I remember when I was in high school, one of the gym teachers admonishing a class about public displays of affection, using the phrase "playing huggy bear kissy face". (Don't remember which teacher, oddly - maybe Mrs. Casey, Miss Provost or Mr. Hill.) I doubt the phrase originated with that teacher, or even in that school, because if you Google the exact phrase "huggy bear kissy face" now, it returns about 13,400 results.

Wouldn't it be great if running a full file repository backup took zero time and less space? Then we could just snapshot the whole data repository daily. (If it's critical that your data be recoverable faster than daily, then you probably need to start thinking of investment in a RAID-mirroring platform, or a continuous journalling system.) If we could snapshot the whole repository daily then in the event of total server failure, we could just copy the most recent backup onto a live stand-in server. Or ... (...more)

Fresh from the fridge and pop the top - malty scent, dense creamy head, uncomplimentary sweet and yeast flavor, weak carbonation and syrupy mouthfeel, and an unpleasant chemical-vanilla aftertaste. Set the rest of the bottle aside aside to warm up and breathe a few minutes.

On a hunch, I added a scoop of dutch chocolate ice cream to that disappointing first pour and stirred a bit. Definitely a match made in heaven.

The stout is pretty much undetectable in my last chili experiment, so I need to hunt down public recipes for beer chili, find one in which the beer flavor actually shines through, and experiment with varietals from there. My last (and final "experimental") bean stew recipe was version 3.5, about 3 weeks ago. Bean texture in the most recent chili execution is definitely missing, and I don't have a dedicated bag of pintos handy, so I figured I'd make up a 5-bean stew batch and round out the chili with so... (...more)

Bought 3# of ground turkey at Western Beef, 2 of which immediately went in the pot to cook through, and the remaining 1# went in the freezer with a 1# left over from last purchase. Had 1 medium and 2 smallish onions, so I diced up the 2 small. Either I'm getting better at it, or the onions mellowed sitting in the fridge a few weeks. Cached the cooked-but-not-exactly-browned turkey to a storage container, threw the first diced onion on medium heat while I diced the second, added a couple heaping teaspoon... (...more)