2 whole leeks 4 cups chicken stock 6 oz. cream 4 red potatoes or 2 russet potatoes 2 slices thick-cut bacon, or 4 oz. diced ham 2 tbsp. butter thyme parsley chives unground peppercorns cayenne salt and pepper cooking twine… Continue Reading
[A] I link to this article of a fire in Chicago because you have to see the picture. It’s far out. [B] Farhad Manjoo is singing the same old tired song about the death of the PC. Bring able to… Continue Reading
We are apparently going to get a new tallest building in the city, the future 73-story Wilshire Grand Hotel. Which visually brings to mind another mega-hotel from another part of the world. I hadn’t heard about this before today. Check-in… Continue Reading
Doug Mataconis has a piece up on the urban-to-rural subsidization of post offices. The post and the response to the post are predictable (including my own). But I wanted to share a great comment on there from a guy named… Continue Reading
An assistant football coach of the Texas Longhorns had sex with a UT student at the 2009 Fiesta Bowl: In separate statements released Friday night, Dodds and Applewhite called the incident a one-time occurrence. [UT Athletic Director Deloss] Dodds said… Continue Reading
I’ve heard that the tri-tip or ‘triangle cut’ roast of beef is still relatively unknown in many parts of the United States. It’s taken from the bottom sirloin — that portion of the cow above the flank and in front… Continue Reading
What links more than half of the state of Indiana (by land area), Paul the Evangelist, Tony Blair, the entire country of Grenada, Alicia Keys, Pomona College, Bo Diddley’s iconic song Who Do You Love?, the 1950 New York Yankees,… Continue Reading
If you’re like me, and I know I am, you own a house that you owe more money on than could be made if you were to sell it. This is called being “underwater,” or having “negative equity.” It’s not the… Continue Reading
[A] Not often, but I sometimes get conspiratorially-minded. The case of the NCAA screwing up the investigation of Miami (FL) to my usually dormant conspiratorial instincts. This has the potential to save the NCAA from making a very difficult decision.… Continue Reading
The partner at my firm was irritated that I had jury duty and wasn’t trying to get out of it. I’d deferred the summons from December as I had a long-cause jury trial of my own on calendar then, so having… Continue Reading