August 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
An Ode to "An Ode to the Nacho"
Less an ode, more a vigorous, affirmative head-nod.
How to judge nachos: The Frenchman Test
When I lived in Paris, my friend Frédéric, a film director who’s eaten well around the globe, challenged me to prove that Mexican food can be more than junk, because he’d never experienced otherwise. From this I derived what I call The Frenchman Test, which I use to rate nachos —Can you ...
March 2011
2 posts
WatchI figured an amalgamation of my favorite things would make more sense than this, but that isn’t a complaint.
Nooo!
I didn’t know there was anything sadder than finding out I am obsolete and old but things change all the quicker due to that, I guess. Thanks GQ, Hollywood, CNN, earthquakes. Sad wizards are the saddest thing.
February 2011
4 posts
What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About...
Thanks for making my Friday, McSweeney’s.
Steely Dan: You have snorted cocaine off a copy of Remembrance of Things Past.
Fleetwood Mac: You have snorted cocaine off a copy of The Hobbit.
Blue Oyster Cult: You have snorted cocaine off a copy of Type 2 Diabetes for Dummies.
Mountain: You have snorted cocaine off a Blue Oyster Cult record.
Nazareth: You have snorted cocaine off a member of...
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