Daily Archives: July 6, 2018
Store-Bought VS Food Network Recipe: Butternut Squash Soup
Posted on July 6, 2018 50 Comments
I fucking love soup, man. Soup is the greatest food known to mankind. There’s so many different types, so many different flavors and endless possibilities as to what can be created. Some soups have grains, some have meat, some have cheese, it all depends. Some are chunky, some are creamy, and others broth-y. Honestly, you […]
Keep Scott Pruitt Moist: The Dramatic Reading
Posted on July 6, 2018 20 Comments
I’ve been a fan of Alexandra Petri for a while now — she’s possibly the funniest person in newspapers today — but I think she went above and beyond with “Keep Scott Pruitt Moist,” a column that went up mere hours before the man resigned his position as head of the EPA, and which I […]
New Books and ARCs, 7/6/18
Posted on July 6, 2018 15 Comments
I hope you like books, because this week we’ve got a very fine stack of new books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound. What here would you be loving to read right now? Tell us all in the comments.
Nanette, Hannah Gadsby and Me
Posted on July 6, 2018 36 Comments
You don’t need me to tell you that Nanette, a new Netflix comedy special by Hannah Gadsby, is an unexpected landmark in stand-up performance, because so many others will tell you that. But I’m going to anyway (before I go on to make a tangential point): For the first fifteen minutes or so, Nanette is […]
The Big Idea: Mary Robinette Kowal
Posted on July 6, 2018 32 Comments
Elsewhere online I’ve been talking about how The Calculating Stars is one of my favorite science fiction novels of the year, and how I expect it’s likely to be remembered when “best of” lists and award nominations crop up. But here, today, author Mary Robinette Kowal is here to tell you about her book, and […]
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