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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedOne of the things I used to love the most Making Hollywood Bread into cinnamon toast Growing up one of the things my mom would always buy Beloved by this growing guy A special bread you can no longer get But have found one pretty close to it Takes me back to my younger days The closest I ever got to addictive ways Could finish half a loaf in half an hour Loved it so much with no will power Never on a diet back in the day But devoured this dark diet bread anyway Growing up in the 50s and 60s this was How I would loaf around and get a buzz .

Hayley: In our conversation about the 30 Rock St. Patrick's Day episode, you mentioned that James Marsden is one of Hollywood's most underutilized hot guys. I agree, and I think that we need to have a bigger discussion on this important topic.  James Marsden is perfect to look at onscreen. He is charming, handsome, a good actor, and has great comedic timing. But the problem is that there are so few places to turn when you want to watch a movie with James Marsden front-and-center.

The plan has always been for Queer Computer to be a semi-regular affair, but alas, it’s been 3 months since my last post. I had considered logging on to discuss the whole Elon Musk/Twitter debacle, and I even wrote a few words that amounted to “Twitter has always sucked and now it is suckier”. However I didn’t publish this hot take because it didn’t feel very hot — it was lukewarm at best.

Over on Bluesky, the social media methadone clinic for Twitter addicts like myself, there was some primo Let’s Remember Some Guys discussion of Homestar Runner, the webtoon popular in the early 2000s. All the classic lines were quoted: “I can do it nine times.” “I’m the captain of the gravy train!” “I’m totally crushing!” As millennials like myself inch toward decrepitude every day, it appears inevitable that there will be legions of us in AI-run nursing homes, endlessly singing “The system is down!

In the 1990 movie Home Alone, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister went grocery shopping. He bought a half gallon of milk, a half gallon of orange juice, a TV dinner, bread, frozen mac and cheese, laundry detergent, cling wrap, toilet paper, a pack of army men, and dryer sheets. His bill came to $19.83. Professor Christopher Clarke at Washington State University did a nice analysis of the items and estimated today’s price would be around 104.

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A collection of things I’ve seen. This week’s story I first saw on The Met’s Instagram page commemorating the life of the late artist, Zarina. Time, Home Is a Foreign Place, Zarina, 1999.Zarina is a woodblock printer born in Northern India. Her series, Home Is a Foreign Place, consists of 36 woodblock prints featuring her own narrative of the house she was born in then left at 21 and never returned to.

I’ve always found the homebuilding industry interesting. With a little capital, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can get into the business of building homes, and I’ve seen this happen first-hand almost a dozen times. The barriers to entry are relatively low, but the barriers to profitable and sustainable scale seem high. I’ve seen small fortunes made in this business, and I’ve seen a lot of builders go out of business after years – or decades – of success.

On this episode of Dishing with Stephanies Dish”, I chat with guest Tracey Medeiros to discuss her cookbook, "The Vermont Farm To Table Cookbook." Tracey talks about the inspiration behind the book and her passion for community-driven cookbooks. She emphasizes the importance of building a relationship with recipe contributors and provides tips for utilizing excess produce. The conversation then turns to the impact of supporting local farmers and the farm-to-table movement, with Tracey sharing two recipes from her cookbook.