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Accidental Chicken Tikka Masala. Or, recipe websites are awful.

February 15, 2010

As you read this post, keep in mind that A)I’m food-stupid and B) I’m food-lazy. Here I am, trying to plan a weekly menu, because that’s what all the homey-wifey websites recommend you do to keep the Arab-Israeli Menu Planning War of 1967 from breaking out in the household.   I witnessed this first-hand on numerous occasions when I’ve been too lazy/tired/homicidal after work to cook dinner (this happens at least twice a week.) On these occasions, when I was single ...

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The History of Tipping…in the Boykis Household

February 10, 2010

I just saw this cute infographic (via ChartPorn) of how much people tip and some of the psychological reasons behind tipping, and I decided to make my own, based on the Boykis household. And what did I learn?  Infographics are hard as hell to make.

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Superbowl Commercials

February 9, 2010

On Sunday, I watched the Super Bowl.  And by watched, I mean pretended to watch it because, even after over 15 years in America since my early youth and attending one of the biggest football schools in the country, I still have no idea what the rules of American football are.  “Now the offensive team has a chance to complete a touchdown,” Mr. B caringly pointed out to me after I kept yelling at him that I had no idea ...

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The Snowpocalypse Rains Down Calamity and Soviet Russia on DC

February 4, 2010

You probably won’t hear from me next week, because I’ll be snowed under.   You may have heard that the DC area is scheduled to be obliterated like Atlantis over the weekend due to the snowpocalypse that will occur: As a result, all Hell has broken loose in the DC region and my local Giant supermarket has turned into a stunning example of Soviet breadlines that my parents lived through.  I can only say, Lord have mercy on yuppies like me ...

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Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit

February 1, 2010

When I was in the third grade, I won a contest or got the best grade in some class-I don’t remember exactly.  All the other kids that won had gotten something like gift certificates to Pizza Hut or stickers, so I was excited to get the same.  Unfortunately, all I got was a book called Words of Stone with the words “Happy Holidays! from Mrs. Moyer,” my third grade teacher,written there. I was really disappointed because  the book had no ...

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