Christmas is over, thankfully. Which means December’s theme of our thought experiment on Christmas movies must be over right?
Right?
This in my review of Weihenstephaner Korbinian Double Bock.
The problem with Christmas movies is a lot of people make the mistake of assuming a movie is a Christmas movie simply because it takes place during the Christmas season. Which is how we get articles such as these explaining why Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie now. There is nothing wrong with watching it in order to celebrate your preferred winter solstice holiday, however I personally don’t think it is a holiday movie. The article’s author seems to focus on red imagery in the background, like fire trucks, clothing, and Rigg’s red ear protection at the shooting range (they aren’t headphones…way to journo there journo-person). All of which seems coincidental if anything. Rigg’s suicidal tendencies and reckless behavior aren’t driven by Christmas either, they’re driven by him being a widower and PTSD from Vietnam. Anybody spending any meaningful time around combat Vets knows they contemplate suicide on any given day, triggered by even the most innocuous of things…Finally, the time of year is not integral to the plot the way it is in Die Hard.
Similar to how Trading Places is not a Christmas movie. I would however argue it is a New Years movie, primarily because New Years is supposed to be a time of self-reflection and new beginnings. Something every character experiences in this film.
In this classic comedy we find Randolph and Mortimer Duke, two multi-millionaire owners of a Philadelphia based commodity exchange, who constantly get into petty squabbles between each other. This one in particular is a Nature vs. Nurture (pardon the shaky cam) argument, where they propose a practical experiment with a small wager. They take one of their employees, Louis Winthorpe (Dan Akroyd) and switch his place in the world by ruining his life. They find a reason to fire him to take away his livelihood, evict him from his Duke brother-owned home, frame him as a petty thief at his gentleman’s club to take away his social circle, and frame him for drug possession which leads to an arrest with the kicker of sending a hooker (Jamie Lee Curtis) to pick him up from jail when his fiancée arrives to bail him out. His life is ruined in short order, and the hooker, Ophelia, is the only person willing to assist him. In exchange, they find Billy Rae Valentine (Eddie Murphy), a street hustler/con-artist whom the Duke’s met previously. They hire him, give him basic instructions on how to do Winthorpe’s job, and give him Winthorpe’s old home. Both men know nothing of the experiment, nor do they know anything other than their own experiences at opposing ends of the social hierarchy.
The result? Valentine makes the Dukes a fair payday with his reasoning for setting the price on pork belly and impresses them with his diligence and eagerness to learn, while Winthorpe attempts to frame Valentine for drug use at the Duke’s Christmas party. Neither man however is truly changed as Winthorpe steals, of all things, a smoked salmon (these are not cheap) from the party, and Valentine pockets a joint from Winthorpe’s stash.
Valentine overhears the Dukes discussing their experiment. Where they effectively ruin one privileged man’s life turning him into a petty criminal, and turn an unprivileged man’s life of destitute into one of prosperity—within a few weeks time. People are essentially products of their environment, and the Duke brothers agree success has little to do with pedigree. The Dukes decide they have little use for either man, plan to eventually fire Valentine, and leave Winthorpe in his personal Hell. They settle their wager of…
…$1.
Valentine informs Winthorpe of the plot, and with the aid of Ophelia and Winthorpe’s old butler they plot revenge on the Dukes. They learn the Dukes are expecting a report on that year’s orange harvest and with that information plan to adjust their investments to corner the market on orange futures ahead of the report’s release. They also learn the report is on a train to New York with the Duke’s associate on New Year’s Eve. They subdue the associate, and replace the real report with a fake one.
Then they go to the New York Stock Exchange with the report in hand and short orange commodity futures ahead of the report’s release. The Dukes on the other hand with the false report took the opposite approach, purchased orange futures with the expectations prices will rise and were ruined in the process. After the market closed, Winthorpe and Valentine make a scene on the trading floor mocking the Dukes by settling a bet they can get rich making two really rich guys poor, in the amount of…
…$1.
Can this movie be made again? Not without insufferable social commentary at every corner. If somebody makes this again, they have an obvious analogue with the Dukes being the Koch brothers. They have an obvious place to add in soliloquies on privilege, capitalism, Al Franken, race, poverty, feminism, the N-word, butlers, illicit drug use, operas, suicide, manicures, sex workers, black markets, blackface, on-screen nudity, and being raped by a gorilla.
Yeah…about that last part. The funniest parts of this movie are on the train on New Years Eve, and is almost entirely humor playing on racial and ethnic stereotypes. Not to mention a man being raped by a gorilla. I refuse to speculate on how they can update this movie, because I refuse to give idiots stupid ideas.
They don’t need my help.
This beer is not Swedish, but we all knew that. It is a Doppelbock which is a dark German lager. It is rather nice and made in the manner which we all expect from people that are not Swedish. This is a family friendly site, so I am afraid this is the best I can do.
Happy New Year. Weihenstephaner Korbinian Double Bock: 3.8/5
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Jamie Lee had a rockin’ bod
But you’re wearing Lederhosen!
Fabulous, Mexi. One of my favorite movies, evah!
And 1980s JLC. Damn.
Curtis looks like the Rocky Horror Picture show guy there but with much better tits and a smaller penis.
Tim Curry? Yikes.
Unsurprising, as she’s XXY genetically, so is a very masculine woman. But adding those breast implants and a solid workout schedule led her to have a great physique. Good for her to maximize her gifts, and she’s a talented actress as well. Can’t imagine what Trading Places or Fish Called Wanda would have been like without her.
Jamie has continued to age well.
Planning to see “Knives Out” matinee.
NO SPOILERS!!!
We’re going today, too!
The weather sucks, so maybe a matinee is the ticket.
The butler did it.
I thought it was Professor Plum in the Library with the rope.
No, it was Miss Scarlett on the kitchen floor with the lead pipe.
IYKWIM…
Hawt!
The butler did it.
Butler did it.
Rosebud is the sled. THE SLED.
You asshole. I was just gonna watch that.
Fine.
Soylent Green is people!!
The Titanic sinks.
Katherine Cross is Evelyn Mulwray’s sister and daughter!
Hans Gruber and his gang weren’t terrorists with a political cause; they were there to steal the $600 million in bearer bonds in the vault.
They were exceptional thieves.
John McClane was dead the whole time…wait…
“Citizen Kane” is supposed to be the #1 best film of all time. I couldn’t get past 20 minutes before I lost all interest.
Going OT cause my good thoughts don’t align with the release schedule we have here.
From Audible this month i got a course on Critical Thinking. I always have issues with these kinds of courses, because i’m often skeptical that the person lecturing is going to be pushing his or her beliefs on me. I.E i’m critical of the critical thinking and skeptics, because i doubt their claims to rational thinking and eliminating biases.
I’m gonna give the lecture some more listening to but already there have been comments that have irked me a bit. For example in the introduction he is talking about why critical thinking is important and saying “Hey it’s important that we know how to run our civilization”, which irked the libertarian in me because it assumes that civilization needs to be “Directed”. But i’m trying to be charitable, and perhaps he would argue that even a completely anarchistic society would be a choice on how civilization would be run…
I’ll probably post some more updates.
You have good thoughts? :-p
Nice poster for See You Next Wednesday in the JLC picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_You_Next_Wednesday
Cool. Never seen that before. Thanks!
Or you could look for the Canadian version – See You Next Tuesday, Eh?
Jaeger-LeCoultre made a movie?
I’m impressed that you noticed the poster.
For some reason Shane Black, who wrote Lethal Weapon, has an obsession of placing his movies during holidays.
Lethal Weapon: Christmas
Monster Squad: Halloween
The Last Boy Scout: Super Bowl Sunday?
Last Action Hero: The first Jack Slater movie we see is at Christmas time
The Long Kiss Goodnight: Christmas time
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Christmas
Iron Man 3: Christmas to New Years Eve
The Predator (not the original, but the last shitty one: Halloween.
Shane Black is a king. That being said his best work, “The Nice Guys,” is not a holiday movie.
Watch “The Nice Guys,” people.
Shane Black shined a spotlight on peak Michelle Monaghan.
But we can all agree that Die Hard is a Christmas movie right up there with It’s a Wonderful Life, right?
RIGHT??!!
As is Lethal Weapon
Gremlins as well.
And “Gremlins 2”.
Are you doing better today?
Yeah, I am back to normal! No more Ebola for me.
Still gonna see the doc next week though
Bad Santa. There is no other worthy Christmas flick.
From my memories as a youngster from the early 1960s through at least the mid-1970s “It’s a Wonderful Life” was an overlooked film and not really part of the Xmas TV playlist like “Miracle on 34th Street” was. IIRC it was even in the public domain and free to broadcast back then, so the first time I ever saw it on tv was on a grainy low-budget UHF channel. Some time after that it was “rediscovered” and has since risen in stature to be one of the obligations of Xmas time viewing.
It is rather odd, though, that except for the beginning and end of the film, the rest of the movie has nothing to do with Xmas. There’s actually just as much Xmas in “Die Hard” as IAWL. So if anyone says Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie, then you can say IAWL really isn’t either.
Fuck a duck.
(.).)Jamie Lee Curtis(.(.)
Curtis looks like the Rocky Horror Picture show guy there but with much better tits and a smaller penis.
Seek professional help.
And be professional help he means tranny hooker.
LOL
She was very attractive but It’s just something about the facial makeup and the bad lighting in that particular picture.
Makeup? Oh yeah, her head is in the picture, didn’t notice that.
80’s Eddie Murphy was a comic genius. Delirious and Raw are both in top 20 standup performances and this flick, 48 Hours, BHC, and Coming to America are all excellent comedies, the hardest movie genre to do right. Glad he is back to R rated shit after many years doing PG crap. Dolemite was very good and well worth a watch.
No, it was Miss Scarlett on the kitchen floor with the lead pipe.
IYKWIM…
I hope she put it in the bun warmer first.
How could anyone look at that pic and not understand that’s how panties are supposed to be cut? A horizontal line across the top third of the ass is just stupid.
You are welcome to wear whatever makes you feel pretty.
Nobody needs more than two* cuts of panties
/Bernie
*working in the fields, and servicing party officials
Hiobones are hot. I like these. NSFW.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/260715877/extreme-cotton-micro-thong-g-string
Speaking of butlers…
It’s about time to watch it again.
My husband is still ill, so I’m spoiling him and taking care of him with pills, water, heating pad.
Then he said I needed to wear a vest stating that I was his “Emotional Support Hippo.”
I now need to figure out how to dispose of the body.
Remind him that the hippo is the most aggressive, dangerous animal in Africa. Punctuate the point by holding a meat cleaver while saying it.
+1 “Congo” movie.
Semi relevant to the Tim Curry reference because his character was the one snarfed off the boat by the hippo.
Casting and script were terrible on that movie. Best part was that they put the awesome Laura Linney against some fag for the romantic setup, when unintentionally it was Laura and Ernie Hudson who clearly had the sexual tension going.
If I’d been the director and seen those sparks, I’d have demanded a script re write to get them together.
Congo also included Bruce Campbell in it.
That’s when I knew it was gonna go straight off the rails.
FTFY.
But… I thought I knew you. No love for Army of Darkness, Bubba-Ho-Tep, or Sky High? Let alone Ash Vs. Evil Dead, the Adventures of Brisco County Junior, or Jack of All Trades?
I just thought of this and figured she was a fan.
I absolutely love Army of Darkness and Bruce Campbell in general.
But the movie opens with his death scene , and you could tell that even he hated the script.
No fair! I was hunting down the links!
The Missing Link?
Bruce Campbell’s big movie break!
Oh man, I’d purged memories of how bad it was.
They should have said “Fuck it. Let’s make it a comedy.”
I think I mentally filtered out the details of that film years ago. Something about super gorillas, yes?
I think I read the book….
That bad, huh?
Somebody got it for me when I was in hospital many years ago.
That would violate the hippo-cratic oath.
Isn’t this the plot to a Kathy Bates movie?
“Emotional Support Hippo.”
My suggestion is to let him fend for himself while you go to the bar and come home late or not at all. You’re a beautiful and intelligent woman. He sounds like an asshole. Don’t put up with bullshit, because you don’t have to.
Good advice.
I’ll probably take at least the first couple of points and go to the golf club to watch the OU-LSU game.
The total split, I’m not sure I can handle financially, so here I am. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You know why divorces are so expensive? Because they’re worth it:) lol.
Wait, I thought he was a net outflow of funds?
Community property. He gets half.
+1 fava beans and a nice Chianti
+1 black-eyed peas
+1 feeding the lawman
+1 friends who’ll help you bury the body
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas?
(Not trying to make light, HS; just trying to cheer you up. She too is an Okie.)
That is fucking awesome.
Thanks.
Glad it hit the right note (no pun intended). Was thinking you could throw it in his face if necessary.
I now need to figure out how to dispose of the body.
“It was a mercy killing.”
It was a mercy killing.
Yeah, he needed killin’ and I showed him no mercy.
Amen.
OT for airplane geeks:
Why the F-14 Tomcat Is Such a Badass Plane
Neato.
Huh, it looks like Iran still manages to field forty or so of those things:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/irans-air-force-flies-american-made-f-14-tomcats-24750?page=0%2C2
That f-14 shredder vid – I couldn’t watch it :.-(
OT: Reddit is sometimes good
Man alive.
Really smashing those steryotypes
Hellooo, nurse!
That is a quote from Choke by Chuck Palahniak that I’m sure is based on Crusty.
This is a family friendly site, so I am afraid this is the best I can do.
That scene was rewound over and over again while a young sloper was in his bunk. Great review MS. I have to watch the movie again as well as keep an eye out for the beer. I have never had a Doppelbock.
Dopplebocks are great. Weihenstephaner makes good beer so can’t go wrong.
Best on Earth is Andechser. Small monastery, only make so much per year, and run out every year.
They have 2 affiliated restaurants, one in Frankfurt and one in Bavaria. They have
schweinshaxe rotating over fire right in view from the window.
I gotta get back there sometime.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klosterbrauerei_Andechs
The monks know how to make some good beer.
Can recommend Paulaner Optimator.
Ham and Bean soup in Crock-Pot.
John has a long mustache.
The chair is against the wall.
No one wants to hear about your kinky foreplay.
The Pearl is in the river.
Monty Python’s hovercraft is full of eels.
Now there we go:)
Short people got no reason.
https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=short+people+got+no+reason+to+live+lyrics
Same guy who wrote Mama Told Me Not to Come.
Molasses tomorrow will bring forth cognac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePzwg0LyYL0
What do they do with the rest of the moles?
Weed, futon, football, paid my property taxes.
I am so far behind schedule this morning.
At least I’ve managed to drink lots of coffee.
Now off to use the two hours of daylight I have left to try and sight in the PCC.
Woot!
Thanks to all the advice from the Glibertariat, the sights have gone from “unusable” to “limited by my eyesight!”
Unfortunately, that issue with the carbon fouling that I noticed earlier locked the Tier 5 in the “release” position 14 rounds into the procedure, turning the carbine from a completely safe bolt-action rifle into a fully semi-automatic assault weapon. Fortunately nobody was there to notice. Time to go a-cleanin’
Just finished a wonderful looking porketta wrapped in pork belly. By butcher is fabulous.
My house smells like a BBQ restaurant co-located with a roasted garlic factory.
My not by.
Damn, that sounds good.
It was a mercy killing
Something about super gorillas, yes?
Oddly enough, I attempted to watch the Jack Black version of King Kong last night. It sucks. Mercifully, I slept through most of it.
Not the Jessica Lange version?
Not the Jessica Lange version?
Sadly, no.
I’d just as soon hunt down the Fay Wray version.
How about this version?:
https://youtu.be/jSqYbqgyffM
This’ll cure what ails ya.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/220/297906/
We’re heading up to the wine locker shortly to get something that would definitely cure you of what ails ya.
I’m proud of my niece. When she was in Chicago a couple weeks back, she managed to score a bottle of this for me as a Christmas gift.
Spud and I would love to beat the guy who left this review:
Someone was working with a checklist alright.
is that a thing?
Russian Imperial Stouts? Yes, they’re a recognized style. In general, they have a tendency to be overrated as they’re big, strong, and in your face. Add high cost to that, and limited distribution and quantities being released, and you’ve got a lot of “whales” in their ranks.
is that a thing?
I’ve reviewed several…
Yes. My Son-in-law is a nut for Russian Imperials generally, and Surley Darkness specifically. He has a growing “cellar” of them.
If he hasn’t already, I would strongly suggest you try to sell him on the idea of a vertical tasting of one of them so he can find the best length to age one. Then provide the information to all of us (and any of the beers that are past that time frame).
I’m not familiar. What does that involve?
MikeS:
A vertical tasting is when you have a collection of a beer and you get a fresh one, and 3-5 older ones out of the cellar. You then taste them from oldest to youngest while discussing and taking notes. Water and light snacks are recommended (especially for +10% beers). You’ll sometimes find that beers fall off after plateauing. And that fall off can be different between different people. It’s also not usually something for one person to try by themselves, because going through 4-6 bombers (as most strong beers are sold) for one person can lead to unusual notes and a feeling of wasting saved beer.
That sort of thing sounds right up his alley. I’ll mention it to him. Unfortunately, He lives 6 hours away, so I likely won’t get to partake.
MikeS: No hotels or guest rooms around? Then suggest he hold it at your place. You can bail him out, right?
Haha. I like the way you think!
Also, I can tell him that I can bail him out. #WebDipMode
OFFS.
Might also work for how a R-2R Digital Audio Converter sounds with just a bit of editing.
After that skank Betty White said peanut butter porters were superior to all porters I picked up the only one I saw at my local liquid store. I just poured one of these to quench my after brunch nap thirst. A bit overbearing with the chocolate. Not going to pour it out but not a fave.
Probably the most widely distributed peanut butter porter is Sweet Baby Jesus (which caused a minor kerfuffle at one of the local grocery stores because of the name). A popular one here has lost some of its shine since it’s gone from being a rare treat to being available all over the place, but their Imperial Stout is still amazing.
Ahem; I said peanut butter porters, not chocolate peanut butter porters.
Don’t give up. There’s some really good ones out there. I’d recommend some, but all the good one’s I’ve had are local or regional, so YMMV. If you get to ND/MN, let me know and I can point you at some really good ones.
Oh! I forgot Long Route. Do you ever see any beers from Empyrean Brewing Company in your area? If so, keep an eye out for Long Route.
It was the only peanut butter anything I saw in the cooler. I might have to drive to the big city for a better selection.
6-0. Sorry, Canada.
Only one touchdown so far?
Ooops – missed Sean’s post about “Color Out of Space” this morning. I’m guessing it’ll definitely be worth it. Stanley Kramer has done solid horror before – Hardware, Dust Devil.
Still – as I’ve recommended multiple times – please check out the German indie remake – “Die Farbe” – available for viewing for 0.99 on youtube – although it’s worth it to shell out for the region-free blu-ray IMO. Same team is working on a Lovecraftian “Dreamlands” flick (crowdfunded) – but having some production delays at the moment (disclaimer…I have officially invested in them ;p).
Wasn’t it frozen concentrated orange juice not oranges? What happened to that stuff? I remember old refrigerators made in the 70’s even had a compartment built into the freezer door made to dispense canisters of frozen concentrated orange juice. So it must have been very common in the U.S. at some point.
That is the only way I ever had OJ growing up.
Same and yes, CP, it was frozen concentrate.
Yup. We even had grape juice that way. Can’t even find it now.
Correct.
Paywalled however.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-frozen-concentrated-orange-juice-market-has-virtually-disappeared-1472427124
Frozen concentrated orange juice was invented in Florida in the 1940s, primarily as a way to provide juice for the military, readily storable and easy to ship. But frozen juice has been losing favor for years.
Not-from-concentrate orange juice surpassed the concentrated orange-juice market in the 1980s. Now, the 1.4 million gallons of frozen concentrate that Americans drink each month pales in comparison to the 19.1 million gallons of fresh juice consumed each month, Nielsen said.
Monsanto genetically engineered oranges to not go bad as fast and Dupont made better preservatives so we don’t have to freeze it now. But we are all going to die now.
Actually I have not idea I just pulled that out of my ass. I mean, other than we are all going to die.
Refrigerated transport,
Hmmmmm, the frozen concentrate would have to be transported frozen so what’s the difference?
Also how is Wendy doing?
better, but not out of the woods,
thanks for asking,
?
So glad to hear! Please keep us posted.
Yusef, did you make it up to see her?
Frozen concentrated orange juice makes more sense since you are not paying to ship water, which is heavy. Same with liquid castille soap, why not just buy a bar of it?
Well, that explains why that section of the freezer case keeps getting smaller.
I like frozen concentrate. I don’t want to pay for somebody to mix it with water for me.
Bah, it’s got too much sugar anyway.
I keep a dozen cans of the frozen stuff in the freezer, easier to carry than orange flavored water. Grape, apple, pineapple, orange. I like the grapefruit as well. Walmart and the big grocery stores have it. One can makes 48 ozs.
What I want to know is why almost every kind of fruit juice (grape, cranberry, etc.) can be bottled and stored on a shelf, but orange juice has to be refrigerated.
IIRC, orange juice changes color to something unpleasant when pasteurized. The interesting part (to me) is that ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is used as a preservative in most of the other bottled juices (which if you’re not careful, are generally apple juice bases anyway).
Found a partial answer (which I remember reading again) at least. Oxidation (which reduces nutrition and appearance) appear to be the reason, which is slowed by cold and keeping things in the dark.
I’ve seen unrefridgerated OJ.
Mr. GT used to put a little FCOJ in his homemade chili, but he hasn’t made any for quite some time, so we hadn’t noticed its scarcity.
Anyone see 1917 yet? I’m curious to see what kind of storyline they ran with. There seems to be a ton of mini WW1 stories that would make a fascinating movie – Christmas truce, the British ‘neighborhood’ units (for lack of a better term), imprisonment and execution of the Romanovs (amongst others). Also – i know a handful of folks have listened to Dan Carlin’s podcast series on WW1. If you liked that, I’d also recommend the podcast When Diplomacy Fails. The host has done two WW1-related series’ – one on the July crisis, the period of time between the Archduke’s assassination and the actual start of the war, and another on the Treaty of Versailles process.
Also – unrelated, but God bless the sous vide circulators. My family did a beef tenderloin for Christmas. Cooked it to a perfect rare.
Second on the sous vide. One of my favorite things in the kitchen.
I love the sous vide, my one complaint is how much counter space it takes up when cooking.
in the winter, I treat it as a samovar.
You have the supreme?
I have one, but I mostly use the Gourmia stick because my wife complains about the same thing.
I have the Anova, so space isn’t an issue.
The sticks are almost universally better.
The only advantage to the SV Supreme is no moving parts.
No, it’s a stick. But the kitchen doesn’t have much counter space to begin with. And there are no power outlets I can access from the stove. This means the tub sits on the counter taking up space. I’ve got plans to rectify that, but they’re not currently on the schedule.
It can really go anywhere. I did a 48 hour short rib cook and had the pot in the basement.
There’s an outlet within reach of the table in dinning room, so I just stick it in there. My wife doesn’t see it so she’s not bothered by it.
Any sear?
I did mine on my rotisserie with the awesome back burner. Put a beautiful crust on it.
Yup. We seared it both before and after. To be honest, I’m not sure searing it beforehand makes a difference, but I figured it wouldnt do any harm. We Also didnt do anything overly complicated in terms of seasoning – lots of salt, worcestershire, pepper, thyme and butter.
I’ve pretty much gone to a reverse sear only. I have been salting 24-48 hours out and that makes a big difference.
The crust I did was horseradish, mustard, garlic and thyme. It turned out great and everyone was happy, but I would have like it a tad rarer.
I may try the sous vide next time.
I had the flu on the 24th, so I wasn’t comfortable handling food for 40 people on the 25th.
It was delegated to my mom, and it went…. badly.
I gave her VERY strict instructions on how to cook the prime rib. She followed the instructions exactly… on a roasts that she bought pre-cooked.
Shit.
Oh well, it will make for fun stories going forward.
Feeling better?
Slowly. I took Xofluza on Monday morning, but it was probably too late.
I had the worst muscle aches I’ve ever had, so it was concerning. Bloodwork confirmed elevated creatine kinase, so there was probably some mild muscle damage.
Now the fun part: getting back the 5 lbs that I lost. Creme Brûlée for lunch, dinner, and dessert.
Don’t run out of butane!
Spawn 1 is down for the count, too. He leaves for Scotland in a week, so we are trying to get him functional asap.
Probably too late for an anti-viral.
Day one of recovery was miso soup with a few tablespoons of beef gelatin added. I went from 40% to 70% in a few hours.
B vitamins, collagen, MCTs and protein seem to be helping.
There’s some seriously nasty shit going around. I had bronchitis that has gone on for seven fucking weeks now. I lost my voice for about two weeks, and at the height of it I could barely choke out a whisper (my job involves making phone calls, so that was fun).
I’m much better now, but still coughing a little bit. Fortunately, I’ve been able to resume lifting weights and some short jogging as long as it’s not too cold outside.
There are at least 3 things going around here right now. There’s a nasty cold too. My kids are snot factories.
Did you get a flu shot?
Nope. However, I forced the shot on my kids this summer, and none of them got it.
As soon as I showed symptoms, I was quarantined to the bedroom, and my wife went and got the shot.
So far, it’s only me.
Per Kyle Smith at NRO, it sounds like they crammed in every type of WW1 encounter possible – between the variety of trench attacks, biplane rundown, encounter with ruined civilian village, etc.
Looking forward to checking it out, but I imagine at this point – the “attempted” single shot format is going to start being more distracting than not – particularly trying to figure out where they cut digitally, etc.
You’re never going to get another experience like your first time watching “Russian Ark” on the big screen.
I came into a little bit of unexpected money this Christmas (bonus from my pimp) so I replaced my toaster oven, that I had been putting off doing, with one of those new fangled toaster ovens with the “air fry” setting. Damn this thing is awesome! I did hash browns in it this morning and came out perfect. Then I tried eggs. I have never had great success poaching eggs and usually end up with egg drop soup. (I know it is not that difficult) so decided to put a bit of water in two cups of a small muffin pan and crack an egg into the cups and use the air fry setting. I’ll be damned if it didn’t work. Cooked them a bit long but I have a starting point.
The Cusinart?
I wish. I got this one.
Dammit, I’m running out of room to store all these things, you fuckers!
My apartment above the shop is 300 sqft so I ran out of counter space a long time ago. The oven is on my work bench next to a hot plate in case I need to use a pan. I am now doing most of my cooking down stairs in the shop. Which is fine since that is where the wood stove is.
Looks about the same for $100 less.
Huh, looks like the Cusinart is only $200 at Walmart.
My Walmart didn’t have it that I saw. My pimp only gave me $100 so that was my limit.
Want.
#metoo
I got an air fryer for Christmas. Still in the box, but the first thing I’m going to try is wings.
I watched this guy yesterday and his wings looked great. I can’t wait to try them in mine. Not sure if the little fryers like he has are better than the oven style I got.
I liked the baking soda trick he stole from chef john. Hadn’t seen that one before.
Baking soda and cornstarch gives it a nice crisp. In other words, baking powder.
Excellent. Thanks!
We started with a cheapy 2qt (IIRC) air fryer from JC Penny and are pretty well hooked. It’s great for appetizers. I think we’ll be getting one like you got next.
Well, I wanted to root for the Sooners today, but as an Oklahoma State U grad, I got no OU clothes.
So I opted for my Russian hockey national team instead.
CCCP?
Nope. Modern. Do I have your email? I’ll send a pic if so. Mine is my handle @protonmail
Sent.
Although we have each other’s phone numbers, now that I think about it 🙂
Sitting at the sports bar and getting tons of inquiries on the beautiful embroidered hockey Jersey featuring a gold double eagle
By sports bar, you mean Chili’s?
It doesn’t look good for the Sooners right now. Weakening an already weak defense by a stereotypical targeting play.
The missed PI call changed the tone of the game.
Quite possibly the most blatant I’ve ever seen.
Not the most blatant (Saints NFL playoff last year) I’ve seen. I wonder if the refs let it go because the defender was tripped?
Yeah, that was pretty awful.
Is there a run rule in college football?
There’s one on my television. Just flipped over to the movie channel list on the old guide.
You’re in CA and wore a Russian jersey to the bar? Hope you wore a MAGA hat too!
Come now. The Russian accent can be amazingly hot. A
barclub I was a regular at had a plethora of them. If you could pronounce their names correctly, drinks fell off the tab. I was entertained that they were shocked that I could drink a single malt Irish whiskey (Tyrconnell) neat. More fun came years later when I ran into her and her green card husband (conjecture based on the attractiveness and apparent income) at a home improvement store.Tee hee. I don’t own a MAGA hat, but I do have an NRA sticker on my Tesla soooo…
Does saying new data makes climate change not look as bad as we thought, make you a denier?
I tried to read that this morning and eye rolled myself into a tab close. The ending sentence I just read.
How can this even be calculated? I am sure it could be rationalized out that pollution is responsible for every death that did not happen in a violent way such as car crash, murder etc…..
The cancer deaths that can’t be blamed on tobacco or glyphosate automatically get attributed to pollution.
“an alarmist like me”
Nice of him to admit upfront he’s full of shit.
Who can read that claptrap?
going septic in your blood stream could be a form of pollution
In what possible sense was Jamie Lee Curtis ever considered attractive? Even aside from this being the early 90s and models had to be lanky and white, but not Latvian lanky and white.
Get away from her, you bitch!
She was very manly. I bet her sons are exceptionally pretty.
Halloween? True Lies? A Fish Named Wanda? The right look (and personality) makes all the difference.
It’s clips from True Lies that got me wondering. She’s not an ugly actress! She makes up for a ton in personality. She’s very comical. But she was not a pretty woman.
Here’s a primer.
NSFW
Fake eyelashes can only do so much.
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