"His Sneakers Came to Kill"

Screencap of Johnny during his appearance 

on Food Network's Chopped All-Stars, 

in which he competed for the Human Rights Campaign, 

a non-profit LGBT equality organization, while
wearing the "coolest sneakers" the judges had ever seen.

---

And once again we enter the territory of Shows I Have Never Ever Watched But Johnny Is On This Episode So Yay! Let's Record Every Airing Just In Case with last night's Chopped All-Stars. And it was actually a lot of fun, and very fast-paced, which I sort of preferred over the more drawn-out episodes of Rachael vs. Guy. Johnny was a hit, as always, judging by a multitude of Twitter reactions. His shoes and his dramatic exit—clearly meant to be hilarious—were especially enjoyed by Twitter, as you'll see below.

'Chopped All-Stars' Preview! Plus Random Picspam

Johnny at rehearsal in near-darkness. 

More from this series below!

Exclusive photo © David Ingogly.

---

Yes! At last! Johnny's episode of Chopped All-Stars airs THIS SUNDAY at 9 pm EDT!  Here's the episode description from Food Network:

Four celebrities with different backgrounds, and a shared love of cooking, charge into the Chopped Kitchen. Plain vanilla is something that none of the competitors can relate to, but can they skillfully use vanilla cupcakes to create appetizers as one-of-a-kind as they are? Then something crispy and something jiggly make the main course a study in contrasts. And when two entertaining cooks proceed to the final round, they put on a performance with circus peanuts and curry powder.

Random Monday Roundup

The friend who can be silent with us 

in a moment of despair or confusion, 

who can stay with us 

in an hour of grief and bereavement, 

who can tolerate not knowing... 

not healing, not curing... 

that is a friend who cares.
— Henri  Nouwen

---

Throwback Thursday: Blogoversary!

Yes!! Johnny's cooking things up 
on Food Network again! 

He'll be one of the competitors on Season 3
of Chopped All-Stars, premiering in April. 

Screencap from the preview video below!

---

Oh hai.

Yes, I'm still editing that manuscript. Only 361 billion more pages to go...

But I glanced up from my screen long enough to notice that today is February 28, which, besides being the last day of the longest shortest month ever, is also the third blogoversary! Which is traditionally the "leather" anniversary, so here: