Mark Dziak

Give Sanders a shot

For habits, it's not a bad one to have. It's fun too and you get something to eat. What's not to love?

YouTube video by HermesHouseBandVEVO Hermes House Band - Country Roads (Official Video)

Spent 5 years in WV and enjoyed my time there. Country Roads is popular in Europe due to a euro-dance cover of it

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Being a bit of a math nerd growing up, I learned that the house always wins*, so gambling has held no interest in me.

*Apparently some people have bankrupted casinos and I'm not sure how that works

My 6yo has started calling Field Goals, "Baby Goals" and you know what? I like it

That whole series was garbage

The thing with the Browns is that until they have any downfield threat, it'll be hard to judge whoever the QB is

Bummed to see my placement of Walter's Theme did not make the final list 🤣

No, its the quality of food coloring. American stuff is much more potent and you can see the difference in things like M&Ms - in the US the candies are much more bold and vibrant; in Germany, they are more earth tones

A pancake cooking in a pan. It is supposed to be orange but is more of a salmon-pink color

The finished "orange" pancakes. Cooking and turning brown certainly did not help with the color.

And today's example of things in Germany that didn't quite work the way you expect - the kids wanted orange pancakes

Philosophical debate in our house: should cook books get dirty or stay clean and immaculate?

I see no problem with this.
Where do I sign up?

People can debate the concept of the Rock Hall and "what is Rock & Roll?" but the museum itself is top notch and dare I say underrated.

One of the best things I did before we moved was to spend a day there by myself.

Yeah we've done beer, whiskey, socks...a sausage one could be fun. Could you share the link?

Not in Bremen - currently still experiencing storm Joshua (or whatever it's called) - rainy and windy.

My wife is asking me what I want for an Advent calendar - any ideas for a fun one for a middle aged dad?

A wife of one of my best friends has an old card catalog she uses to store stuff like most of us have in a random junk drawer. Need a sharpie? A roll of tape? Scissors? It's all there.

Cool to see other people doing the same.

Well I'm happy to report that it's 7:30am and all clocks in the house have been changed.

Always a good idea

Yeah but they'll always have John Heisman

Isn't that the village that didn't believe in having kids?

Listen, I lean heavily on the "AI is bad" side (though I use it sparingly) but there are certain life skills people should learn how to do.

You don't need to be a gourmet chef but it isn't hard to learn 5-10 recipes you can fall back on.

Homemade chocolate chip cookies, fresh out of the oven, cooling on a wire rack

A rainy Saturday afternoon, so what did we do? Make some cookies

I'm pretty sure you post this every year and every year I'm jealous.

Please enjoy and post some pictures for the rest of us.

Am I liking every reply from when I was in school (1997-2002)?
You know it!

And going to college in Ohio, this may be the #1 song unique to that time period:

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That's good to hear and it's always nice when the visiting fans are respectful.

For me personally, I rate Union higher than most other BL teams and want to see them succeed. Obviously not against Werder 😁

Moin!
This reminds me that I never posted our Starbucks haul from over the summer. It'll have to wait as they have been moved to the back of our now-60+ collection 😯

My daughter was by herself the other morning before leaving the house. I came home later and found this note.

As a parent, you always wonder if you're doing a good job and, well, so far so good.

Maybe we'll have a holiday ceasefire and enjoy a Döner together