Timothy Cunningham

they give you this book in architecture school as a test — if you have the type of brain that finds it compelling, you become entranced by it & dedicate your creative energies to doing christopher alexander necromancy, therefore remaining safely contained from society at large

This would literally be California if we didn’t have the coastal commission.

I debated with my mom over the holidays because she sees (white people) tacos as an easy meal to put out prior to a big holiday meal, whereas I see it as unnecessarily complicated. Why? It's not "difficult" to make, but there are a lot of moving parts. You have to saute meat, heat up refried beans, decant black olives, slice up red onions, prep shredded lettuce, dice tomatoes, dish out sour cream and shredded cheese, and put out salsa. You also have to warm the shells in the oven. Each of those toppings goes in its own serving container that has to be cleaned afterward while the uneaten bits are stored away -- again in separate little containers. I think it would be easier to roast chicken with potatoes or broil some salmon & serve with rice than to make tacos, even though those meals feel more substantive. When I'm talking about how to cook for people who are overwhelmed and who have executive dysfunction, this is what I'm talking about.

Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"