Archives for 2020 (Notes)

• Dec 24, 2020, 8:10 PM -05:00

  I like egg nog way too much
• Dec 12, 2020, 8:10 PM -05:00

  TIL about George Appel, a convicted murderer executed by electric chair in 1928, who's last words were "Well, gentlemen, you are about the see a baked Appel". A tip of the hat to you, sir.
• Nov 26, 2020, 7:51 PM -05:00

  So, Constable Crabtree invented Red Bull?
• Nov 7, 2020, 12:04 PM -05:00

  Did anyone else learn where Pennsylvania was just this week?
• Oct 30, 2020, 1:03 PM -04:00

  I learned the word "magniloquence" today and I'm warning all of you, I will be using it frequently.
• Oct 29, 2020, 8:37 AM -04:00

  Finished season 2 of Ozark and I guess Wendy is Walter White, not Marty?
• Oct 8, 2020, 8:19 AM -04:00

  I never fully understood how spot on Maya Rudolph's impression was.
• Oct 8, 2020, 8:10 AM -04:00

  I seriously don't understand the point of the time limits in these debates.
• Oct 8, 2020, 8:05 AM -04:00

  Does anyone else have a problem with the song "You're So Vain"?  The song is not supposed to be about him and yet it's totally about him, right?
• Sep 24, 2020, 7:52 PM -04:00

  I have just realized that "I'd be down for that" and "I'd be up for that" mean the same thing 😮
• Sep 17, 2020, 6:12 PM -04:00

  I don't think I'm ever going to be a fan of polenta.
• Sep 10, 2020, 10:03 PM -04:00

  TIL about chicken pudding, a dessert popular in Turkey, made with milk, sugar, vanilla...and actual shredded chicken breast.
• Sep 8, 2020, 11:10 PM -04:00

  It's funny how I can suspend my disbelief about most things in movies or on TV except when people in restaurants order "a beer" or "a whiskey". People never do this! They're always more specific.
• Aug 31, 2020, 8:14 PM -04:00

  TIL about Sardinian maggot cheese.  I...am not sure what else to say about that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu

  

  Casu martzu - Wikipedia

• Aug 29, 2020, 10:43 PM -04:00

  TIL that blackstrap molasses is not the same as fancy molasses.  NOT AT ALL.
• Aug 29, 2020, 11:17 AM -04:00

  TIL about the Barbie Liberation Organization who, in 1993, bought up 300-500 talking Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls and switched their voice boxes so the Barbies would say things like "Vengeance is mine" and the G.I. Joes would say things like "The beach is the place for summer".  They then returned the dolls to the stores ("reverse shoplifting") to be sold to unsuspecting children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_Liberation_Organization

  

  Barbie Liberation Organization - Wikipedia

• Aug 28, 2020, 6:36 PM -04:00

  I'm currently in the process of corrupting Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce with the addition of a red bell pepper and I have to say I feel a little naughty.
• Aug 27, 2020, 9:23 PM -04:00

  I'm never excited to eat a Nanaimo bar, and yet they're always so good when I actually eat one.
• Aug 27, 2020, 2:36 PM -04:00

  I am not sure what to say about a political figure that points to actual riots happening under his own administration and uses them to criticize the guy who's running against him in the next election.
• Aug 13, 2020, 8:56 PM -04:00

  Pound cake batter is objectively the best batter.
• Aug 11, 2020, 7:30 PM -04:00

  pencils Kamala-Pence debate on his calendar
• Jul 26, 2020, 9:09 PM -04:00

  How did I wait this long to start watching Doom Patrol?
• Jul 17, 2020, 9:47 PM -04:00

  Very late to the party on this one but I finally made @alisoneroman 's anchovy shallot pasta and I am shocked at how mellow this stuff is, considering it has a shit ton of shallots and a whole jar of anchovies. Good stuff!
• Jul 14, 2020, 7:19 PM -04:00

  I will never understand three-seat sofas with two cushions.
• Jul 10, 2020, 10:16 AM -04:00

  TIL I learned that "boat", "bait", "bite", "bolt", and "bitter" are all cognates, from a PIE word meaning to strike or split (the connection with boat appears to be that one used to make them by hollowing out split tree trunks).