the food here is SO GOOD. even grocery stores are amazing. i have been cooking every other day and things turn our amazing.
2 nights ago we had a baked pasta dish as home w/ this nice sausage from the Carrefour down the street. the only words i could find to describe it was "soft and buttery"
Rubio requires that Times New Roman be reinstated for use in diplomatic dispatches. The Biden Administration implemented Calibri in 2023 because it is - or was - the default font in Windows Office products from 2007-2024, replacing Times New Roman before that. The default font for Office is now Aptos - so Rubio doing culture war on fonts is beyond stupid.
Call me paranoid but this could be a provocation to have accessibility advocates sue the administration so they could take it to SCOTUS to have them declare the entire ADA unconstitutional.
Only Murders in the Building S5. Easily the worst season of the series. They've jumped the shark as the story writing and character building has gotten lazy. 12/19 would still bang, though.
A friend’s son in law is a big Michigan fan. Flies from DC to every home game. He’s some kind of hotshot lawyer so I assume he’s a big donor. Hope that tainted natty was worth it.
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
HSB is sending me texts as to what HAG and him are eating in Italy. I'm jealous.
the food here is SO GOOD. even grocery stores are amazing. i have been cooking every other day and things turn our amazing.
2 nights ago we had a baked pasta dish as home w/ this nice sausage from the Carrefour down the street. the only words i could find to describe it was "soft and buttery"
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dzckPvHqWvWjdm4j8
HAG was just here for 4 days in Rome. he took home one giant suitcase for each kid which was very helpful.
we had 2 days in Rome and did a day trip to Orvieto w/ him. the wild boar w/ polenta and the porchetta sandwich was particularly good.
Food has been AMAZING!!
Now waiting at the Toronto airport for my flight home. Back around 8:30 then probably going to get Farolito on the way back.
For the first time ever, the Pantone color of the year is... white.
https://time.com/7338176/pantone-color-of-the-year-2026/
PRO
If you're a World Cup fan, you might need to get a second and third job
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c80x38e04yro
Not only did Latrell Sprewell choke his coach, he threatened to shoot his teammate
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/warriors-practice-fight-sprewell-kersey-21226757.php
CAL
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/08/uc-berkeley-professor-installed-secret-camera-allegedly-catching-phd-candidate-sabotaging-fellow-students-work/
at least we are top 10 in something related to college football and beat out by Stanford ..
spoiler alert, Stanford #1, Cal #8
The (5) toughest jobs in college football: Which ones do coaches, staffers consider the hardest?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6840051/2025/12/11/college-football-toughest-coaching-jobs-vacancies/?source=athletic_user_shared_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
UCLA does not have it worse than West Virginia, Maryland, or Iowa State.
POLITICS
FBI says Antifa is the their primary concern
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m7pwizt4k62f
Thomas Massie (R-KY) is a traitor
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5642964-massie-introduces-nato-withdrawal-bill/
Typical isolationist baloney. And yes, withdrawing from NATO would be against the US's security interests.
In his war against drugs, Trump [checks notes]... seizes a Venezuelan oil tanker
Trump says he wants white European immigrants. Everyone else has to show their social media accounts for the past 5 years.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-countries-immigrants-11185842
CALIBRI IS WOKE BULLSHIT
Rubio requires that Times New Roman be reinstated for use in diplomatic dispatches. The Biden Administration implemented Calibri in 2023 because it is - or was - the default font in Windows Office products from 2007-2024, replacing Times New Roman before that. The default font for Office is now Aptos - so Rubio doing culture war on fonts is beyond stupid.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-rubio-restores-times-new-roman-over-wasteful-calibri/a-75100367
Sans serif fonts are easier to read. Not sure what Rubio thinks he's doing, except acting like a hopelessly out-of-date Old White Guy.
He’s trying to resurrect his career by kissing up to Trump and MAGA.
Oh, that'll go well.
Call me paranoid but this could be a provocation to have accessibility advocates sue the administration so they could take it to SCOTUS to have them declare the entire ADA unconstitutional.
DBD AV CLUB
Only Murders in the Building S5. Easily the worst season of the series. They've jumped the shark as the story writing and character building has gotten lazy. 12/19 would still bang, though.
It wasn't as good but I still enjoy the Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez together.
Elsewhere in college
Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza named AP Player of Year
Indiana loses star defensive end to freak high-five injury: https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/indiana-defensive-lineman-stephen-daley-likely-to-miss-remainder-of-the-season-with-serious-injury/
Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore fired for cause for having an affair with a subordinate, currently in jail for alleged assault.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47271571/ex-michigan-coach-moore-custody-county-jail-firing
I read somewhere that they had 11 violations in the past four years. AD should be out as the timbers are rotten inside.
✅Done.
https://x.com/ScottHughesCBB/status/1999213137204244965
Breathtaking reversal on a 5-year extension that's barely a year old.
A friend’s son in law is a big Michigan fan. Flies from DC to every home game. He’s some kind of hotshot lawyer so I assume he’s a big donor. Hope that tainted natty was worth it.
A stunner. Michigan’s problems just keep growing.