Dude, Tango and Cash is WAY gayer than Point Break.

WAY.

I mean, I rewatched it recently, and every single time I see it, it's less straight.

So far today I've managed to sleep way too late, work out, and e-file my taxes. I suppose I should shower and forage for dinner now. I need to go to Target to get knives (The Boy, when slicing tomatoes for a salad, shamed me the other night by asking, "Does your BROTHER know about the poor quality of your knives?!?" So I asked the bro for a recommendation of a really good knife for a non-cook, and he told me that Target has a really decent Henckels santoku knife. I dutifully wrote it down, because I don't really know what all that means, but I know that my bro knows his knives), but I don't want to go back out into the 20-degree windy weather.

Hmm. Shower first.

Showers good.

Today, I got my hair trimmed and finished an SPN story.

I have new tires. You know what their promo is? Free Beef. Seriously.

Oh and new wiper blades. Not as a promo, I just needed them.

I'm pretty sure I want to rewatch both Tango and Cash and Top Gun now.

Santoku is a Japanese style of knife blade -- extra thin, which makes them very sharp and flexible. Traditional santokus have flat blades (closer to the shape of a cleaver), but since they became popular over here a few years back, European companies started making them with curved, chef's-knife-style blades so you get the santoku thin/sharpness and the chef's knife curved blade for easy chopability. (Though I don't know whether that's the case with the Henckels ones or not, since I use an old-fashioned Wustof chef's knife.)

[eta: And anecdotally, Henckels as a brand tends to be preferred by large-handed chefs]

I have a Henckels santoku. I couldn't identify the difference from a normal chef's knife, but it (and the other Henckels I have) rocks.

A warning though, once you get good knives, you can never go back.

Yeah, good knives make cooking so much easier.

I'm watching the end of Exodus now. It's gorier than I expected. Also, there are a few scenes in the movie where characters slip through Arab neighborhoods undetected by putting on Arab clothing and blending in. In the book, there were a few times when a particular character did that, but he was a Middle Eastern Jew. In the movie, they've got Ari, played by Paul Newman, doing it. Um, no.

old-fashioned Wustof chef's knife.)

My bro actually recommended Wusthof first, just across the board -- that's the brand he uses. But then he e-mailed me the next day to tell me that he was googling, and saw the Henckels santoku at Target. t edit This one -- it comes with a paring knife as well: [link]

[eta: And anecdotally, Henckels as a brand tends to be preferred by large-handed chefs]

::snerk::

I've got Wusthof and am pleased.

Henckels for steak knives because I asked for cheapies and someone (my parents?) decided to go big-name on them. They rock but I don't get a lot of use out them. Oooh, but I got steaks today (Free Beef!) when I bought tires.