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[jough]

I don't know if the medium is really key to the success of the blogs, but of course ideally it would be nice to have a guided through-line through all of the blog entries in some semblance of order (not only between the days but between the different blogs on the same day) and of course also including the necessary strips involved - I suppose the blog tour would need some strips leading up to the blogs to explain Philippe's presidential run &c.

It would be nice to have a frame-based "Next" and "Previous" link taking us to the proper entries, right on the web so we can experience the blogs through the browser as they were meant to be seen, but then again, I don't know how you'd monitize that so the book is probably the way to go.

[filas]

okay, i know this thread has gone off in another direction already, but i'll be that kid what walks into class late and interrupts everybody to add his two cents.

Mr. Bear's tale:  
terrific.  i was so skeptical at first.  all "oh, no i can't believe he sold his car to chase a broad!"  i knew it wouldn't work and stuff and i was really looking down at him, thinking "what an effing fool, all bent over a broad!"  but this story is great.  he sold the car but learned much russian.
is it the fact that he saw Ekaterina and was turned off?  did that make it easier to digest than if he had met her and she'd simply said "no, ugly, i'm a beautiful sports star and you're a nobody - a nobody who probably has a blog that nobody reads."  though she'd be wrong, he'd be rejected, dejected, and sans sports car.  
is it the fact that he found a love for her culture regardless of her social graces?  he has learned more than just the language, obviously.  he learned the joy they take in food and vodka, and the sadness in losing teenagers in snowdrifts.  he has found a social group that regards conversation more important than commerce.  
but yes, he is not an Ekaterinburger, and i will be glad when he returns to the wood hood.

[Ben-San]

His trip to Russia is such that the benefits of the journey outweigh the failure in its initial goal. He has had a unique experience and another thrilling chapter for his memoirs.

[MSC]

I don't know which is a better line:
"the beautiful scent of charred beef filled the air."
or
"A gnat chewing on an atom of carbon would have been asked to leave, so silent was the room."
Excellent.

[Nabubrush]

I love you.

Snif.

Anyhow, I guess it is pretty good to be off the campaign trail. I don't have to wear uncomfortable shirts any more and think about different country relationships and all that hard stuff.

I bet that's the same thing GWB said to Cheney when he tucked him into bed last Tuesday night.

[slink]

I bet that's the same thing GWB said to Cheney when he tucked him into bed last Tuesday night.

Oh, so it was a shirt? Oh, OK.

"Let me finish..."
Riiiiight.

[CortJstr]

I cannot imagine a greasier food than american cheese wrapped around pork sausages. That's just disturbing.

And dammit, now I'm reading AB's blog. I am beink such the geek.

[arkabee]

chris links to a cooks blog who rants about grits.

[wombat]

Why did Teodor do such a mean thing to Phillippe?  You know, the more I find out about Teodor the less I like him.  

But, oh, Chris knows who Harold McGee is.  Dang, every time I think I'm really over him for good this time...

[Choop]

Oh, wombat, he's just trying to encourage the little guy to be healthy. Meat from frozen taquitos really is pretty nasty - worse even than what they serve in burritos & c. from Taco Bell.

I find it refreshing that Teodor is open, honest, and instructive with Philippe: he's the only one who is. Is it any wonder Philippe looks up to him so?

[wombat]

Aw jeez, he's only five. You don't bring an otter up to be a lover of good eats by being mean to him about what he likes.  You do it by exposing him in a nonjudgmental way to quality delicious things when you have the chance.  Teodor didn't even make him anything else for lunch.

I still think he's being a jerk.  I think he needs to get a girlfriend and leave Philippe alone.

[Bozack]

Okay, I have no idea what's going on with the whole Molly/Beef thing. Obviously, Molly doesn't like living with Tina, and would rather live with Beef, but Beef's had his pride wounded and is doing the whole Ayn Rand thing. I don't see how this can get resolved.

[ndpatel]

Okay, I have no idea what's going on with the whole Molly/Beef thing. Obviously, Molly doesn't like living with Tina, and would rather live with Beef, but Beef's had his pride wounded and is doing the whole Ayn Rand thing. I don't see how this can get resolved.

I have the most amazing image of Beef minting his own money, but instead of the dollar sign, he's got like the java coffee cup logo.

in addition: beef is waaaaaay too insecure to do the ayn rand thing. i mean, confidence in his own ability? a belief that he is superior? just....no.

ps: are molly and beef officially broken up? or are they fading fast? fine line, people. fine line.

[CortJstr]

It's a free drug, and it's made of sex.

I cannot think of a better way to describe this phenomenon.

[Turbo Ninja]

I like making BLT's with spinach instead of lettuce and with smooth peanut butter instead of (or in addition to) mayo.  Hell of delicious.

I'm considering substituting beef jerkey for bacon and making a total bastard BLT variation but I think it would have to be made on untoasted Wonder bread and I don't think that's something I want to eat.