Christmas dinner was a 4 peppercorn prime rib and it was one of the best I’ve ever made. Nailed it this year and I just hope I can always nail it this well.

Two turkeys. One pot.

🎶 And I would prep one dozen crusts 🎶

🎶 And I would prep a dozen more 🎶

🎶 Just to have a dozen pies 🎶

🎶 When you show up at my do-o-or 🎶

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MUG CHECK.

Got these at origins as a gift to @esmerel.bsky.social but then I stole one so instead we have matching mugs.

May I offer the most majestic, derpy fluff.

I wanted it to be Donkey Kong but that certainly came much later than this one.

Because this site is still mostly @scalzi.com and he mostly posts cat pics (ok cat pics are just a chunk but you get my meaning) here’s a cat pic.

This is one of the adorable kittens of our porch stray who was “I hate everything about you” when we first took her in and now she’s mouthy demanding.

A toast to Jimmy.

Pan seared new your strip steak, (reverse sear method), loaded baked potato, sautéed spinach.

You can really see how much bigger Freyr is compared to Hawke.