This; And also that

This hurts my brain:

disclosure: I work for the publisher that distributes No Starch Press’ Forbidden Lego.
more disclosure: Somebody should get the Nobel Book Titling prize for calling a book “Forbidden Lego.”… Read on Macduff...

I’ve been thinking a lot about toast and how everyone takes it for granted. I mean, how many foods taste great uncooked and taste even greater after you’ve heated them up? 10? Maybe? Maybe 12? It’s not a lot.
So … Read on Macduff...

The bliss starts about 45 seconds in.

(As an aside, I first discovered this video about 13 years ago, and for a stretch I must have played it 15 times a day. Good times. Good times.)… Read on Macduff...

It’s the year 2007. 2000. 7.
I’m calling bull-ass* on that one.
* “bull-ass” was my 7-year-old’s best-guess attempt when we asked him if he knew the curse word that started with bull. “Bull-ass?” he said. And oh, how we … Read on Macduff...

have fallen away.
No fennel. No onions any more. No rosemary, no cheese.
All these, pulled beneath the surf
like Godzilla, turning her scaly back on us, taking our
early egg experiments down with her
in a foamy splash.
It’s … Read on Macduff...

The pasta that I had tonight at Pastino’s in Oakland
was the worst pasta I have had in my entire life.
I am an old man. I have lived 300 years.
In all my years, I’ve never had pasta this … Read on Macduff...

In case you find yourself in the Island City on November 3rd, be sure to drop by Alameda Literati where I’ll be speaking on not one, not three, but two panels — one on (yes) blogging at 10 am, and … Read on Macduff...

I liked SCB’s suggestion in the comments that I get an HBO special entitled “Uncorked.” I’m thinking I could carve out a niche as “the guy who complains about his small town with specifics no one outside of that town … Read on Macduff...

I flipped someone the bird today. I haven’t done that for a lot of years. It didn’t feel that great, but now that I’ve done it, I can’t seem to stop.
We live in a pretty small town. Slowing down … Read on Macduff...