Adam Ragusea

Realized I got a major factual thing wrong in a video (not yet released), and when I tried to trace my mistake, I realized I got it from an incorrect citation in a well-regarded scholarly source and I shudder to imagine how many times that’s happened and I haven’t caught it.

Goodnight, freshly trimmed tank.

YouTube video by Adam Ragusea Broiled chocolate chip cookies, v2.0

Another trick is to use 00 pizza flour, as I did here. The extra protein adds smoothness and chewiness, while the ultra-fine 00 milling gets you an almost paper-like smoothness on breads and other stuff. One of my best original recipes, tbh. youtu.be/raNLUgnfTTQ?...

A plate of chocolate chip cookies with smooth surfaces punctuated with deep fissures, created by using powdered sugar instead of granulated, shaping the dough into smooth pucks, putting them under the broiler until a golden skin develops, pulling them out, and then baking them until done at 350F convection.

One of the biggest differences between homemade and factory baked goods, I’ve become convinced, is the grain size of the sugar. Use powdered sugar, you’ll get a more “pro” finish, fwiw.

Red Labrador retriever in the snow with snow on her nose

Red Labrador retriever on couch snuggling heated blanket.

Poptart talked a big game but came crawling back to her heated blanket pretty quick.

There are days when I want to produce a Viking steaming series with a character named “Ermugerd” just to set it up where, in season 4, Ermugerd time travels to the present and somebody exclaims “oh my god,” but like “Ermugerd.”

Pure white deadly fallen snow next to the dirt-stained white-painted skirt of my back deck.

I’d like to thank the snow for pointing out how dirty my house is.

This government vehicle has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

A big rock on campus that students are allowed to paint. Iranian flag painted with the words “Free IRAN, 20k + shot down, internet shut down.” Many red handprints. Some Farsi writing I can’t read.

Current paint job on The Rock at the University of Tennessee.

This fuckin guy. He could have had it all.

Like when you look inside the ark

You’re too kind!

Whoa, cool! Yeah, I think I saw them on KCRW or something playing live recently and it was unfortunate. Live autotune on the vox. Time comes for us all.

Exactly! They were orchestrating the song on their instruments instead of just thinking of themselves as an add-on rhythm section. And man, those backup vocals. Such a cool band that kinda got forgotten because the singer’s voice had a Christian rock vibe.

Oh man that band had some great arrangements! True quartet stuff, so they always sounded great live, you know?

And I still can only play if I “compose” the part all the way through. I can’t just feel my way through a song the way a real drummer can. And my time is still awful, but incrementally improving. And this song was “advanced” right foot for me.

Without the immediate goal of a recording project I’m not disciplined enough to practice for real and not just fuck around. So I’d say I’ve been playing for about four months of cumulative active recording project time!

Oh man right foot is the sticking point for me too. I could not play the kick pattern on this song at first. Practiced it for a while, went to bed, the morning I had it well enough and got this recorded. To me I can’t make any progress unless I’m actively recording something.

This is huge, congratulations!!

It took a lot of stick fiddling to find my fulcrum, if you take my meaning.

YouTube video by The Greatest Generation Trek Fart Connection - Music Video: Ten Years of The Greatest Generation

Among other things, I’m pleased to say this features the first honest-to-god drumroll I’ve ever committed to tape, at 1:58. Big moment for me. youtu.be/YXVCHPaw-O8?...

YouTube video by The Greatest Generation Trek Fart Connection - Music Video: Ten Years of The Greatest Generation

Someday we'll find it, the Trek Fart Connection.

Thanks to all the Friends of DeSoto who have joined us over the last decade, here's to another ten years!

Full Trek Fart Connection Music Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXVC...

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What he could do, however, is wait another year and then replace her with a recess appointment, which could last two years without Senate approval. I expect we may see a lot of that soon.

It’s possible, but what remains of his political instincts will also make him wary of the ensuing confirmation fight in the Senate. Keeping her and marginalizing/scapegoating her is prob the smarter play for him, as long as she tolerates it. He won’t get another lackey confirmed for this job now.

Frankly, I’m glad there are increasingly things I don’t know about.

*whom

I mean I’m honestly not sure who THIS is for

Doesn’t “secondary” also encompass the LBs in today’s game?

Is it weird that the defensive backs can be variously described as “the secondary” and “the third level”?

He died well.