesterday, when I read an article about my governor, Spencer Cox. The cynical conclusion I’ve come to is that we disincentivize decency. www.deseret.com/magazine/202...

To me, January 6 was part of a trinity of events during Trump’s first term, all of which are best understood in relation to each other. Namely: • Charlottesville • June 1, 2020 (clearing of Lafayette Square/Trump Bible photo op) • Jan 6 If they ever make a movie, it should include all three.

I’ve been devouring season 1. At first, I gravitated towards the lunch lady contestant (ANYONE who feeds children is a superhero, imo), but I gotta give it up to Comic Book Chef, too. I’ve learned a little about cooking from comics, too.

Jesper Ejsing’s still got it.

I’m like 5 minutes in. Should I keep rooting for the lunch lady?

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Reminds me of this take on the Imagine Dragons song. youtube.com/shorts/0gtTd...

Today I played a game of Commander that’s left me buzzing, even hours later. Thank heavens for good friends to distract from the horrors.

Gonna make it a New Year’s resolution to listen to all these random songs that pop up on my TL.

Gonna start writing and drawing again. Time to fire up the old blog?

Truthfully? This isn’t that unusual for America. We’ve always been a tacky bunch.

Can confirm that this book was phenomenal.

Literally any Ghibli movie, honestly. But Porco has the right vibes for the season, I think.

And may we always remember that any one of us could be Mary or Joseph but for a quirk of fate and luck, and may we offer comfort and security to the least among us as the shepherds and innkeeper did for the holy family. Truly God's spirit shines in each of us, and we should honor that in each other.

Christmas Eve dessert: chocolate terrine with raspberries and vanilla ice cream.

I’ve been revisiting the Girl Genius webcomic by Phil and Kaja Foglio and Cheyenne Wright. A gaslamp fantasy of romance, adventure, and MAD SCIENCE. It’s been a cozy read, and would make a good film series. www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?da...

In America, as Christians, we have a tendency—which imo is kinda dangerous to successful Christ-following—to make Christianity as invisible and default and neutral as whiteness and that is imo capital B Bad.

Please open your hymnals…