Thursday miscellanea #348

The weather is about to break! It’ll feel like football this Saturday.
Apple is saying its new pink iPhone is “rose gold.” No, it isn’t. It’s pink. Rose gold means a gold finish with a reddish tint, like this.
We had a look at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, just west of Old Time Pottery in Madison, on Monday. It was interesting, and maybe worth a periodic stop. Seemed like more kinds of stuff than Big Lots.
Speaking of holidays, Aaron’s gotten pretty used to grabbing Vietnamese lunch as part of them. That’s a pretty cool tradition.
The first long distance dedication on Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 was Neil Diamond’s “Desiree.”
Ever have a heating element in your oven fail? First time ever for us this week. It glows white-hot in one spot and looks like a sparkler periodically. If you watch it a bit, the white-hot spot moves along the element as it turns it brittle and ashen behind it. I killed the breaker and it quit. I’ll have a go at changing it tonight.
Tommy introduced me to Tellicherry pepper yesterday, and it’s pretty amazing. It’s black pepper, but more so; just a really rich and full taste and aroma. I already have my own chili powder, cumin, oregano, and paprika in the spice cabinet. I’m probably going to have to add this. I can’t wait to make a pot of chili this weekend.