Christopher O.

Go stick your head in a pig

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbS...

Nonesuch was an amazing label back in the day

Williams' soundtrack from that battle is practically a standard on classical radio, now

Sadly, Ella's on Johnson is no more. Have you been there? Old school Jewish deli food, every cubic inch of the space filled with crude homemade mechatronic copyright violations, and a full-sized carousel outside. It was the perfect spot to take kids

Important question: Where/what did you eat while in Madison?

I've never seen so many sousaphones in one place, they must sound glorious

The pumps that pump abrasive slurry into the filling machine, they must need to rebuild those every week

Cooper Black always holds my attention

I think so, my dad always told me that Elmer's Glue was casein... probably long after they switched to PVA

William Marshall as Dr. Richard Daystrom in the Star Trek Original Series episode "The Ultimate Computer"

Gebhardt's Chili con Carne "A delightful combination of good foods and pleasing flavor that once tried is always enjoyed. Gebhardt's is *real* Chili con Carne, made after the original Mexican recipe. "Fine, juicy beef, Government inspected and Gebhardt selected. Fat, mealy beans -- the pride of the Estancia Valley. Rich, red gravy filled with nourishment and flavor from the meat and beans. Genuine Mexican peppers and spices in just the right amount to give piquant tang and zest different from any other food. "The combination of these to make *real* Chili con Carne is the Gebhardt secret -- long sought but never achieved by imitators. It's quality and flavor is only equalled by its purity. "*Real* Chili con Carne, pure and delicious, nourishing and substantial, is a food treat you will always enjoy if you like good things to eat." -- advertisement from the 1923 cookbook "Mexican Cookery for American Homes", Gebhardt Chili Powder Co., found in full online at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mexican_Cookery_for_American_Homes/vsZQAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

And yet, once upon a time, San Antonio's Gebhardt Chili Powder Co. canned Chili con Carne con Frijoles. From their cookbook, link to the entire cookbook in alt text:

Me, I'm of the 'cook it however you like it' school with not much use for prescriptivists

In my town, someone stole that melody and repurposed it as the Ernie von Schledorn song

I need this now

It's excellent sausage, and Tommy Neese is good people. They also make Liver Mush, which I haven't tried.

I've been in the factory several times, servicing the very machine that wraps that sausage. It's a somewhat-modified butter wrapping machine, actually.

A pile of candy raisins, a weirdly brown-colored gummy candy enjoyed by old people in Milwaukee Wisconsin USA. They don't actually taste like raisins.

Candy raisins, available mail-order here halfnuts.net/products/can...

Kinda seems like it's begging the question of what the definition of "virtuous" is

Wise choice. Heartburn from overeating is extremely unpleasant in the middle of the night.

I would add Fresno Japantown circa 2020

It was June the couple times we went, and Virginia in June was sweltering for us Northerners

...and that was mostly from the POV of an 18th century Tidewater colonist paying for a luxury substance to add to their tea. The life of a worker on a sugar plantation may have been mentioned but I don't remember it being discussed in depth. It was 1000 miles away.

My own experience, parochial (Missouri Synod Lutheran) schools, 60s-70s:

Mentioned briefly as part of the Transatlantic 'Triangle' trade, that's about it. 1970s Colonial Williamsburg docents discussed it a little while explaining what those white cones on the shelves were.

Post a banger not in English

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgD...

Monteverdi: writes a banger with basically only one note

"...♪ Things are alright in America ♫..."

It'll be really cool if they figure out how to make synthetic ruby and sapphire at these scales & at low cost, but that day is not today

I'm guessing if the "SJ" wasn't right there, we all still woulda known

Truth 'n Reconciliation for low level apparatchiks, maybe. Smashed a car window to fill a quota? Fired projectiles at peaceful peoples' heads? Prison.

Simply put, justice for every victim of Trump/Republican thuggishness. Lots and lots of prison sentences and restitution.

Prison and restitution for anyone who's looted Federal holdings -- I expect we'll discover lots of things having gone missing from the Smithsonian & Library of Congress

Other lives I might have led happily:
- Great Lakes freighter 2nd mate
- symphony orchestra 3rd horn
- pastry chef
- violin maker
- cartographer
- furniture maker
- cheesemaker
- dilettante with a generous trust fund

Hello neighbor

I'm tempted to troll the government employees by sending news stories about the new cruise terminal they're building in Milwaukee