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I have been hearing about the book The Mythical Man-Month for a long time, long before I had the maturity to understand it. I finally read it, and I’m amazed by how much of what we think we learnt today was already learnt in the previous generation. They were lacking in technology, but not in skill or ability to successfully deliver more sophisticated projects than most of us do today.

A few months ago, my co-workers asked me if I thought Serena Kerrigan was on Ozempic. A TikTok (594.2K+ followers) and Instagram influencer who blew up for her commentary on dating and self-confidence during the pandemic, I raced to her Instagram page as we compared the glammed-up photos from November to those from the week prior. Moments later, one of my co-workers determined without hesitation that she definitely had Ozempic face.

I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for my absence re: the two penultimate episodes of this grizzly eighth season of Summer House. Like The Last Airbender, when you needed me the most, to shine a pitch-perfect spotlight of words on Carl’s quiet rage as he drove off leaving Lindsay’s massive suitcase to fit in Cacio e Pepe, I vanished. To be fair I’d been tasked with typing up quite a storm for my day job that required me to flash my badge as a card-carrying member of the HubbHouse apologists club on more than one occasion.

It is February and my aunt is visiting my family from out of town. I have always known her to have hair like Carol Kane and a voice to match. When I enter my Grandmother’s house there is the standard din I am used to from an expansive Italian family, and I can’t see over the heads of my countless cousins and uncles. What I can make out from the various concurrent conversations is that my aunts had decided to get matching haircuts.

The best thing about many summer veggies is that you barely have to cook them, which is great because it’s too damn hot to roast a sweet potato or butternut squash for half an hour. Just a kiss of warmth is enough to transform peas and summer squash from starchy to sweet. Tender watercress and arugula practically melt before your eyes. And at their peak, tomatoes and corn are often best raw.

Let me start off by saying: S I C I L Y. (drink) For those of you just joining us here, let me fill you in. Once upon a time, I worked at a food channel on YouTube and had my own cooking show. During this show, I used to have a few glasses of wine here and there. One episode, I made arancini and drank whisky. Arancini are from Sicily (drink) and in said episode, I said Sicily (drink) quite a lot, and thus turned it into a drinking game.

I am having a Sunday, reclined on a chaise on the deck. Tomorrow is Labor Day, a Labor Day too early to be the traditional end of summer. I’m looking back on past summers, riding a wave of nostalgia. Nothing I’m remembering ever happened to me. It’s all a fiction I make up as I go along. I’m inspired by journalists who keep writing articles about the eleven-bedroom “cottages” of their youthful summers on Cape Cod, in the Hamptons, in Maine.

Note: This article was written without knowing if Kloten will have to play a play-out series against Ajoie starting March 16th. So Reinbacher’s days in Kloten might be over, or might last a best of 7 play-out series AND (if Kloten loses AND Olten wins the Swiss league) a best of 7 relegation promotion series. Let’s clear the air before we get going. This was a mess of a season, and no one could have foreseen it.

Part two to the one pot orzo dinners! Last month I made a lemon basil orzo dish with chicken thighs This month I decided to make a Sun dried tomato orzo with italian sausage Now prior to making these two orzo dishes I always thought orzo should be kept in the pasta salad or soup department (i.e the trader joes mediterranean style orzo pasta salad)…which… ncG1vNJzZmijop7AtbHNn5iirJiarrW%2Fjaysm6uklrCsesKopGioX6jCr3nDq6CenF2pvK6t06hkqKqqpA%3D%3D