Fill Me In

Jun 25, 2024

This week, Ryan and Brian recap Westwords (spoiler-free!), continue The Stopwatch Saga, learn more about minor league baseball alternate names, and struggle to understand the timelines of presidential family trees.

Stuff to click:

• The Syracuse Brannock Devices
• The Malmö Oat Milkers
• Ramen is too spicy
• Denmark has...

Jun 18, 2024

This week, Ryan and Brian learn about international cuisine, discover more music involving cheese, and celebrate the reunion of a man and his stopwatch. Phew, that's a lot to get through in 90 minutes.

Stuff to click:

• The Saucy Nugs Guy
• Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
• Dead Milkmen - Beige Sunshine
• 15 Delicious...

Jun 11, 2024

This week, Ryan and Brian analyze some music (this, this, and this), attempt to clarify when exactly this particular episode of FMI was published, and return to the NYT crosswords for what will certainly once have been a cranky Thunder Round.

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Jun 4, 2024

This week, Ryan and Brian dig into some fusion cuisine (we sincerely hope the chewing sounds aren't disgusting), learn a little more about the English horn (though not enough), and imbue two scoops of Kealoa into something of a cola war. Also, a non-NYT Thunder Round (featuring Wyna Liu's 5/14 New Yorker,