Some of the authors I follow have no use of AI in their contracts. This could legally impact their publications.

We deep-fried a turkey and learned the hard way to keep the size down so it cleanly fit in the pot. Also, that thing has to be totally defrosted and dried off.

There is a scene in the movie "Margin Call" where one executive calls his boss to get him to return to the office at 11pm. Boss says "put it in an email". Exec says "I don't think that would be a good idea". Boss says "I'll be right in".

Tea-based advent calendar

Right, Chicago has the "Magnificent Mile" which is NOT a shopping center. It's a roughly mile-long stretch of Michigan Ave. north of the Chicago River. There is a lot of retail and even 3 shopping centers, but it's not a single shopping center. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnifi...

Technically my parents owned the encyclopedia.

And the fun one, the hot sauce advent calendar!

Basic chocolate

Back around 2008 there was a search for “golden BBs” - projects good for the environment, near term, and politically feasible. One I liked was a proposal to electrify the National Strategic Railway, helping freight rail switch from diesel to electric, justifying it on NatSec grounds.

There is a South Park episode about not reading an EULA which IIRC culminates in a human centipede.

One of the companies I worked for used Diners Club as their corporate credit card. Denny's was one of the few restaurants taking that card so I ate at Denny's often while traveling. Moons over my Hammy!

The YouTube algorithm keeps recommending channels re-posting Joe Rogan videos. Must be a cottage industry of them.

And the taste is much better on day 2. Now would buy again.