a pullman loaf pan is great for lasagna. the sliding cover means no need for foil.

the highest level of costco membership is blood in, blood out.

spent all of christmas day showing up unannounced at the homes of everyone on whom i had a crush, turned out completely different from all the tv shows and movies

werther's originals (for old men). werther's for women. werther's gamer fuel. werther's for cool popular teens.

hospital used to provide ashtrays, but these days you have to bring your own

today is the day you can buy all the guns you want without the annoying waiting period if you say it's a last minute gift.

met a girl in the first couple weeks of college, i went to her dorm room and over the course of the afternoon slowly it became clear that her thing was the andy griffith show. she'd seen all of the episodes, she had tapes. one of the more unusual people i encountered in college.

you can hear way too much of the arena music on this hockey broadcast, and it's all christmas music. i would not make my themes that obvious if i were the dj (i.e. songs with bass flute, songs originally released on an EP). figuring them out would be a fan contest activity for intermission.

writhing on the floor moaning in agony because i used the wrong music player, and the live album playback wasn't gapless.

the only true video game conspiracy is that this cribbage game is cheating.

free idea: those sand art pulled coke bottles that were at carnivals, but do it with the rainbow of beans and lentils we have available.

put some rye flour in my starter to see how that would work, and when i tasted the bread, i thought "this would be good with some wild rice soup" and i was correct. dinner that feels like a hug.

they want $75 for signed first editions www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...

the christmas gift i'm giving myself this year is replacing all the #1 philips head intonation screws on my guitars with flathead ones.

i don't watch much nationally televised sports, so i am a normal person and have completely uncorrupted eyes, and in my opinion hockey games on TNT look absolutely terrible - someone needs to take the bowl of cocaine away from whoever is turning the saturation dial.

a manger used to be a feeding trough, but now we mostly use the word to refer to the guy we go to when we have mange.

made bagels with an egg white wash, so i was able to manufacture a double yolk egg for the fried egg for a breakfast sandwich. it's nice to treat yourself sometimes.

if my last name is "nix", it would be hard to resist the temptation of giving a kid a "u" name. their computer class teacher would love that.

gary larson's discogs credits are mostly covers of guitar jazz albums. www.discogs.com/artist/43288...

june faithfull. good name for a continuity person. www.imdb.com/name/nm02657...

there was a guy in college who was always drinking snapple peach tea. i bet he hates the plastic bottles.

that's my kinko's black card. priority vip queue for copying and package dropoff, double points on all full price copies, invitations to exclusive events, and access to the kinko's premium lounges.

it's safer to use a step ladder than the shoulders of giants.

i have a theory that westerns made in 21st century have a higher hit rate because they are so unpopular and difficult (horses), they really want to make the movie. i believe the same theory applies to big band music, but there's been so little made in the last few decades that it's hard to say.

if you are looking for a christmas gift for me, seats against the glass at a hockey game and matching referees jerseys for us would be good. i have some material i'd like to try out.

the deluxe version of mogwai's 2006 album with the making of dvd would make a good joke gift if you have any children in your life who have been brain poisoned by youtube.

i'm gonna name a bug after you.

imagine how many people we could fit into a phone booth today if we hadn't given up on it.

if i play my cards right, i could win this hand of cards i am playing.

the cabinet above the stove usually has 2 electrical outlets. one is taken up the microwave or hood, but what will the other ever be used for? i put a wireless speaker there.

i don't think boner stabone is a name they'd choose for a tv show character these days.

i think i hit a bullseye with my niece and nephew's gifts, but everyone else is getting a copy of marcus aurelius' meditations so i can say "get it? like the holdovers? have you seen it? let's watch it."

not the reason people use it, of course, but one of the great things about soulseek is getting a glimpse of how people organize their music.

saw a scene in a movie where someone drinks straight from a bathroom faucet. i did this all the time growing up, even though my mom put a dixie cup dispenser on the counter to dissuade it. what lovely memories.

got to correct a spelling mistake on my favorite album's wikipedia page 🤗

years ago, i remember having a reuben but the sauerkraut was kimchi. it was at the four seasons. cannot for the life of me remember why i would've been eating lunch there or ever being in that hotel any other time in life, but since then every reuben i've made has had kimchi on it.

the best feeling you will ever get using a computer is getting the exact card you need to win a round of online gin.

the danish butter cookie tins at costco are so flimsy, just one step up above aluminum foil. really disgraceful. the walker's shortbread tins are much sturdier. if you are looking for cookies that come in a container that you can be confident will be a good storage box, that's the way to go.

been making my dad jealous by sending him pics of the perfectly round fried eggs i can make with my ring molds. the ring molds he has let egg seep out, his are not perfectly round.

he's a reclusive thousandaire.

people complain about the food on thanksgiving, but all of it tastes way better than groundhog.

i tend to wind up working a lot of holidays, and i am thankful for the college radio station djs that are also working on holidays.

wearing my red no contact jersey to holiday get-togethers is not "being difficult"

got around to watching the glenn gould documentary that was mentioned in donna tartt's "the goldfinch". it was okay.

these fat cats who are in power, they always tell us "every good boy deserves fudge" but where is the follow up? who among them is prepared to give the good boys the fudge they admit that we all deserve? we've had enough. no more music lessons until they deliver the fudge for good boys.

ghost of ice cream future would definitely be dippin' dots. don't know what the others would be, but it's fun to think about the different possibilities.

in 2011 or 2012, i won this NASCAR mp3 in a sweepstakes. it is. to date, the worst thing i've ever won.

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saw a commercial for a car dealership where they had employees talking to the camera, but each of the women had a nose ring in the same place. gave the commercial a real sinister edge.