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(I think brown would be fine though, they still have that modern 90s vibe to me, but plenty of warmth in the space.)

At Zuni, I'd go with black!

What restaurant? Brown is warmer, homey, but if it’s a more modern decor I’d go with black.

Aw, you can lurk with me.

Nooooo

the proportions are off.

Not today, satan.

I can’t decide if I trust you on this

Hey speak for yourself - a mysterious Russian woman once told me I was obviously of royal blood because she could “see” the train of my dresses as I walked…

I think we’re the tail end of delicate rich baby as the joke period, switched to asthma (poor) as the indicator, but I have high hopes we can bring weakness back to the rich.

Yes exactly, spoiled weak baby, like a Hapsburg.

I assume to signal inbreeding. So pale and so weak.

Huge burger from the local bbq place, medium, fried shoestring onions, bacon, pimento cheese, side of fries. Tums for dessert.

Aw c.h.u.d. - the good old days

I’d been working at websites since 1996 and the jobs of 1999 were bananas. Giant content strategy documents full of nonsense and huge teams charging millions for something a couple kids could do in a week for a few thousand. No way that could last.

It was great if you saw it coming. End of 1999 I got a job at Scient and asked for the largest salary I could without laughing - banked all of it, held on til the lay offs and went to SE Asia for 6 mos.

I’ve been off the sauce for a week for a temporary health reason and I’ve said “Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue” to myself about 50 times today. Hugs pal.

Looking down into the bottom of a stainless steel stock pot from above, the bottom is coated with a dark fond from browning something.

Avoiding getting in arguments/yelling at the news by going to flavor town instead (standing at the stove for an hour).

I made the perfect stock for black eyed peas from the Christmas hambone, and I keep it simple with mirepoix and a little chopped kale.

reload the map - it keeps getting bigger... 😬

As a kid, the freedom to break rules, the benefit of subjective judgement - artistic effort is praised when you get a different result than expected, but you fail math and spelling tests when your answer is different than expected. As an adult, freedom from failure, every attempt is simply practice.

This is how my skin around my eyes started to look when I turned 52, before I got some new makeup for "aging skin". Like a runner rug got bunched up as someone ran down the hall.

brb, buying liability only health insurance from a lizard to save a few bucks.

Adding “lick my syruptaint” to the rotation.

In the Bleak Midwinter and Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.

Glad you’re alive, pal!

Ah the old days.

The cost for two of us went from $1400/mo to $3300/mo PLUS a $5000 increase in the deductible. We had to select a lower quality plan and it’s still going to be $1000 more per month and $5000 more in deductible for 2026.

Honestly, it is a tremendous machine.

You can only be you. ❤️