The Homemade Gifts Project

If you know me from reading this blog, you’ll probably be surprised to find out that I’m an avid reader of The Simple Dollar. It’s an interesting blog, and to someone who eventually wants to own a house, it’s a great resource on how to be an adult, financially (something I missed a few lessons [...]

The Great Ochazuke Experiment

Those of you who know me personally probably know that I am a huge fan of Just Bento. I love bento, but I especially love the kind of food one tends to pack in them, and Maki’s site is probably the most comprehensive bento site on the web nowadays (there are other, very good sites, [...]

Gringo Bandito – Delicious hot sauce review

A few months ago, I made a post about Gringo Bandito, the hot sauce produced by Dexter Holland – the lead singer of the Offspring (my favorite band). To this day, there is still nowhere in Northern Nevada (where I live) that sells it. The closest I came to being able to purchase it was [...]

My mom’s famous potato salad

I’m not really a spring or summer person. I prefer autumn, where the chill is just barely in the air but not quite biting yet. But every year, when the weather starts to get warm, I find myself growing excited. It took me a long time to figure out why, but a few years ago [...]

Being a gringo is fuckin’ awesome

….Because we have Dexter Holland representin’. Seriously, though, the man makes fucking hot sauce. He helps run a ridiculously famous band – the Offspring – and a record label – Nitro Records – and on top of it he makes motherfucking hot sauce. Proof. Yes, that is him dressed up as Pancho Villa. Even Chuck [...]