Man, and he seemed so smart, too.

My “basset hound” “videogum” google alert just went off.

Wasn’t there a compilation of kids getting their first taste of ice cream going around a few months ago? Why was it not just a loop of this?

Hahahaha you are a treasure catweazle. Thanks to this comment I will now be looking for comic book-style origin stories everywhere I go.

Well my day was going fine until Videogum swallowed a long comment I wrote about how my day was going .

Ahhhh thank you guys! You are all so great, and I just want to hug you and hug you until you know how thankful I am. fatima, I have had a few people tell me they cried, which has been kind of nice to hear! I am made of stone, so I only cry at like, the Hey Arnold Christmas special.

Lawblog that sounds like sous vide salmon. My parents took me and gentlemansteph to a nice restaurant one time and he got sous vide salmon and just thought it was the best thing ever. It’s been like two years since this meal and he will still occasionally grumble (jokingly, of course) that I won’t make him sous vide salmon.

H-Man – not to toot my own horn TOO much, but the book is called Follow Her Home.

The Sisters Brothers is GREAT. It’s more like a Coen brothers movie. Violent and dark with a sense of humor and a kind of folksy narrative voice.

Amy’s Baking Company
Scottsdale, AZ
5 stars

Last Friday I was driving through Scottsdale when I got a sudden craving for pizza, baked goods, coffee, and beer. I noticed Amy’s Baking Company on the side of the road and thought, WOW, what luck!

I was skeptical when I walked in and saw a tired-looking woman haranguing a waiter and full-on shouting at him when he mentioned something about someone stealing tips? I thought, well, that’s strange, and that can’t really be right because who does that, so I just sat down anyway because I really wanted my pizza/baked goods/coffee/beer.

My lunch was kind of a disaster. The food was terrible, and it was hard to even attempt to enjoy it over the constant soundtrack of vitriol volleyed back and forth across the restaurant. It was so bad that I actually complained, which is not something I ever do.

The owners Amy and Sammy came out to talk to me, and they demanded that I come with them into the restaurant’s office. I will admit that I was scared, but there was something authoritative in their demeanor, and I followed them into a small, dark room next to the kitchen. Amy and Sammy proceeded to shout at me, calling me a godless, miserable pussy, and claiming they had God on their side.

It was then that I noticed the decor of the office – there were crucifixes on every wall, and a large shrine took up a quarter of the office. When I looked back at Amy and Sammy, their heads glowed under haloes of light, and they smiled at me with changed expressions, their eyes overflowing with sudden benevolence. Just then, an Angel appeared and put a white-lit hand on Amy and Sammy’s shoulders. The Angel spoke, and I learned that Amy and Sammy were the Lord’s servants, that they were put on this Earth to bring God to non-believers through their pizzeria/bistro/bakery/bar. I felt the Holy Spirit enter me like water into a parched mouth, and I fell on my knees and cried.

Amy and Sammy gave me a croissant and wine on the house, and transformed by the power of my renewed belief, both offerings were excellent.

Possibly millions ahaha

I wish! You guys, I would need to sell about 500 books to buy ONE shot glass, so assuming I’m not buying this shot glass without being able to afford at least, uh, 5? 10? I’d be doing pretty well for myself.

Also, taco, remember the time I told a story and you said “Long story long story I went to law school – imsteph”? Yea me either I for sure don’t hold grudges over Videogum comments.

I don’t like when you stop me from commenting, VG! I was just trying to tell Kelly and friends how much I love both this video and this write-up, and NO I have not had even close to too much to drink so just LET ME DO THIS OK?