The Gutless Home Chef
@gutless.bsky.social
A doc took my cancerous tum but I still cook, eat, and post vids/pics of yummy noms. Canadian 🇨🇦. One wife, one kid, one doggo. New to knitting 🧶 and nails 💅. Obsessed with movies, books, and games. This is a safe space for 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!
Knitter 🧶 thought: Is knitting art?
I reckon it depends on just one thing: Does you think of it as art?
Art is intention. If you intend to make art, then it’s art.
Whether it's good or bad art is another question. But if you intend it to be art, then it’s art. No one can take that away from you.
I reckon it depends on just one thing: Does you think of it as art?
Art is intention. If you intend to make art, then it’s art.
Whether it's good or bad art is another question. But if you intend it to be art, then it’s art. No one can take that away from you.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Knitter 🧶 thought: Is knitting art?
I reckon it depends on just one thing: Does you think of it as art?
Art is intention. If you intend to make art, then it’s art.
Whether it's good or bad art is another question. But if you intend it to be art, then it’s art. No one can take that away from you.
I reckon it depends on just one thing: Does you think of it as art?
Art is intention. If you intend to make art, then it’s art.
Whether it's good or bad art is another question. But if you intend it to be art, then it’s art. No one can take that away from you.
#5SecondReview: Dragonslayer (1981)
The practical dragon effects are better than I remember. And there are some real actors here doing their best to inject a little gravitas into things. Peter MacNicol is miscast, though. He and the other American actors feel out of place amidst the British cast.
The practical dragon effects are better than I remember. And there are some real actors here doing their best to inject a little gravitas into things. Peter MacNicol is miscast, though. He and the other American actors feel out of place amidst the British cast.
December 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#5SecondReview: Dragonslayer (1981)
The practical dragon effects are better than I remember. And there are some real actors here doing their best to inject a little gravitas into things. Peter MacNicol is miscast, though. He and the other American actors feel out of place amidst the British cast.
The practical dragon effects are better than I remember. And there are some real actors here doing their best to inject a little gravitas into things. Peter MacNicol is miscast, though. He and the other American actors feel out of place amidst the British cast.
#5SecondReview: Exit Zero
Bertino’s Beautyland was my favourite book of 2024, but this collection of short stories didn’t land. Most of the tales—character-driven slices of life with otherworldly elements—just didn’t grab me. I think part of the issue was that I just didn’t vibe with the narrator.
Bertino’s Beautyland was my favourite book of 2024, but this collection of short stories didn’t land. Most of the tales—character-driven slices of life with otherworldly elements—just didn’t grab me. I think part of the issue was that I just didn’t vibe with the narrator.
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#5SecondReview: Exit Zero
Bertino’s Beautyland was my favourite book of 2024, but this collection of short stories didn’t land. Most of the tales—character-driven slices of life with otherworldly elements—just didn’t grab me. I think part of the issue was that I just didn’t vibe with the narrator.
Bertino’s Beautyland was my favourite book of 2024, but this collection of short stories didn’t land. Most of the tales—character-driven slices of life with otherworldly elements—just didn’t grab me. I think part of the issue was that I just didn’t vibe with the narrator.
#5SecondReview: Mad Love (1935)
German expressionism plus a dab of body horror, all swaddled in the rosy vibes of Hollywood’s golden age? Sign me up! Happy my kid asked me to watch this classic with her as she wrote a uni essay on it. 🙂
German expressionism plus a dab of body horror, all swaddled in the rosy vibes of Hollywood’s golden age? Sign me up! Happy my kid asked me to watch this classic with her as she wrote a uni essay on it. 🙂
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#5SecondReview: Mad Love (1935)
German expressionism plus a dab of body horror, all swaddled in the rosy vibes of Hollywood’s golden age? Sign me up! Happy my kid asked me to watch this classic with her as she wrote a uni essay on it. 🙂
German expressionism plus a dab of body horror, all swaddled in the rosy vibes of Hollywood’s golden age? Sign me up! Happy my kid asked me to watch this classic with her as she wrote a uni essay on it. 🙂
#5SecondReview: The Morning Show (S4)
I feel like this show is dipping, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a me thing. I’m less interested in the latest backroom drama and affairs they’ve manufactured this season and wish the focus was more on how the network covers real world current events.
I feel like this show is dipping, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a me thing. I’m less interested in the latest backroom drama and affairs they’ve manufactured this season and wish the focus was more on how the network covers real world current events.
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#5SecondReview: The Morning Show (S4)
I feel like this show is dipping, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a me thing. I’m less interested in the latest backroom drama and affairs they’ve manufactured this season and wish the focus was more on how the network covers real world current events.
I feel like this show is dipping, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a me thing. I’m less interested in the latest backroom drama and affairs they’ve manufactured this season and wish the focus was more on how the network covers real world current events.
#5SecondReview: Heavy Metal
This exploitative, music-fueled, Canadian-made (Candy! Reitman! Levy!) sci-fi fantasy was the epitome of forbidden fruit for me as a kid. So of course I watched it on Superchannel when my folks weren’t home. This rewatch with my film school kid cast it in a new light.
This exploitative, music-fueled, Canadian-made (Candy! Reitman! Levy!) sci-fi fantasy was the epitome of forbidden fruit for me as a kid. So of course I watched it on Superchannel when my folks weren’t home. This rewatch with my film school kid cast it in a new light.
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#5SecondReview: Heavy Metal
This exploitative, music-fueled, Canadian-made (Candy! Reitman! Levy!) sci-fi fantasy was the epitome of forbidden fruit for me as a kid. So of course I watched it on Superchannel when my folks weren’t home. This rewatch with my film school kid cast it in a new light.
This exploitative, music-fueled, Canadian-made (Candy! Reitman! Levy!) sci-fi fantasy was the epitome of forbidden fruit for me as a kid. So of course I watched it on Superchannel when my folks weren’t home. This rewatch with my film school kid cast it in a new light.
#5SecondReview: King Sorrow
Hill’s best? Maybe. It also reads very much like one of his dad’s books. In a good way. It’s an epic modern fairy tale with beautifully constructed characters, heartbreaking twists, and a torment-loving dragon who’s bound to go down as an archetype of the species.
Hill’s best? Maybe. It also reads very much like one of his dad’s books. In a good way. It’s an epic modern fairy tale with beautifully constructed characters, heartbreaking twists, and a torment-loving dragon who’s bound to go down as an archetype of the species.
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#5SecondReview: King Sorrow
Hill’s best? Maybe. It also reads very much like one of his dad’s books. In a good way. It’s an epic modern fairy tale with beautifully constructed characters, heartbreaking twists, and a torment-loving dragon who’s bound to go down as an archetype of the species.
Hill’s best? Maybe. It also reads very much like one of his dad’s books. In a good way. It’s an epic modern fairy tale with beautifully constructed characters, heartbreaking twists, and a torment-loving dragon who’s bound to go down as an archetype of the species.
#5SecondReview: Machines Like Me
This one has some interesting thoughts on where we might be in 10 or 20 years with AI-driven robots (even though it’s set in an alternate history version of the 1980s). Machine intelligence, ethics, consciousness, determinism, and identity. Good stuff.
This one has some interesting thoughts on where we might be in 10 or 20 years with AI-driven robots (even though it’s set in an alternate history version of the 1980s). Machine intelligence, ethics, consciousness, determinism, and identity. Good stuff.
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#5SecondReview: Machines Like Me
This one has some interesting thoughts on where we might be in 10 or 20 years with AI-driven robots (even though it’s set in an alternate history version of the 1980s). Machine intelligence, ethics, consciousness, determinism, and identity. Good stuff.
This one has some interesting thoughts on where we might be in 10 or 20 years with AI-driven robots (even though it’s set in an alternate history version of the 1980s). Machine intelligence, ethics, consciousness, determinism, and identity. Good stuff.
Made a sourdough crust pizza with cremini mushrooms, brie-infused salami, red onions, arugula, caramelized red onions, and a balsamic drizzle. 😋
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Made a sourdough crust pizza with cremini mushrooms, brie-infused salami, red onions, arugula, caramelized red onions, and a balsamic drizzle. 😋
🧶Knitting update!🧶
Finished my first knee-high sock!🧦
If you’ve ever fretted over having stubby legs, just knit one of these. They go on *forever.* more than 300 rows. One sock used an entire 100g skein. Made me feel like I must have Rockette-length gams!
Fits like a glove, though! ☺️
Finished my first knee-high sock!🧦
If you’ve ever fretted over having stubby legs, just knit one of these. They go on *forever.* more than 300 rows. One sock used an entire 100g skein. Made me feel like I must have Rockette-length gams!
Fits like a glove, though! ☺️
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
🧶Knitting update!🧶
Finished my first knee-high sock!🧦
If you’ve ever fretted over having stubby legs, just knit one of these. They go on *forever.* more than 300 rows. One sock used an entire 100g skein. Made me feel like I must have Rockette-length gams!
Fits like a glove, though! ☺️
Finished my first knee-high sock!🧦
If you’ve ever fretted over having stubby legs, just knit one of these. They go on *forever.* more than 300 rows. One sock used an entire 100g skein. Made me feel like I must have Rockette-length gams!
Fits like a glove, though! ☺️
Not all feet wear capes. (But mine do.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not all feet wear capes. (But mine do.)
Whipped up a coconut chicken curry for the fam!
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Whipped up a coconut chicken curry for the fam!
#5SecondReview: Foundation (S3)
Every season takes big leaps of faith in time, characters, and plot, pushing what audiences are willing to accept, and season three is no different. Some major changes, but they make sense given how much has changed in science and society since Asimov’s books.
Every season takes big leaps of faith in time, characters, and plot, pushing what audiences are willing to accept, and season three is no different. Some major changes, but they make sense given how much has changed in science and society since Asimov’s books.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#5SecondReview: Foundation (S3)
Every season takes big leaps of faith in time, characters, and plot, pushing what audiences are willing to accept, and season three is no different. Some major changes, but they make sense given how much has changed in science and society since Asimov’s books.
Every season takes big leaps of faith in time, characters, and plot, pushing what audiences are willing to accept, and season three is no different. Some major changes, but they make sense given how much has changed in science and society since Asimov’s books.
The box shrub stone planter I built a couple of summers back suffered an attempted murder by a careless driver last night. So I got to play Adult Lego today!
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The box shrub stone planter I built a couple of summers back suffered an attempted murder by a careless driver last night. So I got to play Adult Lego today!
#5SecondReview: Slow Horses (S5)
My sole beef with this show is that it lasts but a day or two. I adore all the characters (except Roddy Ho, who I find myself wishing might die every episode). I continue to have a huge crush on Kristen Scott Thomas. And Gary Oldman is just…gold, man.
My sole beef with this show is that it lasts but a day or two. I adore all the characters (except Roddy Ho, who I find myself wishing might die every episode). I continue to have a huge crush on Kristen Scott Thomas. And Gary Oldman is just…gold, man.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#5SecondReview: Slow Horses (S5)
My sole beef with this show is that it lasts but a day or two. I adore all the characters (except Roddy Ho, who I find myself wishing might die every episode). I continue to have a huge crush on Kristen Scott Thomas. And Gary Oldman is just…gold, man.
My sole beef with this show is that it lasts but a day or two. I adore all the characters (except Roddy Ho, who I find myself wishing might die every episode). I continue to have a huge crush on Kristen Scott Thomas. And Gary Oldman is just…gold, man.
I have combined two of my passions--knitting and RPGs--to create...YarnQuest!
My character, a Level 1 Knitter (subclass: Lace Weaver), is below. I hope to grow my skills, abilities, attributes, equipment, and fibre crafting MAGIC over the years to come. ☺️
Blanks sheet attached if you want to join!
My character, a Level 1 Knitter (subclass: Lace Weaver), is below. I hope to grow my skills, abilities, attributes, equipment, and fibre crafting MAGIC over the years to come. ☺️
Blanks sheet attached if you want to join!
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have combined two of my passions--knitting and RPGs--to create...YarnQuest!
My character, a Level 1 Knitter (subclass: Lace Weaver), is below. I hope to grow my skills, abilities, attributes, equipment, and fibre crafting MAGIC over the years to come. ☺️
Blanks sheet attached if you want to join!
My character, a Level 1 Knitter (subclass: Lace Weaver), is below. I hope to grow my skills, abilities, attributes, equipment, and fibre crafting MAGIC over the years to come. ☺️
Blanks sheet attached if you want to join!
#5SecondReview: A House of Dynamite
Explores the 20 minutes leading up to a long-distance nuclear strike on the US, as seen from three sets of perspectives. Not Bigelow’s best (I’m a huge fan of hers), but still very tense and watchable. With a bold ending. Good ensemble cast, too.
Explores the 20 minutes leading up to a long-distance nuclear strike on the US, as seen from three sets of perspectives. Not Bigelow’s best (I’m a huge fan of hers), but still very tense and watchable. With a bold ending. Good ensemble cast, too.
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
#5SecondReview: A House of Dynamite
Explores the 20 minutes leading up to a long-distance nuclear strike on the US, as seen from three sets of perspectives. Not Bigelow’s best (I’m a huge fan of hers), but still very tense and watchable. With a bold ending. Good ensemble cast, too.
Explores the 20 minutes leading up to a long-distance nuclear strike on the US, as seen from three sets of perspectives. Not Bigelow’s best (I’m a huge fan of hers), but still very tense and watchable. With a bold ending. Good ensemble cast, too.
#5SecondReview: Bugonia
Stone + Plemmons + Lanthimos = magic
No spoilers. Exactly what you’d expect and hope to experience from these three. One of my favourites of the year.
Stone + Plemmons + Lanthimos = magic
No spoilers. Exactly what you’d expect and hope to experience from these three. One of my favourites of the year.
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#5SecondReview: Bugonia
Stone + Plemmons + Lanthimos = magic
No spoilers. Exactly what you’d expect and hope to experience from these three. One of my favourites of the year.
Stone + Plemmons + Lanthimos = magic
No spoilers. Exactly what you’d expect and hope to experience from these three. One of my favourites of the year.
Wifey put the kibosh on my original costume idea, so this is the fallback I dug up from my tickle trunk (aka my closet). I call it “Me, if I were adjacent to English nobility. And had horses. And liked to hunt. Using bloodhounds.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wifey put the kibosh on my original costume idea, so this is the fallback I dug up from my tickle trunk (aka my closet). I call it “Me, if I were adjacent to English nobility. And had horses. And liked to hunt. Using bloodhounds.”
Friends, let’s talk about car knitting—in the dark! 🚙 🧶
I pulled out the cable knee-high socks I’m working on as my wife drove. I thought it was going swell! Then I get home and see I’ve got this little wiggly disaster.
No one will see it under my pants, so I figure wtf. Just leave it. Thoughts?
I pulled out the cable knee-high socks I’m working on as my wife drove. I thought it was going swell! Then I get home and see I’ve got this little wiggly disaster.
No one will see it under my pants, so I figure wtf. Just leave it. Thoughts?
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Friends, let’s talk about car knitting—in the dark! 🚙 🧶
I pulled out the cable knee-high socks I’m working on as my wife drove. I thought it was going swell! Then I get home and see I’ve got this little wiggly disaster.
No one will see it under my pants, so I figure wtf. Just leave it. Thoughts?
I pulled out the cable knee-high socks I’m working on as my wife drove. I thought it was going swell! Then I get home and see I’ve got this little wiggly disaster.
No one will see it under my pants, so I figure wtf. Just leave it. Thoughts?
#5SecondReview: Singularity
This was a a fun read. A contained, complete graphic novel with its own custom soundtrack (available on Spotify). Digs into some big ideas about life, the universe, and everything by exploring a godlike being’s seemingly infinite lives.
This was a a fun read. A contained, complete graphic novel with its own custom soundtrack (available on Spotify). Digs into some big ideas about life, the universe, and everything by exploring a godlike being’s seemingly infinite lives.
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
#5SecondReview: Singularity
This was a a fun read. A contained, complete graphic novel with its own custom soundtrack (available on Spotify). Digs into some big ideas about life, the universe, and everything by exploring a godlike being’s seemingly infinite lives.
This was a a fun read. A contained, complete graphic novel with its own custom soundtrack (available on Spotify). Digs into some big ideas about life, the universe, and everything by exploring a godlike being’s seemingly infinite lives.
#5SecondReview: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
A small movie about a very big personality. Free of music biopic tropes—drinking, drugs, infidelity, egoism—and focused on friendship and mental health. Loses something in mainstream watchability, but is refreshing and authentic.
A small movie about a very big personality. Free of music biopic tropes—drinking, drugs, infidelity, egoism—and focused on friendship and mental health. Loses something in mainstream watchability, but is refreshing and authentic.
October 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#5SecondReview: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
A small movie about a very big personality. Free of music biopic tropes—drinking, drugs, infidelity, egoism—and focused on friendship and mental health. Loses something in mainstream watchability, but is refreshing and authentic.
A small movie about a very big personality. Free of music biopic tropes—drinking, drugs, infidelity, egoism—and focused on friendship and mental health. Loses something in mainstream watchability, but is refreshing and authentic.
#5SecondReview: Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock
Had very high hopes for this near-future story about a celebrity using one of her own clones to murder 12 other clones she created, but it turned out to be both more serious and a bit less insightful than I’d hoped. Fun cover, though!
Had very high hopes for this near-future story about a celebrity using one of her own clones to murder 12 other clones she created, but it turned out to be both more serious and a bit less insightful than I’d hoped. Fun cover, though!
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#5SecondReview: Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock
Had very high hopes for this near-future story about a celebrity using one of her own clones to murder 12 other clones she created, but it turned out to be both more serious and a bit less insightful than I’d hoped. Fun cover, though!
Had very high hopes for this near-future story about a celebrity using one of her own clones to murder 12 other clones she created, but it turned out to be both more serious and a bit less insightful than I’d hoped. Fun cover, though!
Beginner knitter update! 🧶
Making headway on my PurlSoho Little Cable Knee-High socks.
Going well, I think, though there’s a wee gap at the base of the cable. Need to learn if there’s a way to fix those in post.
Yarn is 50 Shades of Gay - Darker (merino) from a local yarn dying dude.
Making headway on my PurlSoho Little Cable Knee-High socks.
Going well, I think, though there’s a wee gap at the base of the cable. Need to learn if there’s a way to fix those in post.
Yarn is 50 Shades of Gay - Darker (merino) from a local yarn dying dude.
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Beginner knitter update! 🧶
Making headway on my PurlSoho Little Cable Knee-High socks.
Going well, I think, though there’s a wee gap at the base of the cable. Need to learn if there’s a way to fix those in post.
Yarn is 50 Shades of Gay - Darker (merino) from a local yarn dying dude.
Making headway on my PurlSoho Little Cable Knee-High socks.
Going well, I think, though there’s a wee gap at the base of the cable. Need to learn if there’s a way to fix those in post.
Yarn is 50 Shades of Gay - Darker (merino) from a local yarn dying dude.
#5SecondReview: Shivers
Few things hit like young Cronenberg. First time watching in 30 years, and it still freaks me out. Body horror, weird sexual stuff, unapologetically Canadian settings. And relentless. By the end, all I could think was, “Better nuke Montreal from orbit. Only way to be sure.”
Few things hit like young Cronenberg. First time watching in 30 years, and it still freaks me out. Body horror, weird sexual stuff, unapologetically Canadian settings. And relentless. By the end, all I could think was, “Better nuke Montreal from orbit. Only way to be sure.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#5SecondReview: Shivers
Few things hit like young Cronenberg. First time watching in 30 years, and it still freaks me out. Body horror, weird sexual stuff, unapologetically Canadian settings. And relentless. By the end, all I could think was, “Better nuke Montreal from orbit. Only way to be sure.”
Few things hit like young Cronenberg. First time watching in 30 years, and it still freaks me out. Body horror, weird sexual stuff, unapologetically Canadian settings. And relentless. By the end, all I could think was, “Better nuke Montreal from orbit. Only way to be sure.”