It makes sense that a comedy writer would be able to navigate the difference between irony, satire, cynicism and just plain snark. From the end of Conan O’Brien’s last show:

To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

Reclaiming hope in comedy, in the darkest part of your career, is a foreceful, defiant act. Which is of course why I like it; which is of course why it is inspiring.

Let me just say that I know more than my fair share of people whose ages are in the single digits who are nonetheless more fluent than me in succulents, natives, and botany of southern California. But for sheer brainpower Ilsa & her son Mateo take the cake.

In case you were wondering…

…it IS possible to eat too much pork there.

the famous ramen

All of this can be yours, if you order the whole menu

This was our Waterloo.