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Mike Janssen
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It’s that time of year
A can of Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Made pizza for the first time in a while. I'm rusty but it was still satisfying. Not pictured: a pepperoni pizza what got a hole in it so you aren't allowed to see
A margherita pizza with six basil leaves and a crust that is overly charred in some locations A cheese pizza on a perforated peel, displaying a mesmerizing sworl of tomato sauce and melted cheese, like a Milky Way of pizza
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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@dcbeer.com The new Irish pub opening in Brookland will have 25+ taps? They can't all be shite can they
An Instagram post about The Harp, a new restaurant in Brookland
October 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Riffed on a recipe I learned at Cane and Table in New Orleans for this and yea verily it is good.

1 oz mezcal
1 oz Zucca
1/2 oz Kahlúa
1/2 oz Ancho Reyes Verde
5 drops saline
2 dashes chocolate bitters
Flamed orange peel
Reddish liquid in a rocks glass over a large ice cube, sitting on a wooden table
September 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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here are some cool clouds y'all
white fluffy clouds striated across a blue sky with rays of light crossing them perpendicularly, and the crown of a tree poking up below them
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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@radpatentdrawings.bsky.social "Readily portable burrito"
Black-and-white patent illustration showing a food item on a stick, resembling a burrito or wrap. Figure 1 depicts the finished product, a cylindrical wrap on a stick. Figure 2 is a cross-section view, labeling layers of tortilla, filling, and outer covering. Figures 3 through 9 show step-by-step preparation: placing a tortilla on a flat surface with a stick, folding and rolling the tortilla around the stick, adding filling, and wrapping it closed.
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Saw some Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared pals at a store here in Chicago so of course I had to get my favorite one (Red Guy)
The three Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared characters in stuffed animal form
September 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I made a very good chicken pot pie for my daughter's birthday but it was not especially attractive
a slice of chicken pot pie on a green plate with salad
September 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I almost never make cakes so I was very pleased with how my daughter's birthday cake turned out. Delicious carrot cake from this recipe sallysbakingaddiction.com/my-favorite-...
A tantalizing carrot cake frosted with white cream cheese frosting on a white cake stand on a wooden table A slice of carrot cake on a plate on a table
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Chicken sesame noodles for dinner eaten by me and ungrateful children. A bit complicated for a Thursday but sometimes you gotta take on such things in complicated times
A bowl of sesame chicken noodles garnished with sriracha, julienned cucumber and crushed peanuts
September 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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A gift from my daughter’s trip to Tokyo. Wasabi sake gin, anyone?
A bottle of “Sake Gin Wasabi” with a green label
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Choice Little Free Library find
Cover of a paperback copy of Zadie Smith’s “Feel Free: Essays”
August 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Don DeLillo appearing to speak the skeet below, which is "The man who married a hologram in Japan can no longer communicate with his virtual wife"
August 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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A Martini plus my wife’s cacio e pepe cheese puffs can cure all ills.
A plate of browned cheese puffs
July 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Post an unusual sign if you feel like it
Button with a sign that says “PUSH BUTTON TO HEAR HOBO CAMPFIRE SONGS”
June 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Second BBQ stop in Kansas City — pork short end ribs at Gates, very good. Good thing that’s my last BBQ meal here because I’m very full
Pork short end ribs shiny with sauce and a small bowl of cole slaw on a red tray
June 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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And here it is. The brisket in particular was excellent.
A plate of burnt ends, brisket, beans and pickles with a side of slaw
June 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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My dad got me a Third Man Records gift certificate for Father's Day so I grabbed these beauties. Good job, dad!
Three LPs: Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica," The White Stripes' "De Stijl" and Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams: The Complete Decca Studio Masters 1960 - 1963"
June 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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First trip to The Green Zone. Tasty Middle Eastern twist on a Jungle Bird
A Desert Falcon, cocktail in a rocks glass over a large cube of ice with rum, pineapple, Campari, date, “desert citrus” and “Arabian flavors”
June 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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It’s funny, I only now noticed as I found this image that the shirt has an error
A black T-shirt featuring a humorous white graphic with mixed fonts and a trumpet icon. The text reads: “I was telling my son about Louis Armstrong and he said ‘What’s his website?’ Kids these day will never understand that Louis Armstrong does not have a website.”
June 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Scouts campout mode day 2. My kingdom for a cold beer
Me, a bearded guy in a cap and sunglasses
June 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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And lo
A homemade margherita pizza A homemade half cheese half pepperoni pizza
June 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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I don't think I'd seen one of these before. Right on
A Washington DC license plate that says WE DEMAND STATEHOOD
June 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Current status
A green cocktail in a Nick and Nora glass with dots of sesame oil on top and Moon Rabbit’s cocktail menu on the table
June 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM