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  1. I kind of wanted them to pan out and show her talking with the Cigarette-Smoking Man and us to find out Stan was shacking up with a double-crossing US operative whose last name literally means Red Cave.
  2. I didn't expect it to go out in a blaze of glory a la Breaking Bad. I didn't exactly expect this either. What exactly did Stan tell Henry, and what happens to Henry now? Could he legally stay with Stan? When they were driving in the car at the end, I thought Philip was telling the driver to pull over because he realized they were about to be taken care of like Adriana in The Sopranos. Kept waiting for the turn into the woods. So Elizabeth fucking up the Gorbechev plan didn't get them excommunicated? I really thought that it was going to ruin their relationship with The Center and that they were going to leave them in the US.
  3. Vanessa Carlton. This was her big hit.
  4. Yeah, she has a great voice, but Piece of My Heart is one of those songs that's greater than the sum of its parts. Janis Joplin's voice made that song. Anything else, especially upbeat like this, takes away the raw pain of the song. Another one I think of similarly is Man in a Box by Alice in Chains. I can't imagine anyone besides Layne Staley doing that one.
  5. I couldn't make it all the way through. Wow.
  6. austingirl

    Worst covers

    And I don't mean Weird Al-style shit that's an obvious parody. I humbly submit the following.
  7. Very Necessary was my first CD. I still know all the words to Shoop, and looking back, I'm kind of surprised my parents didn't take it away from me considering that I was in middle school and had no idea what the song was about at that point. As an aside, Coolio performed at the Port Arthur Mardi Gras one year and I got his autograph. /coolstorybro
  8. "Try SCE to AUX." Really great writeup of that story here.
  9. I was really sad to hear this. I met him back in the early aughts when I did PR for the UT College of Engineering. He was an advisory council member and I schmoozed with him and some of the other members (as an aside, Rex Tillerson was one, too) and we talked about his life at NASA, but honestly, more about his painting. He was such a great guy. The CoE has some amazing alumni.
  10. Well, it's not a REAL rodent, so.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. This mofo has gotten lazy over the years. He used to stand at the door till we let him out. Now, if we don't get there fast enough, he just lets out one of those dog sighs and lays here and stares at us till we take pity on him. Mind you, he has enough energy to bark nonstop at the guy replacing the neighbors' upstairs windows. Priorities. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. I will say that at least we know they're coming a few days out. Tornadoes scare the shit out of me especially considering we don't have basements. I assumed he was joking with the Ireland reference. Are you kidding me? My parents are moving their RV up to Crystal in a couple of weeks - they leave it there all summer. I'm still surprised it has never gotten much damage these last few years.
  13. Surprised? No. Were my hopes dashed yet again that he could use this opportunity to say something not moronic? Yes.
  14. It was delicious. I have not been to 99 Ranch - I'll definitely check it out.
  15. Plated up. Pork belly, roasted pork, fresh lo mein, broth, nori, fresh peas, and a slow-poached egg. Well worth the effort. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. Making roux is way more hands-on than making ramen broth. With roux you're stirring the whole time and if it burns you have to start over. Pho is a bit more work than ramen because the broth needs to be skimmed and strained so that it's clear. Ramen can be cloudy, so that right there eliminates the constant skimming while it cooks. If you're home all day, it's cake. You're just adding and removing different components to the pot as you go along.
  17. Haven't read this whole thing. My college roommate's dad was the mayor of Santa Fe back in the late 90s-early aughts. Spent some time there with her. It's a sweet little town close to the Gulf, much like where I grew up. I'm so sad and tired of all this. I don't know what the answer is. I don't know what will fix it. I just know that whatever fixes it will be change. Something different from what we're doing/not doing now. I know this because we have yet to do anything that has helped. It's getting worse, not better. I'm sad and tired and sick that sending my kids to school and my husband to work makes me nervous. As someone who has lived with depression for almost the last decade, and who has several family members being treated for it as well, I can say from experience (as can many of you) that treating mental health is terribly complex and treatment success varies wildly among individuals. Because of this, it seems like limiting access to firearms, or certain kinds of firearms, has a much better chance of bringing down the number of mass shootings in the short term. But what the fuck do I know. My love to everyone in Santa Fe.
  18. Pork belly out of the oven. Once it's cooled a bit I'll wrap and chill it for easier slicing later. I'll save the rendered fat for other stuff later. I added a spoonful to the dog's food bowl and now he's looking at me like I'm the second coming of Jesus. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Ohhhhh I did not know that. Thanks! Above is the dragon fruit. Pork belly rubbed down and ready to sit overnight. Pork butt ready for slow roasting this morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. Also picked up some dragon fruit for dessert. Just scraped it out of the shell. Soooo good. Would've posted a pic but imgur is getting on my fucking nerves right now.
  21. I love pho, ramen, basically any type of Asian noodle soup. I went through a pho phase a while back and worked on my broth recipe until it was perfect and I could freeze a bunch for pho whenever I got a hankering for it. Once the broth is done it's just a matter if pulling together the toppings and voila, you have a tasty bowl of comfort food I prefer over chicken noodle soup any day. I visited Momofuku Noodle Bar years ago (in NYC), and got the cookbook last Christmas. It wasn't until now that I thought I'd tackle making my own ramen the David Chang way. (Except the noodles. I may be a glutton for punishment when it comes to cooking complex shit, but I do not have it in me to make my own noodles at this point.) So, this afternoon, I went to the new HMart in NW Austin, stocked up on everything I needed and began working on the broth around 2 pm. First, put two sheets of dried kombu into a stockpot filled with 6 quarts of water. When it comes to a boil, turn off the heat and let the kombu steep for 15 minutes. Remove the kombu and add 2 cups dried shiitakes. Bring it back to a boil, then simmer gently for 30 minutes. Remove and reserve for another use. I sliced up the kombu to add to salads and am going to pickle the shiitakes. I did not think to start taking pics until after this point, so here are the shiitakes and kombu after doing their thing in the broth. Next up, I cut the backbone out of a chicken and cut the rest of it into 6 pieces (left in the wings for my purposes). Saved the backbone to make tare' with later. Added the chicken and let it simmer about an hour. When the chicken was falling off the bone, I removed it and set on a carving board to rest till I could pick the meat off the bones. The chicken bones went to hang out with their brethren, the uncooked backbone, and wait for the tare' to get started. As the chicken was simmering, I heated the oven to 400 and loaded up a baking sheet with 5 lbs meaty pork bones - I did a mix of neck and back bones. Roasted those suckers for an hour, till they were a lovely brown. Roasted bones went in next, along with 1 lb bacon. Bacon simmered for about 45 minutes, and I left everything else to simmere for ~6 hours, maybe? About an hour till the end, I added a bunch of green onions, chopped carrot, and two onions, halved but not peeled (onion skins give the broth a great color). I'll pull it off heat in about 30 minutes, strain, and season with tare (like japanese bbq sauce; a mix of mirin, sake, soy sauce, all cooked with roasted chicken bones.) Tomorrow I'll work on the pork belly and pork shoulder for toppings, while the broth waits in the fridge. Will post more pics then.
  22. I really appreciate this. I know we disagree on a lot but the discussion here has been great. I'm not sure if you're serious about knowing it was you, but yes, you can click on the green or red number in the bottom right corner of a post and see who all likes or dislikes it. You should also get notified if someone reacts to your post or quotes you, and the notification panel shows you who is reacting. Anyway, I'm genuinely curious as to what you found to be high-horsey and/or anti-male. I've been married to a guy for 15 years and am raising two boys. I, as I'm sure is the case with most everyone here, have a lot vested in working through these issues, and have found the conversation in this thread to be very insightful.
  23. Shmitty, are you going to provide any context to why you're negging everything I post?
  24. Yeah, I'm cringing just imagining accepting a drink from someone and then ignoring them. It's just ...mean. This is spot on. Last night Animal House was on, and I'd forgotten about the scene where Amadeus is making out with the girl from the grocery store and she passes out, and the devil on his shoulder is telling him to fuck her because she wanted it anyway. He doesn't, but God. Because those aren't the top of the priority list for many (maybe most) women. So what if you have a job and don't look like a goblin? It doesn't mean shit if you're an asshole, and it's usually not hard to figure out if that's the case.
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