On time (almost) for a change ... my wife: almost as good as pancake lady ... the etymology of booyah ... Phoenicians from Phoenix? ... never put Tu and Tu together ... brain whispered: wherever possible make puns ... Chinese Scotch redux ... boutique Scotch - and then some ... the older I get, the better I was ... a book like this podcast, but with half the audience ... hey, it's hollow ... earthquake season, wabbit season ... don't interrogate the broccoli ... the trifecta oven - an instrument of the devil ... tuned to water ... speed cooking slow food ... 8 minute pancakes on the table ... pancake batter like cheese whiz ... resurrected angelic french toast ... quart of bacon fat ... double fried bacon ... coffee sauce? ... other people's saliva as a survival tool ... the French don't say ``dunno'' ... weekly pick: Weber Smokey Mountain smoker ... pre-emptively stimulating the economy ... a rocketship to barbecue heaven ... Mr. Initiative Man ... weekly pick: ``The battle of the labyrinth,'' Rick Reardon ... weekly pick: The Golden Compass ... eating with a restaurant reviewer ... complimenting the mediocre ... weekly pick: cluster of teeny picks