I've spent the past couple of days watching Top Chef Masters, season 3. My first impression looking at the lineup is I can't help but wonder if they're running out of 'masters'. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm hardly a foodie. Left to my own devices, the only restaurants I end up going to are more likely to serve burgers than anything else ( Read more... )

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It's been ages since I've posted anything here and there are no excuses. Well, actually, there are plenty of excuses. I could probably rattle off a half dozen in quick order but the core of the matter is that 1) no one would care and 2) it's all sophistry anyway. I always seem to go through stretches where it's harder to get around to updating and ( Read more... )

Anyone who tells you they don't fear death is a fucking liar. We all fear death, or at least certain types of death. When death comes upon you unawares with pain and with confusion, it can only bring terror along with it. Our view of death reminds me a lot of an old psychology experiment where they would gather strangers in a room and not let them ( Read more... )

So the new season of Hell's Kitchen has started. I stumbled over it while channel flipping the other day on the Fox Reality Show channel. Turns out it was a re-air of the first episode so the season's just begun and I hadn't missed anything yet ( Read more... )

I haven't been able to find a torrent with the 4th season of Hell's Kitchen so I went to streaming video instead. I made an entry a while back about the new advent of streaming video and how it was the new, hot thing. At the time, the main benefit was that it exploited some anti-piracy laws which say that you have to actually obtain a hardcopy of ( Read more... )

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I'm almost finished with season 3 of Hell's Kitchen and I'm liking the series quite a bit so far. Gordon Ramsay seems to be a fabulous asshole. You know, one of those complete and utter assholes who you just love to watch tear another person to shreds but would probably loathe if he ever turned his guns on you. Hmmm, sorta like Drill Sergeant ( Read more... )

It may sound sorta odd, but I'd really like some beef wellington right now. Last Tuesday when I got into Columbus, I spent a good part of the night watching tv. It had actually been the first time I'd turned one on in around 3 months. Anyway, one of the shows I watched was Hell's Kitchen, a Top Chef ripoff which also pits wannabe chefs against one ( Read more... )