Alton Brown’s Protégé

You can’t make this stuff up, folks: Child: “Mom, what’s in this?” Mom: “Carrots, onions, celery, beef… it’s just stew.” Child 2: “Are you asking because you want to make it yourself?” Child: “No, cuz it tastes bad.”

numbers game

After the introduction of our newest U.S. budget, I heard a BBC newscaster who kept saying “2.5 thousand million dollars.” At least I think that’s what they said. Okay, first off I thought this sounded cool, since it’s such a big number. Plus she had a British accent and I was drooling just a little […]