Betsy Langowski

A photo of my stove top, with a big pot of bubbling creamy liquid on the right, and a smaller pot with butter melting on the left.

Caramels on one front burner. Toffees on the other front burner. Weight goals definitely on the back burner.

Two frogs enjoying a cup of tea or a bowl of broth. The one on the left says “how are things?” The one on the right thinks, “don’t be weird,” and says “time isn’t real.”

It's me, I'm on the right.

Hard and Heavy Christmas on Apple Music Playlist · 137 Songs

Now that it's December, here's your annual reminder that the Hard and Heavy Christmas playlist on Apple Music is a goddamn masterpiece. music.apple.com/us/playlist/h...

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies (Published 2023)

I’m afraid these are destined for board game night tonight, BUT I can offer you a care package in the form of… the recipe! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...

Chocolate cookies sit on a cooling rack. They’re coated in cinnamon sugar and they have oozy marshmallows seeping out from cracks in them.

Mexican hot chocolate cookies. I just love this recipe, even though (maybe because???) it's a little fiddly.

Tim Walz's fundraising campaign just sent an email from his dog, Scout, with the subject "Woof." It reads, "My favorite human needs to raise $50,000 before tomorrow at midnight."

In addition to adoring Gov. Walz, I am deeply susceptible to the personification of animals. Take my money.

An open book lays on top of a dog, which lays atop two giant fluffy blankets.

I'm under two blankets, a book, and a dog. I don't often wish I could use The Force, as it generally seems more trouble than it's worth. But I would use it so hard right now to make more tea.

A photo of a page from LOTR. It reads: “After the feast (more or less) came the Speech. Most of the company were, however, now in a tolerant mood, at that delightful stage which they called 'filling up the corners'. They were sipping their favourite drinks, and nibbling at their favourite dainties, and their fears were forgotten. They were prepared to listen to anything, and to cheer at every full stop.”

A Tolkienism that should have gone mainstream like "Second Breakfast" is in Chapter 1 of The Fellowship of the Ring. After a feast, hobbits engage in what they call, "filling up the corners." This is my current status.

Not me trauma-dumping on the poor 20 year old kid working at Jersey Mike's, who just tried to make polite conversation while he made my sandwich by asking me what I'm thankful for this year.

Gather 'round kids and let me tell you the Thanksgiving story of the pie crust that wouldn't fucking come together for absolutely no reason.

Two images spliced together. The top is a NWS notice of a winter storm warning starting at 9pm. The bottom is Theoden from Lord of the Rings standing in the rain at Helm’s Deep, saying, “so it begins”

😭❄️

Holiday Rocky Road

(Gift link to recipe: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...)

Three slices of a fudge in loaf form, filled with cross sections of all the ingredients and topped with sprinkles

I made my newest holiday recipe (discovered last year) that has no right being as good as it is. It's inspired by Australian Rocky Road, made with Biscoff cookie butter (omg!!), melted chocolate, marshmallows, Biscoff cookies, pecans, and spice drops. Sounds weird but it's unreal amazing.

A picture of a mug that says “my holidays are booked” with a Christmas tree made out of books. It’s in front of a fireplace with stockings hanging from the mantel. There are easily 20 mini marshmallows and a candy cane in it.

Being an adult is putting as many goddamn marshmallows into my hot chocolate as I want.

Toby stares out an open window at a dog walking by outside

53 degrees in November. The happiest dog with the windows open.

A large sign posted on a fence surrounding a construction site. It shows a drawing of a construction worker wearing PPE, with labels pointing out required items like hard hat and eye protection. But the drawing of the worker is full on Village-People-esque thirst trap.

I'm all for ensuring proper PPE is worn on construction sites, but did this sign have to go so hard?

A screenshot confirming my ticket purchase for the Weird Al concert happening at the Grandstand of the Minnesota State Fair

It's never too early to prepare for the Minnesota State Fair!

I would watch that!

It’s a line from the movie Clerks.

I was in a workout class this morning. The coach said something hyperbolic about, "having to do 37 burpees." It was compulsive. I couldn't stop it. I yelled, "IN A ROW?" Everyone just stared at me. 🫠

The cover of the book Orbital by Samantha Harvey. It features an artistic rendition of planets and their orbits. The book has a number of stamps indicating it’s from the public library.

Has anyone else read the book Orbital? I'm not usually a fan of super literary books like this but… is this maybe the closest I'll ever get to really viscerally understanding what it's like to be an astronaut?

Why does AirPods audio routing only fail and fall back (at top volume!) to iPhone speakers when attractive men are around? And why does it only happen when I'm listening to an operatic version of Hark the Herald Angels Sing and never when I'm enjoying some super cool indie tunes?

What's the name of the maxim, akin to Murphy's Law, that says, "Whatever room you need to be in, so must the robo vacuum"?

Toby chews on a rawhide as big has he is, holding it between his two paws.

Toby leaps into the air for a toy and rawhide, mouth wide open.

Toby chews a rawhide laying in his doggy bed surrounded by toys.

Happy gotcha day to my beloved little Toby monster!! From a scrawny, scrappy street dog to the most spoiled animal to ever walk the earth, so much can change in five years.

Toby is curled around a neon toy. It’s a cupcake that has a winking face.

Sometimes you just have to have a snuggle with your smiley, squeaky cupcake.

I watched the new Superman movie on a plane just now. Admittedly I dislike superhero movies. But why doesn't someone make a Clark Kent film?? I would find it endlessly more enjoyable.

A targeted ad I got on Instagram from Saks featuring a leather calf-length skirt with giant holes all over it.

Holy skirt, Batman.

Text on a background that’s vaguely “inspirational poster” themed, with cliffs and a waterfall. It says, “So this is just life, huh? Watching pants go from baggy to skinny again over and over every 10 years until they put you in the dirt”

It certainly does have that vibe. Kneel before Zod.

Artistically placed hexagons, one of which has mirror image code… looks like some hacked up JavaScript or maybe Typescript. There’s no white space and it’s clearly meant to be art, but it just hurts.

Just in case I forget where I am, the hotel room artwork really sends the reminder "YOU ARE IN THE BAY AREA."