Ten Things We Learned This Year
Indignity Vol. 4, No. 229
END OF THE YEAR CLEARANCE DEP'T.
WHAT WAS INDIGNITY'S best work of the year? Who knows? We didn't get into this business to feel good about ourselves. We got into it to find out about things. Here are at least 10 things we learned and shared with you, the readers, in 2024:
1. Get the tea at the Gyro Hut in Lake George Village.
Tom Scocca
2. There's a new warning scale for how hot it is.
Tom Scocca
3. In a blackout, go with the Coleman 100 Qt Xtreme® Wheeled Cooler with Five-Day Performance.
JOE MACLEOD
4. Nobody knows why the acorns all fall at once.
Tom Scocca
5. The British say "a second bite at the cherry" instead of "a second bite at the apple."
Tom Scocca
6. "Hepatomegaly" has the accent on the first syllable.
Tom Scocca
7. A pie is a sandwich.
JOE MACLEOD
8. An otter and an alligator have been seen playing together.
Tom Scocca
9. The Sur La Table wok recommended by the Wirecutter is the Joyce Chen wok.
Tom Scocca
10. Joe Biden is a failed president.
Tom Scocca
11. The editorial hiring calendar is always changing and always the same.
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WEATHER REVIEWS
New York City, December 29, 2024
★★★ The rainy background to slumber was fading out as people finally woke up. By noon a touch of sun was shining, off and on, colorlessly. The jeans and the parka stayed in their closets in favor of lightweight pants and a hoodie. The air outside felt as soggy as the pulpy leaves underfoot. The pear leaves were trying their best not to surrender their curl. Little daubs and squiggles of cloud hung below blurry swirls. People shot baskets on the wet courts. Down in the Park, mallards dabbled in the margin of clear water between the fractured sheet ice and the shore. Kids scooped up ice chunks on the other shoreline and heaved them to go splintering and skidding over the surface. From the mid-upper reaches of the path on the downtown side of the Great Hill, the flooded footpath down by the water shone silver through the trees. Curbside Christmas trees sent their final festive note of evergreen scent to float on the damp, mild air.
EASY LISTENING DEP'T.
HERE IS TODAY'S Indignity Morning Podcast.
Tom Scocca
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TOM SCOCCA
ADVICE DEP'T.
GOT SOMETHING YOU need to justify to yourself, or to the world at large? Other columnists are here to judge you, but The Sophist is here to tell you why you’re right. Direct your questions to The Sophist, at indignity@indignity.net, and get the answers you want.
SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of sandwiches selected from Institution Recipes For Use In Schools, Colleges, Hospitals And Other Institutions, by Emma Smedley, Director of Public School Luncheons, Philadelphia, Pa.; Formerly Instructor in Domestic Science, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Instructor in Dietetics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, Baltimore, Md, published in 1919 and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
Chicken Sandwich
(50 Sandwiches)
3 pounds chopped chicken meat
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 cup Mayonnaise
8 ounces butter
100 slices bread
2 heads lettuce
Mix the first five ingredients and spread on the bread, add shredded lettuce, cover with buttered slice of bread and press lightly together.
Calories in recipe 4,025 protein, 19,187 total
Calories in one sandwich: 80 protein, 384 total
If you decide to prepare and attempt to enjoy a sandwich inspired by this offering, be sure to send a picture to indignity@indignity.net.
