Apparently common in Asians, weird for me not being Asian.

When I was a kid, working in a mall, there was this french fry place across from us that made AMAZING french fries, with this house made dijon sauce. Just phenomenal.

You could buy a POUND of fries, so the other guys and me on the shift would get a pound and split it.

Except I’d get sick from eating them. Only me, the other guys were fine.

OK, process of elimination…

Fries by themselves? Fine.
Fries w/ ketchup? Fine.
Fries w/ dijon sauce? Horribly sick, puking, the whole bit.

Now, you might already know, dijon sauce is made with white wine.

Ok, maybe it’s the alcohol? I don’t drink so… let’s test the theory…

Had A beer. One. Within 30 to 45 minutes I was throwing up everything I had eaten since I was 12. Was sick for 3 days.

Turns out, my liver doesn’t have the enzymes to correctly process alcohol.

Alcohol -> Enzymes -> Acetaldehyde
I have those, Acetaldehyde is what makes you sick when you’re hung over. Cousin to formaldehyde.

Acetaldehyde -> Enzymes -> Sugar and water.
Those I’m missing. :(

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6875787/

“When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different.”

https://theweek.com/speedreads/575962/donald-trump-tells-biographer-hes-same-now-first-grade

“Loosen your shoes
Don’t listen to news
That keeps you up at night.”

• Chris Smither

https://youtu.be/djzR7594I1U

I don’t even, I can’t even…

https://youtu.be/dMqWTkgDt6A

Good news gamers, it only works if you sleep alone!

Snowpiercer is the sequel to Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

https://nerdist.com/article/willy-wonka-chocolate-factory-snowpiercer-sequel-fan-theory-dan-cave/

Once you’re in the Drive In, you’re kind of stuck…

I don’t really remember, I was 2, but I’m told they kept pushing me down in the back seat. LOL.

When I was like, 2? My parents were like “Hey! What’s this new cartoon? Let’s take the kid to the drive-in!”

Fritz the Cat:

https://youtu.be/T34GGPaPnrk

It definitely can be done. You make a mold from sand.

But it’s tricker than it seems:

https://youtu.be/0d0tBGG1yHE

So, I have an inherent bias… I inherited my grandmothers Le Creuset dutch oven that she bought in the 50s. It’s still usable, so I built out a full set around that.

Problem: Le Creuset is STUPID expensive.

But here’s the secret… Find an outlet store near you and sign up for their email list.

They will regularly offer sales from 30% to 70% off.

https://www.lecreuset.com/outlets.html

They also regularly run “Factory to Table” events in certain cities.

Build your own set currently up to 30% off:

https://www.lecreuset.com/buildaset

Spend $200, Save 20%

Spend $500, Save 25%

Spend $1000, Save 30%

Use Code BUILDASET at checkout

I just knocked out this set:
Dutch Oven
Skillet
Saucepan
Braiser
Cassadou

$1,460 -30% = $1,022…

My set, grammas is the 70 year old pot with the loop handle in the middle.

Foodporn:

Stop giving them clicks.

“Audiences slam news outlets for hyperbolic headlines!”

Try selling it back to a dealer, you aren’t getting a new car price.

Source: Reality.

Once you drive it, it’s no longer a new car.

Please buy a “new to you” car. Everyone drives a used car. ;)

I think it was cheap speakers… ahhh… apartment living…

Primer is excellent, and a great double feature with The Fountain.

The #1 thing to know about the Fountain though is that it’s super hard to get unless you read the companion graphic novel.

https://youtu.be/m8IlyFCbNZg

I had neighbors who were deaf but their kids could hear perfectly fine. I kept having to tell them to turn down the damn music.

“Look, I’m not going to rat you out to your parents or anything, just turn it down a little, OK?”

I feel really bad for Rise of Skywalker, it was really in an impossible position.

First, Last Jedi painted them into a fucking corner. It was like nobody told Johnson he was making the middle part of a trilogy.

Second, what little structure the trilogy had was 7 was about Solo, 8 was about Luke, and 9 would have been about Leia, but then Carrie Fisher up and died. :(

They had to really scramble on the 3rd one and losing the original writer/director didn’t help. Abrams had to come in after 8 shit the bed and Fisher died and tried to make the best of it…

I’m trained in literary analysis and criticism, so, yeah, I’ll sit there thinking “well, lets see how they explain this…”

The best fiction actually does.