The other night I learned a valuable lesson: Avocados need to be not only ripe, but also at room temperature when you make guacamole.
My mom was making vegetable fajitas, and my cousin in California, who has an avocado tree, sent us a box of avocados a few weeks ago. They weren’t ripe yet then […]

Earlier this month, a list of the 100 Unsexiest Men in the World appeared on the Boston website ThePhoenix.com. I’m not a Phoenix fan - to me it’s a typical online news site with lame ’snappy’ article titles (In the news today: ‘Blowed up good - the old Jamestown Bridge is gonzo’…well okay) that […]

My oldest brother is 6′10″ tall. Whenever he flies, it’s hell if he cannot get a seat with a lot of leg room (F you rich 1st class flyers) - especially international flights, which we fly fairly regularly (and that’s really what I’m talking about here - I don’t give a shit about those […]

I just got back from vacation to find that the new Pearl Jam album has been leaked. I’ve been awaiting this release for months and I’ve had it pre-ordered from the Ten Club (yeah) for a while… but who can resist? The quality is kind of shitty… but who can resist? Pearl […]