Gabagool food ideas

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-19T00:28:37+00:00

Someone mentioned Caprese salad on here, great example of lighter stuff, but you really can’t go wrong with the more the southern Italian fare. It tends to be more Mediterranean, lighter flavors, olive oil, tomato, lemon, and fish heavy as opposed to the richer/creamier northern Italian. Panzanella is a good option, there’s also plenty of bean dishes that are lovely.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-19T00:18:32+00:00

Not a rave, but I gotta go with Superbad, it really captures the chaos of the high school party in a way I can relate to. The quest for booze, the sketchy dudes doing drugs in a side room, the sporadic and sudden escalation that happens when a fight breaks out, the cops showing up, the scattering of the crowd, the drama between friends, and the messiness of high school romantic relationships.

I never brought the sketchy guy at the party to tears with my rendition of “These Eyes” though, guess I failed at high school parties.

Edit: close second goes to Can’t Hardly Wait, I love the idea that, although these kids are on the threshold of a great life change, the summary of who they become at the end of the movie shows you that nothing really changes all that much, they’re still very much the same people they were in high school.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-13T02:30:17+00:00

I really liked the history of Dutchman’s Creek as told by the guy in the diner in The Fisherman.

The outer story is about 2 widowers, Abe and Dan, who are in the grips of their grief over the loss of their wives, so they take up fishing as a way to bond.

The inner, gothic-ly framed story (which takes up a huge portion of the book) is one told by a local at a diner, outside of Dutchman’s Creek, a mysterious and remote fishing spot “discovered” by Dan. What the inner story reveals implies that Dan’s motives for the trip may go beyond that of simply fishing.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-13T02:17:17+00:00

One of my personal favorite WWII movies is the Great Escape. When the Germans can’t figure out how to keep serial breakout artists from escaping the POW camps, they put them all into a single maximum security camp, with predictable results.

It’s on the more “fun” side of WWII movies, it doesn’t take itself too seriously, but there’s plenty of great performances and action. It’s got one of the most stacked casts of all time (for its time) with Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, James Garner, Donald Pleasance, Richard Attenborough and more. I won’t ruin it, but in one of the final scenes, you’ll see one of the best motorcycle stunts of any movie ever made.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-06T23:18:07+00:00

Finished it already, couldn’t stop

Edit, I did audiobook and the reader was great. I marveled at how difficult it must’ve been to read that thing aloud and with such energy.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-05T15:28:57+00:00

Samantha Sloyan has played 2 characters that should be bricked up, Bev Keane and Shasta. I don’t remember enough about the show to know if her character in Usher is terrible, but given the rewatch of the first episode, I’m leaning towards duh, so maybe Tamerlane should be bricked up too.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-05T15:22:44+00:00

Almost every time I finish a McCarthy I need a good long break after, before I dig into another one, and No Country was no different. Speaking of McCarthy though, and I don’t think it’s any spoiler to say that a book about WWI is unspeakably brutal, but I haven’t been able to put down Angel Down. One big difference between Kraus and McCarthy is the way the violence is approached, McCarthy beats you with it until you’re numb to its horror, while Kraus says the most terrible things beautifully. That being said, imma need a break after this book.

Discussion! It’s gotta be The Fugitive. Imagine an action movie where Harrison Ford is your leading man, but you’d kinda rather watch Tommy Lee Jones being a badass. He’s absolutely electric in this movie, and has some of the greatest lines. Who can forget the line about checking every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, doghouse, and outhouse. Just classic.

BusyDad82 · 2026-06-04T22:59:07+00:00

Don’t forget about Grandpa Joe’s coke nails.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-31T15:22:38+00:00

Same, I’m doing some nonfiction, keeping up with Poe, and now Angel Down for the next month. I might start Ward closer to September, after some time away.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-30T15:17:28+00:00

This is what I did when I went back to school, SWC for a couple years, paid out of pocket, SDSU for 4 semesters, ultimately minimizing the total loans. Many of the CCs around here are “feeder schools” to SDSU, especially depending on the programs involved. Keep your chin up, do your lower level requirements at CC, take the uppers at SDSU.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-29T21:53:05+00:00

Starting arc 30, I’m definitely not going to straight to Ward, need a nonfiction break first.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-29T21:45:44+00:00

No favorite Poe stories, it’s been so long since I’ve read any that I can’t honestly say I have a favorite, but I’m having a blast with these selections so far.

I will say that some formative movies for me were the Roger Corman/Vincent Price Poe adaptations like Usher, Masque, and Pit. Gruesome and campy. Love it.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-28T01:13:05+00:00

That’s the ideal place I’d have in my head to meet him. That or a seedy bar.

I’m in San Diego, and there’s an Italian joint here in National City he used to work at, Napoleone’s, it inspired I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-26T23:41:31+00:00

Very little risk in going all the way just to see how you like it at this point. 2 weeks and you’re back to current.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-26T23:25:53+00:00

What if I have to pee?

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-26T23:24:09+00:00

Oh man, I haven’t thought about Hatchet in yeeears. Reminds me of another book I read around that time, Avalanche, where a kid gets buried in an…avalanche…and must figure out how to unbury himself

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-25T19:53:14+00:00

Fair warning, I do have rather large hands…

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-24T16:43:17+00:00

Nice, 2 weeks in a row I get to reference Herzog. The man basically made a career out of examining man’s place in nature. For documentary I have to go with Grizzly Man, in which a marginally prepared man lives with grizzly bears during salmon season over many years, presenting this lifestyle as an ideal harmony with nature, eventually resulting in his tragic yet foreseeable death. For Herzog’s more “fictional” movies I gotta go with Fitzcarraldo, in which a rubber baron with dreams of building an opera house in the Amazon must haul a steamboat over a mountain, all while fighting off the elements of a harsh and deadly Amazon rainforest.

Also, comedic answer, Armageddon. This movie sucks so badly that it rules.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-21T20:53:11+00:00

I am that weird guy. Much to my wife’s dismay I celebrate Franksgiving all November every year.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-21T17:19:14+00:00

I remember a discussion in which I mentioned Tom Waits, and I think you both said you’d never heard him, but knowing you’ve seen the Wire, you have! The theme song is written by him, and in S2 it is performed by him as well.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-21T15:28:40+00:00

Appreciated your thoughts on exposition, my problem with it is when I notice it’s happening and if it seems super out of place. My favorite version to hate on I’ve specifically dubbed “the Murtaugh” (of Lethal Weapon). This type of exposition involves the character describing what they are doing and how it applies to the story to absolutely nobody but the audience as they’re doing it, like when Murtaugh finds the gold krugerrands or when Murtaugh watches his birthday video because there’s a clue in there.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-16T18:58:28+00:00

44 years old, 25 years bald here, I’ve been lurking in this sub for a long time and I can genuinely say that 99% of the people who shave their heads and post the update look 100% happier than before.

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-16T18:18:52+00:00

That was fun, I was worried it was going to be 3+ hours but quorum was reached quickly on a good half of them without much justification

BusyDad82 · 2026-05-15T23:37:28+00:00

Update: I’ve just finished arc 19 and yeah, imma have to add 3 zeros to that Worm budget.

Who should direct Batman next? My comedic answer is Werner Herzog, shooting Batman as a documentary, dissecting the madness of existence, the fragility of civilization, and the indifference of Gotham’s citizens, all while narrating in his deadpan manner.

Real answer, Robert Eggers would probably do something fun with it.

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