(S04E08) "Shut up...and I mean that from the bottom of my heart." - Chef Ramsay, to Christina

This episode brought back a lot of memories for me, flashbacks to the day 20 years ago when I cut my finger while slicing linguica on a slicer. Matt does the same thing tonight (via knife) while slicing pancetta. Funny how both the pancetta and linguica are both sorta flesh-colored. I didn't cut the tip of my finger off (though I did go to the emergency room). Matt did cut the tip of his off yet didn't go to the emergency room. If I remember correctly from the episode, he also didn't find the tip of his finger. What exactly did they do with that pancetta?

Oh, regrets. I really shouldn't have turned down the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's request to present an award at the Golden Globes tonight. After all, that's a darn fine goody bag the presenters get:

• Trip for 2 to Antarctica (plus cold weather gear) with Quark Expedition, $22,000
• Trip for 2 to Canada, for a diamond-cutting and polishing experience, $15,000
• Lumineers teeth whitening, $4,000
• One pair of diamond-encrusted blue jeans from Denim for Immortality, $1,200
• Chopard Golden Diamond ring, $2,000
• Saeco USA Italia espresso machine, $695
• Philip Stein Teslar uni-sex watch, worth $585
• Gift certificate to Jackrocketwear, a couture line of doggie duds, $500
• Blackberry 8700c, $500
• Salt Optics sunglasses (1 pair), $375
• VAX USA vacuum, $300
  
• Nintendo Game Boy Micro with Dr. Mario/Puzzle League game, $250

What? No video iPods?

These are just some of the items, the HFPA has the full list here, plus the much shorter list of goodies that each attendee receives. The presenter's bag is worth about $65,000 and it's put together by the fashionistas at In Style magazine.