Keeping it real after all. No private school deposits. The one place is like an overgrown fancy daycare. The other place is all rich white kids. Our daughter is a well-off white kid, but that is its own reward–she doesn’t … Continue reading
Made ‘hamburger helper’ fideau for dinner. Olive oil to cover bottom of frying pan. Bring to temp (south of smoking). Add and brown whole peeled garlic cloves. Add some red chili flakes if you like. Once cloves are browned, add … Continue reading
Deposit goes down on the angle-parker school tomorrow. The kid did great on her little ‘gifted’ test–north of 99th percentile. We missed our three gifted choices by two to five points. Whole lot of kids trying to get into very … Continue reading
Hmmm. Check out their version of I Shall Be Released if you get a chance. I was skeptical. It’s nice. I like the extra chord in the chorus, and I don’t even mind the modulation at the end. About as … Continue reading
Collagen breakdown hit at 168F internal. Sat for a few hours. I took the brisket off at 180F internal. A little lower temp than ideal, but we were hungry. Wrapped it in foil to get it there, which I had … Continue reading
The brisket is in collagen breakdown right now. It is trucking through it so far. It has moved through the 150s assiduously, which is unusual in my experience. I’m curious where it will stall out. Brisket stalls out with respect … Continue reading
I know you’re curious. My reverse vanity is tempting me to lie and deny that I know this information. But know it I do. Weight from young adulthood: 180–1987–Graduated from high school 190–1987–Home from Q1 of freshman year (ha ha!) … Continue reading
I’m officially in the ‘carbs suck’ camp. I join my good friend Andrew, who is on a bacon/coffee diet. I started cutting carbs maybe eighteen months ago. I had just gotten off a scale. It claimed I weighed 214lbs. I … Continue reading
Looking for a word. “Amoral” is as close as I can get, but I can’t shake the feeling that, despite its denoted meaning, that word still has a moral connotation to it, and it’s a negative connotation. Which is amusing. … Continue reading
I haven’t counted votes and refreshed fivethirtyeight.com obsessively for many months. It’s nice to be back.