things to see and do

Aliens Exist!

Posted on February 4, 2025 by pauldelancey

They do! They do! Number Two Son (NTS) and I met one at a gas station in Roswell, New Mexico. NTS needed to fill up his Subaru and The Alien needed fuel for his UFO. Communication proved to be difficult as I only can converse in English and in French. NTS knows only English and Spanish, and who knows what tongue the outer spacer uses?

Things remained awkward until I broke out the chocolate-chip cookies. Tension rapidly dissolved as all carbon-based life forms love that cookie. Anyway, good will soon prevailed to such an extent that we all posed for a selfie. I’m so happy the know that if we ever become able to travel deep into space that the new civilizations will look favorably on our arrival. I am so proud. I forsee a Nobel Peace Prize in my future.

And now, the picture with The Alien.

Proof you cannot deny

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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Flat Earth Tours – The Other Side

Posted on November 3, 2024 by pauldelancey

For those who’ve always yearned to know what’s around the next bend.

 

 

 

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P.S. We just fired our editor for misspelling Earhart’s last name.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Best Book Ever – Coming Soon

Posted on September 2, 2024 by pauldelancey

Award-winning author Carl La Fong dazzles us again with his latest self-help book, Serenity Through Tacos and Meditation. After all who doesn’t love tacos? Nobody. And meditation is so easy. You don’t even need glasses.

Learn serenity through his ten easy lessons.

Soon you’ll be chanting:

“I am the taco.
“I am meditation.
“I am the Serenity Emperor.
“Ohm.”

And who doesn’t want to be the Serenity Emperor? Buy Mr. La Fong’s book and become his Most Serene Highness. You’ll be glad you did.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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I Would Walk 500 Miles (from Poway)

Posted on July 24, 2024 by pauldelancey

“I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)” by the Proclaimers is a fantastic song. How far would I walk to fall at your front door if I followed their lyrics? The two pictures below show just how far this would be. Sorry, if you’re outside the circle on the right.

 

 

“But I would walk five hundred miles”

                  “And I would walk five hundred more”

 

 

 

 

The red dot is Poway, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
“To fall down at your front door.”

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Great Arctic Eats – Narsaq, Greenland

Posted on April 28, 2024 by pauldelancey

Narsaq

Do you love to eat in a town with no more than 1,348 people? Do you crave a bustling town with an invigorating night life? Do you absolutely need art, history, and fantastic scenery? Do you want to stay a while in a beach town not overrun by surfer dudes and day trippers who leave their trash everywhere? Do you want it all and still be above the Arctic? Is it essential that you dine on tasty food? Then, oh my gosh, Narsaq, Greenland, is the place for you.
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Weather update as of press time: It’s cloudy with a temperature of 38 degrees. It should rain two days from now.
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Let’s visit Narsaq’s five best restaurants as listed in TripAdvisor(tm).
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The  restaurant to go to is Klara. It earned eleven reviews over the years and an average rating of 3.5. According to a lengthy review, this eatery “meets your basic needs.” One reviewer spoke of Narsaq as being “off the planet.” Mars is off the planet and as of press time has not even a single restaurant.  So “meets your basic needs” is quite an accomplishment. Klara’s cuisine is local and international. It has table service.
Ahem! Customers rave about the staff’s pleasant, enthusiastic, and pleasant attitude. How great is that? The menu runs to seven items six days a week, with an absolute socko weekly special. Many people speak of Klara’s food as being nice to really good. Be sure to sample the dishes made from local produce. Don’t leave withhout trying the highly regarded crepes with local berries.
I know I want to go here
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Winning the silver medal on our restaurant tour is Ulo Netcafe. It has only one review, but that one customer loved it gave the eatery a 5. Woot! The diner said it was the metropolis’ best restaurant.  The customer also averred that Ulo Netcafe possessed a cozy atmosphere and really good food. The local produce came in for special praise. (Just like with restaurant Klara. Clearly local-produce conoisseurs will want to high tail it to Narsaq.)
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Third place on our dining tour is Café Inugssuk. Unfortunately, no one reviewed on TripAdvisor. However, Café Inugsuk Facebook(tm) page has 28 reviews. The one I saw said the eatery is always cozy, with not too many people, and is a good place to have a drink. Lovers of live music will be happy here.
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We now visit Qajaq Brewery. No one as reviewed it on Tripvisor nor does it seem to have a website. I know it is a pub, a brew pub.  Perhaps it’s frequented by those in the Witness Protection Program. Those people tend to shun publicity.  So, if you do go Narsaq-and why would you not?–please try Qaqjaq Brewery and let me know what you think.
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We finish our culinary adventure at Arctic Café Narsaq. The café is named after the Arctic and serves European, Danish, and healthy cuisine. It has live music. Arctic Café Narsaq doesn’t have any TripAdvisor ratings. Boo! It does, however, have a Facebook page. Yay!
Arctic Café Narsaq on Facebook. Knowing Danish helps a lot here.
By far, the best way to reach Narsaq is by plane.(Motoring to Narsaq can be frustrating and problematic.) Travellers need to fly to Copenhagen or Reyfavik, then jet to  the international airport in Narsarsuaq. Almost there. Then catch either a boat or helicopter transfer to Narsaq. Local Greenlanders can take the Sarfaq Ittuk passenger ferry. Easy peasy.­­­
Go to Nanortalik Open Air Museum for how could you possibly travel all the way to eastern Greeland and not visit an Inuit village up close? Indeed, one TripAdvisor happily proclaimed, “finally got here,” and so will you. Village is constructed with great attention to detail and authenticity. Step back in time and see Inuit life depicted from earliest times to the present. Go there. Go there. 60 TripAdvisors reviewers gave it a 4.5 rating.
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Make your way to Narsaq Museum. It garnered a 4.0 rating from 34 reviewers. This cozy museum provides detailed descriptions of the history and culture of the Saqqaq, Dorset and Thule peoples. See kayaks and hunting/fishing equipment. Take in the rooms room devoted contemporary life and mining. The helpful attendant knows a lot.
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People wishing to take boat tours should be all means stampede the office of South Greenland Boart Charter 44. This company recieved a TripAdvisor of 5.0 from a clearly satisfied customer. South Greenland Boat provides day and mult-day tours. Come see fjords, ice caps, dolphins, and whales all from your comfortable boat. Further trips to places visited by their boats can be arranged. Doesn’t this sound way cool? Hee, hee, see what I did there?
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As always, “Good eating. Good traveling.”
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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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I Need Some Gas Money

Posted on January 14, 2024 by pauldelancey

The great duo of Jan and Dean  had a great hit with their superb, “Gas Money.” In this song, the only thing preventing the driver and his companion from going out and having fun is the lack of gas in the car. The driver needs gas money. An impressively long and wonderful songwas made from this motoring angst.

Here’s part of the song:

“I need some gas money.
Well, if you really wanna go
You’ll have to come up with some dough.
I need some gas money.”

 

Great theme sure, but they could have extended this song with the following, brilliant ideas.

I need some bass money: He needs equipment for bass fishing.
I need some dash money: He needs money for running shoes.
I need some gassed money: He needs money to buy sleeping pills. He’s so tired that he’s gassed.
I need some brass money: He needs money to buy brass faucets.
I need some cast money: He wants to hire actors for his play, “Taco Tuesday.”
I need some hash money: He wants hash for breakfast.
I need some mass money: He’s going to a Catholic church and needs money for the donation plate.
I need some grass money: He wants to buy sod for his back yard.
I need some ass money: He wants to go to a bordello.
I need some rash money: He needs ointment for his rash.
I need some mast money: He’s building a yacht.
I need some blast money: He needs fuel for his private rocket.
I need some trash money: He can’t pay his waste-disposal bill.
I need some lash money: His girlfriend wants to get false eyelashes.
I need some flash money: He wants to buy a raincoat.
I need some glass money: He wants to drink from glass cups. Plastic ones won’t do.
I need some jazz money: He wants to buy a Louis Armstrong CD.
I need some mash money: He wants to order mashed potatoes.
I need some past money: His bills are past due.
I need some vast money: He’s greedy
I need some crash money: He got his gas money and drove into a tree.

Let me know if you have some more ideas for lyrics.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

 

 

 

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My Favorite Funny TV shows – Part 5

Posted on September 8, 2023 by pauldelancey

Waiting for its favorite comedy to come on

So many good, funny shows to remember. I’m probably forgetting some great shows. Some I never saw. I enjoyed all the ones in this list. See parts 1 to 4 for more funny shows

Ambassadors
Everybody Loves Raymond
Flintsones
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
Jerry Seinfeld
Maude
Mork & Mindy
Office, The
On the Move
Saturday Night Live (Can vary wildly from year to year and host to host.)
South Park (Some might find this too crude.)
Trial and Error*
Upstart Crow
Up the Women*
Your Show of Shows

* = Show is side splittingly funny and I wished there had been more episodes.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 
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My Favorite Serious TV Shows – Part Five

Posted on September 7, 2023 by pauldelancey

Serious Man Watches Serious Shows

This is the fifth installment of my favorite, serious TV shows. I’m probably forgetting some great shows. Some I never saw.

Agatha Christie’s Marple
Beyond Paradise
Dangerous Assignment
Death in Paradise*+
Doctor Blake’s Mysteries
Elementary*
Great Courses (Really great lecture series)
Johnny Carson+
Late Night+
Madame Blanc
Mr. Selfridge
Pie in the Sky
Queens of Africa
Shakespeare and Hathaway
Sister Boniface*+
Storyteller*+
Tales of Para Handy+
Time Team+ (Easily the best archeology show. Okay, okay, not much competition, but it’s good.)
Vera

* = I wish there were an unlimited episodes for these shows
+ = Primarily serious, these shows have a strong element of humor as well.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

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Tomorrow Is World Leftovers Burrito Day

Posted on August 25, 2023 by pauldelancey

Feeding the world

Chosing the right, fresh ingredients and cooking to trusted recipes makes for a truly tasty burrito. These burritos so uplift your soul that you can face with a song in your heart at any horror that life might throw at you.

Then there are days when you open your fridge and discover 1,722,363 containers of leftovers. Voices from everyone of these leftovers squeak so piteously, “Please, please, I’m about to go bad. When I was a tiny seed, I fully expected to grow up to be an ingredient that would make a diner say, ‘Life is good. Life is so good.’ Now I’m just one day away from the trash bin. There’s lutefisk in that bin. Oh, the shame, the shame.”

Naturally, the mere fact that 1,722,363 containers squeaked at you, will startle you. However, the ernestness of their sorrow must melt your heart, even if you’re a brutal dictator.

So what do you do? Enter the mighty flour burrito. Put any number of forgotten fridge ingredients, perhaps ten, on the tortilla, fold in the sides, roll it up, and Bob’s your uncle, you made a large leftovers burrito. You may now give way to waves of virtue splashing over your soul as you’ve cleaned out your fridge to find Amelia Earhardt shivering. You’ve also put off a trip to the supermarket, thus slashing your food bill. And most of the fresh food that you delayed purchasing can now go to someone else who lives near you or even in far off Madagascar.

By constructing such a meal for World Leftovers Burrito Day, you will be feeding the world. You magnificent sunbeam, you.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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