On Cooking and Getting Better at It

I’ve never taught anybody how to cook But I’ve been cooking for 20 years at this point. Sometimes more seriously than others. But especially for the last 12 years I’ve been the sole source of home cooking for myself or my family. I am a decent cook, however I am not a Chef, Chef is a title a little bit like Jedi Master. You are not a Chef until a Chef calls you a Chef… That statement didn’t really turn out the way I wanted it. I wish I was a good enough writer to make it read more declarative rather than prescriptive. But it is my honest opinion and also words mean things and I think specificity is good. ...

August 15, 2026 · 6 min

On Blogging and Writing

When we were buying our house we looked for a bunch of different houses, put down a lot of different offers on a lot of properties that frankly I liked a lot better than the one we ended up with. This is, or was (depending on when you’re reading this), just kind of the way house buying is. This would have been in 2024 and for those who may not have known or weren’t around the house buying market was insane at this time. People were waving inspections bringing cash offers 10% over asking, and scooping up properties within hours of them being on the market. So we were just playing the game. None of this truly upset me… With one exception ...

June 23, 2026 · 4 min